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Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins, were born in 1811.

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2018-05-11

"Meeting between and Francis II of Austria after the Battle of Austerlitz" by Jean-Antoine Gros. I rather like this collision between traditional pastoral scene and battle art.

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2018-05-02

"The Prince of Whales, or the fishermen at anchor" (1812): the Prince Regent depicted as a whale (subtle), spouting the "Dew of Favor" onto Spencer Perceval and his followers and the "Liquor of Oblivion" onto Grey, Grenville and the opposition.

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2018-02-28

Baron Rodney, naval commander at American War of Independence, was born in 1718.

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2018-02-13

Charles Darwin, legendary naturalist, was born in 1809.

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2018-02-12

Alexander Pushkin, an icon of Romanticism, died in 1837.

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2018-02-10

‘On Belonging: English Conceptions of Migration and Transculturality, 1550 – 1700’
https://t.co/cmGKO4Nq3k

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2018-01-15

Phenomenal range of digitised docs on history of education available, covering policy, gender, race, class, and ideology from - thanks for tagging us

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2018-01-10

In honour of his becoming PM in 1783, here are the two posts I wrote about Pitt the Younger for : Part 1 (https://t.co/WUjDL0vmoK) and Part 2 (https://t.co/giIXbr7GLs).

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2017-12-19

Joseph Grimaldi, clown and comedian, was born in 1778.

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2017-12-19

Theophilus Cibber, actor and author, was born in 1703.

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2017-11-26

Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born in 1713.

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2017-11-24

Aftermath of the Battle of Trafalgar: a description of the horrible scene at https://t.co/gqtioal7nJ

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2017-10-26

Meriwether Lewis, explorer, died in 1809.

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2017-10-11

Some packing tips & a cautionary tale about how not to pack https://t.co/pcxFRt8ryb

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2017-09-29

Alexander von Humboldt, scientist and philosopher, was born in 1769.

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2017-09-14