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From Botticelli to Blake to Doré, a tour through seven centuries of illustrations for the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri who passed away #onthisday in 1321... https://t.co/Avg6JnC1lV
Premiering 📺 #OnThisDay in 1991,
Back to the Future
#SaturdayMorningCartoons
#OnThisDay 14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
A sombre #OnThisDay 14 September 1852, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington passed away at Walmer Castle, he was 83 years old.
He had likely suffered a series of strokes overnight & his condition deteriorated.
He was moved from his bed to a chair where he expired at 3pm.
Born #onthisday1804 John Gould British ornithologist & bird #artist Published a series of monographs on birds illustrated by sublime plates produced with assistance of his wife & other artists Called father of bird study in Australia Worked with Darwin identifying finches
British author Roald Dahl was born #OnThisDay in 1916. He did not only write novels like Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but he is also responsible for millions of children picking up their first book and becoming avid readers.
#OnThisDay 13 September 1645 was the battle of Philiphaugh near Selkirk. Covenanter forces under Lt Gen David Leslie decisively defeated Royalist forces under the Marquis of Montrose. Images of the generals from our collection. #BritishCivilWars #WarOfThreeKingdoms #17thCentury
#OnThisDay 25 years ago, September 13, 1997 - The New Batman Adventures premiered on television.
Airing the episode "Holiday Knights"
Directed by Dan Riba
Written by @Paul_Dini
#OnThisDay #OTD September 1991, a series of Maggie Simpson educational children's books were published. Written by Matt Groening and his sister, Maggie Groening, they are the only #TheSimpsons educational book series to date.
#OnThisDay 1998: "#Godzilla: The Series" made its TV debut. #Kaiju
#OnThisDay Wishing a Happy Birthday to Sydney Sweeney who'll be playing the role of Julia Carpenter in the #madameweb Movie ❤️
#MarvelFansIndia #SydneySweeney @sydney_sweeney
Happy 6th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “Come Sale Away” 🏡🎉 it aired on @Nickelodeon on September 12, 2016 🎊🏠 I Love how The Loud Siblings are determined on the annual garage sale. 🏡 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy6thAnniversary
Premiering 📺 #OnThisDay in 1970,
Josie and the Pussy Cats
#SaturdayMorningCartoons
Cleopatra's Needle was erected on the Victoria Embankment by the Thames #onThisDay 1878 after being shipped from Egypt in a specially designed container. It was almost lost at sea during the journey. Full story https://t.co/dS3WmUKOtn https://t.co/gXzpstNGRA
🎂 Happy Birthday to Mr. Wrestling II, who turns 48 today! 🥳🎉 President Carter's favorite wrestler, the 11x NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title for a second time this year. He's also a former Mid-South North American Champion. #OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait with mother-in-law & aunt #AnnaofAustria & son by #SimonRenarddeSaintAndré (1613-77), ca. 1665
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait with mother-in-law & aunt #AnnaofAustria by #SimonRenarddeSaintAndré (1613-77), 1664
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #MariaTheresaofSpain (1638-83), Queen of France as spouse of #LouisXIV, daughter of #PhilipIV
Portrait by Charles & Henri #Beaubrun, 17th Century
#MarieThérèsedAutriche #Habsburg #Bourbon
Premiering 📺 #OnThisDay in 1989,
The Karate Kid
#SaturdayMorningCartoons #CobraKai