'The Battle of Zurich, 25 September 1799' by François Bouchot, 1837, featuring André Masséna at the moment of one of his greatest victories

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Thomas Stothard, Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from “The Tempest,” Act I, scene II, oil on paper laid on canvas, 1799

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🌍 Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique /.
A Paris: Chez J.J. Fuchs, libraire . ., 7, 1799-1808.
https://t.co/2Nilr1WN7b

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Born in 1745: English painter (1745-1806)

Portrait of Elizabeth Bannister (née Harpur) (1757-1849), 1799

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Tipu and Hyder seemed to have engaged the imagination of Indian history quite a lot.

1780: Battle of Pollilur
1792: Tipu surrendering his 2 sons to Cornwallis
1799: Capture of Seringapatnam.

All events related to the Anglo-Mysore wars.

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19 mars 1799 : Bonaparte débute le siège de Saint Jean d’Acre en Syrie.

Assez peu fortifiée selon les normes de l’époque, la ville est cependant remarquablement défendue par le Pacha Djezzar qui se fait conseiller par le colonel d’artillerie Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux.

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19th Century France. (I know the French Revolution finished in 1799, but what's one year?)

In a country gripped by civil war, can an aristocrat and a revolutionary really find a way to be together? Or is she in more danger than she could ever imagine?

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NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754-1799)
18th century
Kakejiku, in ink and slight colour on paper, depicting a large karasu (crow) perched on a branch.

https://t.co/GdwjivNeQ8
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RHS Libraries hold a number of stunning illustrations by significant botanical artists, including Lilian Snelling (1879-1972), Caroline Maria Applebee (c.1799-1854) and Augusta Innes Withers (c.1791-1876).

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非常喜欢的一个SCP!是SCP-1799

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🌋 “It is desirable for a painter, at least once in his life, to witness the Eruption of a Volcano.” —Pierre-Henri-Valenciennes, 1799

Early plein-air painters risked it all to practice their skills, including painting active volcanoes. See more examples in

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Maria Gaetana(1716-1799): Matemática, filósofa e teóloga. Responsável pelo avanço dos cálculos diferenciais e integrais. Além de saber mais de cinco idiomas.

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Que se la llevaron! - Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (1797 - 1799)

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Happy bday, John Lindley (born 1799)! Known as the “father of modern orchidology”, he was an important contributor to our knowledge of orchids. He collaborated with Austrian artist Franz Bauer to produce "Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants" ➡️ https://t.co/wT9ROQpRDi

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Illness struck the artist (1792-3) & left him deaf. It’s likely that the sense of isolation led to his dark & startling Caprichos (published in 1799). These were macabre images from his subconscious which continue to inhabit the viewer’s mind, once seen.

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Birthday in the park: John Lindley, 1799-1865, botanist........https://t.co/UYVhXcKtym (Images: Wellcome)

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