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George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain on this day in 1714.

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2016-08-01

German Sausages & Flying Ambulances... battlefield medicine. https://t.co/fUOuYQwLD2

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2016-07-08

Hans Christian Andersen, author of terrifying was born in 1805.

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2016-04-03

Giacomo Casanova, famed adventurer, was born in 1725.

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2016-04-02

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden by John Constable, who died in 1838…

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2016-04-01

William Smith, the Father of English Geology, was born in 1769.

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2016-03-23

Laurence Sterne, one of my favourite Georgians, died in 1768!

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2016-03-18

The legendary Battle of the Alamo took place in 1836.

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2016-03-06

Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland abdicated in 1736.

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2016-01-26

On Louis XVI's execution anniversary, a few tales of his life. https://t.co/JAUNaOKozw

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2016-01-21

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, died in 1759.

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2016-01-13

Landscape with Girls at the River by Zuccarelli, who died in 1788.

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2015-12-31

Uncovering the stories of great women printmakers like Angelica Kauffman https://t.co/OHsJaqOqUZ

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2015-12-03

1874 lithograph of Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin's balloon ascension, circa 1802.

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2015-11-29

We have a really exciting CFP about 'treasuries of knowledge' https://t.co/FG48r39y96

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2015-11-10