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#OnThisDay 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte marched into #Paris setting in motion the 'Hundred Days' that would conclude with his defeat at Waterloo & final abdication.
The allied powers were forced once again to search for a #cure
#twitterstorians #Wellington
Born #OnThisDay in 1751: Archduchess #MariaJosephaofAustria (1751-67), daughter of Holy Roman Emperors #MariaTheresa & #FranzI
Portrait by Jean-Étienne #Liotard (1702-89), 1762
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
#ArtistoftheDay
Nina Vatolina (1915—2002) was #bornonthisday in #Russia.
#art #artist #artists #artoftheday #arthistory #graphics #illustration #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #poster #posters #WWII
Born #OnThisDay in 1749: Princess #LouisaofGreatBritain (1749-68), granddaughter of King #GeorgeII
Portrait with sister Caroline Matilda (1751-75) by #FrancisCotes (1726-70), 1767
#Hanover #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt
It is remarkable that first and second future-based Simpsons episodes ("Lisa's Wedding" and "Bart to the Future") aired on the same day five years apart from each other (March 19, 1995 and 2000). #OnThisDay threads coming later today!
#OnThisDay seven years ago, Clockwork Princess by @cassieclare was published!
#TheInfernalDevices
Much more than a number, Patrick McGoohan was born on this date in 1928.
#BornOnThisDay
#PatrickMcGoohan
#ThePrisoner
All About Royal Families: OTD March 19th.1851 Frederick Francis III Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin: https://t.co/tz4B1KwmPH
#Onthisday in royal #History
Born #OnThisDay in 1842: French symbolist poet #StéphaneMallarmé (1842-98)
Portrait by Édouard #Manet (1832-83), 1876
#Mallarmé #FrechLiterature #PoètesMaudits
Died #OnThisDay 18Mar1745 Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain and although exact dates are debated, the period of 1721–42 is often used. He holds record as longest-serving Prime Minister in Britain. #primeminister #18thcentury
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of #MarieLeszczyńska, Queen of France, Reading the Bible (1703-68), 1748
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Self-portrait with his family, 1730-62
#Nattier #FrenchArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence, 1744
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Madame Marsollier and her Daughter, 1749
#Nattier #FrenchArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Bonne Marie Félicité de Sérent, 1754
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Marie-Geneviève Boudrey as a muse, 1752
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Madame Bouret as Diana, 1745
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Marquise de Pleumartin, née Anne Le Laÿ de Villemaré, 1738
#Nattier #FrenchArt
Happy birthday to Irish artist Harry Clarke, born #onthisday in Dublin in 1889 (on #StPatricksDay no less). Here he is in a self-portrait as an absinthe drinking Mephistopheles from Goethe's Faust.
More in our essay "Harry Clarke’s Looking Glass" https://t.co/Kn6QPrHKWF #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Alexander Kurakin, 18th Century
#Nattier #FrenchArt