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Georgian Black pugilists Bill Richmond & Tom Molineaux fought boxing matches in Surrey, including on 23 Jan 1804, when Wimbledon Common witnessed a tumultuous bare-knuckle boxing tournament. Follow a blow-by-blow account of the action https://t.co/o5t5xJtvSj

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2020-10-22

‘All his life believed that (Thomas) Girtin was the one living artist who could match if not better his own work’. Girtin died in 1802 & was laid to rest at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Turner’s mother was been buried there in 1804, followed by his father in 1830.

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2020-10-10

Born 1804, the ornithologist John Gould, who inspired Millais's painting "The Ruling Passion": having a "ruling passion" is a great help in life! https://t.co/QduyrowfZG

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2020-09-14

Trees in the park, and elsewhere: Abbildung der wilden Bäume, Stauden und Buschgewächse, by CC Oelhafen von Schollenbach, et al, 1767-1804, BHL/Harvard.........https://t.co/DvyX9A424A

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2020-04-16

Natural history and the park: The British Miscellany: or coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects; many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles ... by James Sowerby, 1804, BHL/Naturalis, https://t.co/hRC5Eew4gz

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2020-03-12

in 1804, the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place, when Richard Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

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2020-02-21

January 1, 1804, gained independence after defeating the Napoleonic Armies. By freeing itself from slavery and colonization, Haiti became the world's first black republic and the first independent Caribbean state. ✊🏿🙏🏿🇭🇹

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2020-01-02

I tweeted about Katharina Barbara Rösel von Rosenhof, 1741-1804, as a historical but she also coloured plates depicting in "De natuurlyke historie der insecten, ...", [1764]. I showed these to a few Citizen Crane

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2019-10-17

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, Winter Landscape

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2019-01-20

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, Trepanning a Recruit

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2019-01-20

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, The Wreckers

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2019-01-20

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, Happy Cottagers

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2019-01-20

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, Gipsy Camp

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2019-01-20

George Morland, 1763 – 1804, English painter, A Soldier's Return

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2019-01-20

🎨 Nordkapp "The North Cape by Moonlight" 1840s or 1850s.

👨‍🎨 Peder Balke (Nov 4, 1804, Helgøya – Feb 5, 1887, Christiania) was a Norwegian painter. He is known for portraying the landscape of Norway in a romantic and dramatic manner.

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2018-01-13

Happy Haitian Independence Day! 🇭🇹 On January 1, 1804, Haiti made history by being the first black republic in the world and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery.

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2018-01-01

On January 1, 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haïti. It was the first free Black nation, created from the first successful revolt of former African slaves in the Americas.

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2017-12-25

Exterior of Rock Temple, Karle [#Karla Caves, Karli, Maharashtra, from 2ndC BC] October 1804, drawing by Henry Salt https://t.co/GCTIjAB2MI

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2017-09-12

Any fans of will want to see 'The Great Falls of Reichenbach' painted by JMW Turner in 1804, on display in the new exhibition.

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2017-01-14