In 1859, an aurora borealis was so large it was visible in Cuba. Painter Frederic Edwin Church witnessed it in New York and painted a depiction. Check out the ’s podcast to learn how the aurora borealis impacted the 1850s. https://t.co/X08f96qPWN (Image: SAAM)

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Born 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle's attitude towards his famous creation was ambivalent: "I think of slaying Holmes, …& winding him up for good & all. He takes my mind from better things." In an attempt to deflect publishers' demands, he raised his price…

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🌼🍃🌼 Camille Pissarro, went to a forest " (road in a forest), 1859, oil on canvas🌼🍃🌼

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Elizabeth Armstrong Forbes was born in Canada on 12/29/1859, and
active in England, where she opened the Newlyn School of painting with her husband, Stanhope Forbes. Influenced by Whistler (his "Arrangement in Red, Pink & Orange on R) & French Realism. Forbes's "Cherry Ripe"at L.

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On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species". This day is now recognized as "Evolution Day"... which explains why atheist children open Santa's presents a month earlier.

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Coastal Landscape with Ships on the Horizon, 1859, Marcus Larson

“The winds of change blow over the sea of hope as we ride the heavens high above.
Forever searching for the isle of dreams, forever looking, forever scanning the horizon.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

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WILLIAM BRADFORD (1823 – 1892, American)
«The wreck of 'Nantucket' after a Storm», dated c. 1860

The 'Nantucket' was a whaling ship that ran aground during the night in 1859, off Nashawena Island.

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¡Me he casado con5,696,508,792,859,710esposas!

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For 'How Phil Considine Met the Banshee' by Hablot Knight Browne, 1859, in colls. (A clue is in his left hand.)

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I married 2,238,857,859,663 Husbands!

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I married 1,859,763,164,228,061 Husbands!

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in 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of master sleuth Sherlock Holmes, was born in Scotland.

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