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#OnThisDay in 1833 the 200 ton British prison ship Amphitrite sank off Boulogne after being caught in a vicious gale. 134 were lost including 108 female prisoners, 12 children, Captain John Hunter and all but 3 of the sailors. #shipwrecks #maritime @RMGreenwich @PlaneteNAUSICAA
Printmaker Julius John Lankes #BornOnThisDay 1884 in Buffalo, New York. He provided illustrations for the leftist magazine The Liberator & enjoyed a long friendship with Robert Frost, illustrating his poetry. He also provided illustrations for Sherwood Anderson & Beatrix Potter.
#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813 San Sebastian was stormed.
Made at low tide due to the waterways, gunfire from Brigs supported the assault.
The Anglo-Allied force stormed the Breach only to find an inner wall, guns were directed to fire overhead to breach them.
Died #OnThisDay 1688 John Bunyan, teenage soldier in the New Model Army, preacher & writer best known for the Pilgrim's Progress
#HistParl #twitterstorians #17thcentury
#OnThisDay 31 Aug-1 Sept 1813.
Combat at Vera, in heavy rain the advancing Division of French troops were held up by 2 Companies (only 100 men) of 95th Rifles, across a narrow bridge.
Commanded by Captain Cadoux, who requests for support were denied, they held out overnight.
Born #OnThisDay in 1748: French painter #JacquesLouisDavid (1748-1825)
Portrait of Jacobus Blauw (1759-1829), 1795
#FrenchArt #Neoclassicism
Born #OnThisDay in 1748: French painter #JacquesLouisDavid (1748-1825)
Portrait by #RembrandtPeale (1778-1860), 1807
#FrenchArt #Neoclassicism
Born #onthisday1748 Jacques-Louis David French #Neoclassical #painter Considered the preeminent painter of his era Emergence of his intellectual style of art ushered in migration from #Rococo frippery towards classical austerity Signature works inc. Death of Marat (1793) …
#Music A voice…and, oh boy, what a voice….
#BornOnThisDay Dinah Washington
Mad About The Boy
https://t.co/31G9n1L7CZ via @YouTube
…The sleepless nights I’ve had about the boy.
On the silver screen,
He melts my foolish heart in ev’ry single scene…
🖌Kostas Soutsos 🇬🇷
On This Day 2 years ago, 💕✨🎊 Steven Universe Original Television Score vol. 4 was out & streaming in August 29, 2020 💎🎉💖
Music by @Aiviwave & @Surasshu 🌟💕 Album art by @EfrainART and Jasmin Lai via @ChromosphereLA. 🌸🌹⭐ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay #StevenUniverseMusic
Released 🎬 #OnThisDay in 1987,
Slaughterhouse 🪓
#80sMovies #HorrorMovies
#OnThisDay
28年前の1994年8月29日、オアシスのファースト・アルバム『Definitely Maybe』がリリースされた。
「Supersonic」UK 3位)、「Shakermaker」(UK11位)、「Live Forever」(UK10位)、「Cigarettes & Alcohol」
(UK 7位)がヒット、アルバム・チャートは全英1位/全米58位。
#Oasis
https://t.co/zmOznWL62Z
Edward Burne-Jones - The Mirror of Venus, 1875
#art #arthistory #ArtLovers #DonneInArte #painting #museum #culture #ArteYArt #ScrivoArte #DonneAmiche #Artwit #ontheblog #TweeterWorld #OnThisDay #OTD
https://t.co/gW7gIibJ5b
Edward Burne-Jones - The Mirror of Venus, 1875
#art #arthistory #ArtLovers #DonneInArte #painting #museum #culture #ArteYArt #ScrivoArte #DonneAmiche #Artwit #ontheblog #TweeterWorld #OnThisDay #OTD
#OnThisDay
Engels met Marx at Cafe de la Regence, Paris.
"When I visited Marx in Paris in the summer of 1844 we found ourselves in complete agreement on questions of theory and our collaboration began at that time."
- F. Engels -
#karlmarx #friedrichengels
#OnThisDay
44年前の1978年8月28日、ディーヴォのファースト・アルバム『Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO』がリリースされた。
「(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction」(UK41位)、「Be Stiff」(UK71位)がヒット、アルバム・チャートは全米78位/全英12位。
#DEVO
#OnThisDay
49年前の1973年8月28日、マーヴィン・ゲイの12枚目のアルバム『Let's Get It On』がリリースされた。
タイトル曲(US1位/UK31位)、「Come Get to This」(US21位)、「You Sure Love to Ball」(US50位)
アルバム・チャートは全米2位/全英39位。
#MarvinGaye
Born #onthisday1905 Leonard Fox Australian #painter #writer #journalist social activist produced swath of left-wing propagandist posters & covers for his booklets such as Australia's Guilty Men Best known for On guard at Eureka (1854) accepted for Sulman Prize (1955)
Born #onthisday19833 Edward Burne-Jones English #Pre-Raphaelite #painter & #designer & leading star of new #Aesthetic Movement Helped rejuvenate Britain’s #stainedglass tradition Considered art’s value was as object of impassioned beauty triggering a sensual & romantic response