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7 Feb 1550: The conclave of Cardinals elect Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte as Pope #otd He takes the name Julius - Julius III.
He received Mary I's realms back into the Roman obedience. He d. 1555.
🌈When a child is hurting let’s act as caring containers, promoting healing, & not as reinforcers of fear & isolation. Kindness is priceless🐾💕 #stories #connection #PACE #love #parenting #teaching #therapy #birthdaywishes #CharlesDickens #writer #writerscommunity #OTD #quote
Sheridan Le Fanu died #OTD in 1873. One of his best-known works, the lesbian vampire novella 'Carmilla,' predates Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' (1897) by 26 years. Some critics suggest that 'Carmilla' was an important influence on Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898)
"Emulation embalms the dead; envy, the vampire, blasts the living."
"Wild Swiss" Henry Fuseli was born #OTD 1741 in Zurich
🎨 "The Nightmare" (1791)
“I remember that in my youth this gloom used to call forth to my fancy a thousand fairy visions, and romantic images; and, I own, I am not yet wholly insensible of that high enthusiasm, which wakes the poet’s dream.”
—Ann Radcliffe, died #OTD in 1823
#Gothic #Romanticism
In fact the meeting of @GeolSoc #OTD in 1829 was a bit of a #MaryAnning fest, William Buckland announcing not only her pterosaur, and coprolites, but her also discovery of fossil sepia, the preserved ink sacs of cephalopods. 1/3
Not only #OTD in 1829 did William Buckland announce #MaryAnning's pterosaur at a @GeolSoc meeting, but he also described her recognition of bezoar stones as fossil faeces, for which he coined the term 'coprolite'. 1/3
Gaultheria tetramera, 1942, by #StellaRossCraig (English, 1906-2006), who died #otd (Feb 6). She illustrated more than 1300 species in her Drawings of British Plants series. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine; source, https://t.co/92ujEs8MnQ #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
John Stevens Henslow born #OTD 1796. Fellow of @LinneanSociety (1818), taught #Darwin botany, and facilitated the young naturalist being given a place on the voyage of the #Beagle. The rest is history.
Today's pathetic woman otd is fumi yumeoji!! Avoiding her sister and running away from her problems are just some of the things that make her pathetic! Her workplace was shut, her favorite sauce company went bankrupt and rent sure was due!! Fly high fumi yumeoji 😟
🖼 HaK1261
Drawing by The Five
Untitled
#otd February 5 1908
Pastel and pencil on paper
53,2 x 62,1 cm
5 February 1626, birth of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, who is remembered for her witty and vivid letters and one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature. #otd
The Incredibly Talented production designer Ken Adam (Dr. Strangelove, You Only Live Twice, Moonraker, Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, and many more...) was born 101 years ago today. #OTD
Late 19th-century print produced by the Japanese Department of Education showing the Scottish philosopher, essayist, and historian Thomas Carlyle, who died #onthisday in 1881 (his final words: "So, this is death. Well!"): https://t.co/KN3niCaJFo #otd
Today's dykes OTD are Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. They are dating!
Portrait of the poet Joost van den Vondel who died #otd 5 Feb 1679
by Phillips Koninck
Vondel wrote his last play 'Noah' when over eighty years old.
(V& A Museum, Pen and brown ink, 17th century)
#Otd 1886: Death #Booterstown #Dublin of Richard Robert Madden. Born #Dublin. Dr, writer, abolitionist & UI historian. Tried to impose anti-slavery rules in Jamaica on behalf British government. 20 siblings! 🎨undercover in Syria exploring Turkish Empire! https://t.co/n6I0YnYKoW
#OTD the legendary author William S. Burroughs was born in 1914!
Born into a prominent family, he developed a lifelong interest in magic and the occult at an early age. He was an important postmodernist and his novels stretched classical American ideas of literature.