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Happy birthday Jacob Grimm! The elder of the folklorist brothers was born 1785. Read Jack Zipes' essay "The Forgotten Tales of the Brothers Grimm" in which he explores the importance of the neglected 1st edition of their Kinder-und Hausmärchen: https://t.co/Oe3r5W0KV8

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2020-01-04

Principal Sam's Calendar

January 4

Jacob Grimm of Grimm's Fairy Tales was born on this day in 1785.

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2020-01-04

Born Augustus John Welsh & Important exponent of in the U.K. Known initially for his & by 1920s he was Britain's leading recognized for his psychological insights into his subjects

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2020-01-04

Happy 2125th Birthday to Marcus Tullius Cicero, born in Arpinum in 106BC!

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2020-01-03

James Francis Edward Stuart, The Old Pretender, died in 1766.

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2020-01-03

Principal Sam's Calendar

January 2

The great science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, was born on this day in 1920.

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2020-01-02

Catherine of Braganza died in 1705.

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2019-12-31

Born Henri Matisse iconic French famed for masterful colour & fluid draughtsmanship 1 of Big Beasts Rigorous technique emphasized flattened forms & decorative pattern Helped revolutionise & sculpture

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2019-12-31

1924 Edwin Hubble announced that the spiral nebula Andromeda was actually a galaxy, confirming that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe 🌌 He used images like this to classify them https://t.co/PylmcK7lUA 🌌🌌

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2019-12-30

Born Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French Won Grand Prix de Rome for painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter 2 Elizabeth Empress of Russia

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1823 Dock was formally renamed to following an appeal from the locals to King George IV.Devonport tower was built to commemorate the new town which sprung up after the began building around 1690.Located at south end of 1/2

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Great patron of the arts and mistress to Louis XV, was born 1721. This painting, by French artist was painted in 1759.

You can find this piece on display in the Oval Drawing Room.

https://t.co/mjLqLacVrT

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2019-12-30

in 1694 Queen Mary dies, leaving William III to rule alone. Her wish that the view of the from Queen’s House should be kept clear was honoured, & the design of the buildings were split into 4 quadrants

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2019-12-28

Kennet and Avon canal completed by opening Caen Hill Locks, Devizes 1810. Engineer John Rennie, these images come from Rennie's notebook owned by Smeatonian Society https://t.co/5sPAEvlC1F

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2019-12-28

The remarkable actress, singer, humanitarian, activist and fashion icon was in 1901. Here’s a piece of I made in her honor.

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2019-12-27

Today in Gaozong of Tang, the founding emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, dies. (683 CE)

Read more: https://t.co/Ufl0CUBgeL

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2019-12-27

27 December 1642 Parliamentary troops commanded by Sir William Waller took the town of Chichester. The following day, encouraged by Sir Arthur Hasilrige, some of the soldiers committed acts of iconoclasm in .

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2019-12-27

Happy (Christmas) Birthday to artist who was in 1916!

Image: John Minton, Thameside, 1970. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © Royal College of Art

More ACC works by Minton: https://t.co/m28WjSVtcR

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2019-12-25