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17 June 1775: The British defeat the American #colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill in #Massachusetts. The colonist inflict significant casualties against the Brits, making the battle a #moral victory for the Americans. #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/XKBsOndF1f
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#Reims, 11 Juin 1775: Sacre de Louis XVI.
Incité par son ministre Turgot à se faire couronner à Paris, le Roi tint résolument à respecter à la lettre le cérémonial ancestral de ses «noces avec la Nation», auxquelles il s'était pieusement préparé depuis longtemps.
"Reporting on the Battle of Lexington, 1775: Fake News and the Massachusetts Spy"--A new video on our blog looks at the start of the Revolution, Isaiah Thomas, and some 18th-century 'fake news'! #AmericanRevolution #newsmedia
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Born #OnThisDay in 1775: #CarlotaJoaquinaofSpain (1775-1830), daughter of King #CarlosIV, Queen of Portugal & Brazil as spouse of King #JoãoVI
Portrait by #LuisdelaCruz (1776-1853), ca. 1825
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19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as #British troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of #Lexington and #Concord, the first first #military engagements of the war. #USRevolution #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/O1SU5c8CMj
19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as #British troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of #Lexington and #Concord, the first first #military engagements of the war. #USRevolution #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad https://t.co/O1SU5bR1UL
Born #OTD in 1775: French botanist and illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin, illustrator of these mouth-watering strawberries from 'Pomologie française' by Pierre Antoine Poiteau. See more botanic illustration of 🍓 🍑🍒 in @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/3YUwWfknPb
February 18, 1775: British watercolourist and etcher Thomas Girtin is born.
At a time when oil painting was the norm, Girtin helped to establish watercolour as a reputable and desirable medium.
🎨 Thomas Girtin, "Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland", 1797-99
➡️Artiste peignant le portrait d'une musicienne, vers 1790
➡️Marguerite Gérard, F. Dumont
1793, miniature sur ivoire
➡️La Lecture, vers 1795.
Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837), artiste peintre frçse
1775: apprentissage chez sa sœur et son beau-frère le peintre Jean-Honoré Fragonard.