Naguma [Nogmov] Shora (Нэгумэ Шорэ: 1794 - 1844), (Circassian) public figure and enlightener, philologist, poet and Alexander (1799 - 1837), Russian poet, playwright, and novelist.

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The a watercolor, c.1784 (#BL)
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"Temple at Mahabalipoor," by William Daniell, c.1799

The Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, by John Gantz, c.1825

A guardian figure, once part of a stone railing.

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1799 Second Battle of Zurich was fought between led by André Masséna and allied forces of and Austria led by Alexander Korsakov(who was expecting aid from Suvorov). The French won forcing the Russians to withdraw from the Second Coalition.

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Arnauld Gautier d'Agoty. Four Dissected Heads. 1799.

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On August 23 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt

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Gillray reflects on the decade since the French Revolution, contrasting a deferential courtier of the 'ancien régime' (left) with the brash bludgeon-carrying confidence of new republicanism. Published in August 15th 1799

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The Intervention of the Sabine Women, c.1799. Jacques-Louis David.

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The (by Frederick Polydore Nodder) in Thomas Martyn's "Thirty-eight plates, with explanations" (1799) was intended to help illustrate the structure of plants and their place in the Linnaean system. View the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/06fSBcPlXV

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Getting hammered this weekend?

from ‘Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte’ by Gottleib Tobias Wilhelm (1799-1800)

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Καληνύχτα.Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (12 December 1799 – 11 June 1852), was a Russian painter

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Napoleon ushers France from the wretchedness of the republic to the calm order of the Consulate. (1799)

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6 июня 1799 года, 220 лет назад, родился А. С.
6月6日は、ロシアの アレクサンドル・ の誕生日
June 6 is the birthday of the country’s greatest poet: Alexander
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Sharing this yet again (a proper scan this time) in honour of her birthday. was born 220 years ago today in 1799.

It's also Happy confluence!

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May 21, 1799, of Mary “the Princess of Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete fossils of Ichthyosaurus 🐬 & Plesiosaurus 🐉 https://t.co/xuWRaNkOh3
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Jacques-Louis David - The Intervention of the Sabine Women, 1799

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And it was Maria Sibylla Merian, a German-born naturalist, who documented Metamorphosis for the first time.
In 1799, she sailed to Suriname from Europe looking for insects - something no ladies were permitted to do back then.The results were a spectacular treasure for Science!

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