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The Great Fire of broke out 1666.
Lord Craven was one of those to help fight the blaze & afterwards appointed himself unofficial 'fire marshal' for the city. He also offered to fund rebuilding the Royal Exchange out of his own pocket

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2019-09-02

Born 1676 Robert Walpole, ?first of Great Britain. Over the years he acquired various epithets among them 'Leviathan' & 'Colossus'. On his fall from power he was made earl of Orford
https://t.co/pqoeFVVVJ0

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2019-08-26

Fuddlecap.
In 1716 Bishop Burnet's son wrote about the effect the new bishop of Salisbury's alcoholic treats were having on his 'fuddlecap clergy' & how 'half a hogshead of wine & strong beer' had made them forget his father overnight

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2019-08-21

Born 1756 in James Gillray, pre-eminent caricaturist of the period

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2019-08-13

Do you like Ever wanted to try writing for ? We’ll be hosting a special lightly-moderated thread on Sunday August 11th that’s dedicated to all things Military History! Come tell us about your eras art of war!
https://t.co/Lg9Ia8Yaec

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2019-08-08

Among her other household officials, the duchess rejoiced in N. Le Dent, who from 1662 was employed as her 'Yeoman of the Mouth' - presumably her official taster, but certainly one to fox census compilers

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2019-08-03

1714 Queen Anne's will was read out. She left £2000 for the poor & asked for her jewels to be divided between the Queen of Sicily & duchess of Somerset: 'the fittest person to wear them after her'
https://t.co/mubCTscfP4

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2019-08-03

Horace Walpole assured a friend "You may like to know one is alive... after a massacre & the conflagration of a capital... the most horrible sight I ever beheld & which for 6 hours together I expected to end in half the town being reduced to ashes

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2019-06-19

Saartjie Baartman was a South African woman who was exhibited in English “Freak Shows” as “The Hottentot Venus”. She died in 1815, and her remains were on public display right up until 1974.

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2019-06-05

1660 Charles II staged his formal entry into marking his restoration to the throne.
The event was carefully timed to coincide with his 30th

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2019-05-29

My article 'A history of amulets in ten objects' has just been published by the journal! It's free, open access, and fantastic to be able to include so many images (& videos!) which help brings the research to life. https://t.co/uX4NvIMAjS

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2019-05-02

"Show me how you feel when I look into your eyes."

A new god eyes the thrown... but religions don't die without a fight. New coming soon!

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2019-03-29

Hello My name is Shabnam and I will be writing my dissertation on The British Occupation of Iran during the Second World War: the soldiers and community reactions!

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2019-03-04

Born 1717 David Garrick, actor & impresario, a key figure in reviving interest in the plays of

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2019-02-19



In the latest contribution to the project, discusses war, imperialism & revolution as global processes:

'The First World War and the Irish Revolution in Dublin - linked Great Wars'.

https://t.co/GQYOzroc7t

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2019-02-07

Out now: 'Gender in Medieval Places, Spaces and Thresholds' - a new collection of 15 essays from the IHR. Available and print https://t.co/eX0yIMFfSi

From womb to tomb, how are we defined and confined by gender and space?

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2019-01-07

19 1717 Bishop Gibson wishes Bishop Nicolson "as cheerful a as can be expected amidst the daily alarms you will receive of prohibiting minced pies and such other ungodly Diet"

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2018-12-21

Day 11
A & Sami family, from a 1674 English translation of 'The history of Lapland', by Swedish humanist Johannes Schefferus. Did you know the Sami are the northernmost indigenous people of Europe?

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2018-12-11

Why in the Age of Enlightenment, a time of “sober rationalism”, did ghost stories flourish in Scotland? Martha McGill discusses this apparent contradiction and the reasons behind it in our latest blog post: https://t.co/D6ssRfPnoS

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2018-10-26