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"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths"
Aleksandr Pushkin was born #OTD 1799 in Moscow
Happy Birthday to Isaac Davis, born on this day in 1799. (June 2, 1799 - April 1, 1883)
Sketches by Travis Simpkins
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#IsaacDavis #WorcesterClub #WorcesterMA #WorcesterHistoricalMuseum #WHM #OnThisDay #history #otd #TravisSimpkins #art #sketch
🐚 The natural history of British shells
London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington . ., 1799-1803.
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🐚 The natural history of British shells
London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington . ., 1799-1803.
https://t.co/tIcAw3E1sa
It’s the “Mother of Paleontology,” Mary Anning’s, birthday! Born #OTD in 1799, she hailed from Dorset, England, & grew up collecting fossils. A few of her many accomplishments include unearthing one of the first ichthyosaurs & discovering Dimorphodon & Plesiosaurus! #FossilFriday
#FossilFriday May 21, 1799, #birthday of Mary #Anning. Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete skeletons of Ichthyosaurus & Plesiosaurus
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Happy 222nd #Birthday Mary Anning #BOTD 1799
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Can't wait to celebrate later this year
@SidmouthScience
with
#artist @Jackapod
#palaeontolgist @Emma_Bernard @NHM_FossilFish
#composer Karen Wimhurst
@MaryAnningRocks
#palaeontology #WomenInSTEM
#Efeméride La paleontóloga Mary Anning (1799-1847) nació un 21 de mayo.
Su trabajo contribuyó a que se produjeran grandes cambios en las ideas científicas sobre la vida prehistórica y la historia de la Tierra a principios del siglo XIX.
https://t.co/e8OQBjM8rv
Robert John Thornton, The Blue Passion-flower, 1799-1807 https://t.co/ptlT3gPmGJ #cmaprints #museumarchive
Good morning to Goya's ecstatically evil owl.
Plate 75 of Los Caprichos: No hay quien nos desate? (Can't anyone untie us?) etching and burnished aquatint, 1799.
16 mai 1799 Emmanuel Joseph #Sieyès (1748-1836) est désigné comme Directeur par le Conseil de Anciens à partir d’une liste présentée par le Conseil des Cinq-Cents. Il remplace #Rewbell (ou #Reubell) éliminé par tirage au sort comme le prévoit la #Constitution de l’an III.
Mary Anning (#UK 1799-1847): pobre, ingenua y autodidacta. Considerada madre de la Paleontología moderna por sus importantes contribuciones a esta rama de la #Geología. Cuestionó el creacionismo 50 años antes de la Teoría de la Evolución de Darwin.
#taldiacomavui,el 1821, morí a Santa Helena, Napoleó Bonaparte. Fou general d l'exèrcit durant la Revolució, 1r cònsol d la 1ª República Francesa (1799-1804), i emperador, amb el nom d Napoleó I. Rei d'Itàlia, mediador d la Confederació Suïssa i protector d la Confederació dl Rin
#OnThisDay 4th May 1799 - The siege of Seringapatam comes to an end with British forces successfully storming the city. Tipu Sultan was killed in the fighting, having led from the front.
The British forces proceeded to plunder the city.
24 avril 1799 Campagne d’#Egypte – Expédition de Syrie. Troisième assaut et troisième échec de #Bonaparte devant Saint-Jean d’Acre, défendue par les Turcs de Djezzar #Pacha soutenus par la flotte anglaise de Sidney #Smith.
To celebrate the birthday of #WilliamShakespeare—the exact date of which is unknown—take a closer look at this imagining of “The Tempest” from about 1799.
Read more! https://t.co/Vsz0uetdSs #Yale
« De Clovis jusqu’au Comité de Salut Public, je me sens solidaire de tout »
Napoléon Bonaparte en accédant au pouvoir en 1799.
#Bicentenaire https://t.co/SBSyCtk9MC