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On 15th March 1917, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
FULL VIDEO ON RUSSIAN REVOLUTION HERE:
https://t.co/NSQ1MvTndA

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"Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more."

Victorian artist and writer, Kate Greenaway was born in 1846

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Born in 1863: French photographer (1863-1937)

Photographic Portrait of Marcelle Lender (1862-1926), ca. 1903

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On 13th March 2020, Breonna Taylor was killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
FULL VIDEO ON CIVIL RIGHTS IN USA HERE:
https://t.co/fVkbAKjbpC

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Born in 1751: (1751-1836), President of the USA

Portrait by (1751/2-1811)

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Jenny Watson on the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf — who died in 1940 — and the complex depths beneath her seemingly simple tales and public persona: https://t.co/4qVm63t0o6

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Born in 1473: (1473-1541), Duke of Saxony

Portrait by Lucas the Elder (1472-1553), 1528

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Jan Fyt was a etcher, & draughtsman born in 1611. He was known for his paintings, particularly of animals & game from hunting trips.

📷 Credit: , "Vase of Flowers and Two Bunches of Asparagus" by 1650.

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🗡 in 16 March 1190 in England, THE MASSACRE AT CLIFFORD’S TOWER took place.
One of the worst anti-Semitic massacres of the Middle Ages, the city’s entire Jewish community was trapped by an angry mob inside the tower of York Castle. [1]

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1681 Georg Philipp German late baroque born in Magdeburg, Germany

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Born in 1753: (1753-1821), Duchess of Orléans as spouse of

Portrait with her family by Édouard Cibot (1799-1877) after Charles Lepeintre (1735-1803)

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Born in 1890🎂

Writer & translator, Willa Anderson.
She translated Kafka, introducing his writing to the English-speaking public. Although assumed to be a collab with her husband, in her journal she wrote the “[translation] had been done by ME. Edwin only helped”. ✍️

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Born Ivor Pengelly Francis AM Australian teacher Labelled South Australia's foremost Best known for similarly much admired Art critic 4 The News Early member South Australia’s Contemporary Art Society

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12Mar1807 General Sir James Abbott a British army officer and administrator in colonial India. The Pakistani city of Abbottabad was founded by and named after him. Here is he shown in Afghan dress.

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Born in 1637: (1637-1671), Duchess of York as wife of the later mother of Queen &

Portrait by Peter (1618-80), ca. 1661

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in 538 CE the Ostrogoth siege of Rome, led by King Vitiges, ends in failure.

Repelled by the tactical prowess of the Roman general Belisarius, Vitiges fled north to Ravenna to regroup.

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in 1832, the ballet La Sylphide first premiered at .

Filippo Taglioni designed it to showcase his daughter, Marie, the first woman to dance en pointe. Fanny Elssler and Emma Livry also took up the role.

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