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died in 1900. In 1895 Wilde was sentenced to 2 years hard labour after being found guilty of ‘gross indecency’

See the cell door from Wilde's cell at Reading Gaol in our museum and stand on the Bow St dock where Wilde once stood

Illustration:

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1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi. Reminding us that not all massacres were carried out by white settlers.

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2019-11-29

28 November 1974, YES released their seventh studio album, Relayer!

What is your favourite moment from the Relayer album?

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Mathematician Ada Lovelace died in 1852. She is considered the first programmer. She was an associate of Charles Babbage for whose prototype of a computer she created a program
“The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be.”

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Born William Blake English & Largely unrecognised during his lifetime Blake now considered a seminal figure in history of poetry & visual arts of the Romantic Age Major works inc. Newton (1795-1805) Satan (1789) Blake’s Cottage (c1804-10)

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2019-11-28

On this day in 2002, Treasure Planet came out in theaters.

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2019-11-28

26 NOV 1971, YES released Fragile!

Explore Fragile now at https://t.co/Hr9MXPIwT8

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artist Maurice Denis, who was an important practitioner and theorist of modern French art, associated with Les Nabis + symbolist groups. The next time you’re look for Denis’ painting “Mother and Child” on view in Room 13 of the Collection Gallery.

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2019-11-25

25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounces the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and an increased professionalism in its officers.

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On this day, 20 years ago, Toy Story 2 came out in theatres on November 24, 1999.

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2019-11-24

1808 Marshal Lannes won a crushing victory over a Spanish force at the Battle of Tudela. Though outnumbered, his bold attack sent the Spanish fleeing in two directions. The French saw victory as revenge for their earlier humiliating defeat at the Battle of Bailén.

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2019-11-24

José Clemente Orozco, who was born in 1883. Orozco was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance. https://t.co/pYI3qGIUwk

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"the shining light or rather the blazing star of this country" - Richard Grosvenor (later Earl Grosvenor) on William Pitt the Elder 1758 when seconding the Address in in support of the Pitt-Newcastle "the glory of this country"

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2019-11-23

23 Nov 1909, Clara Lemlich called a general strike by garment workers in New York, USA. Within 48 hours, around 20,000 mostly female workers walked out.

I/V with Clara:
https://t.co/5YWZmeV3p9

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2019-11-23

Born José Orozco Mexican specializing in painting large scale political murals personified Mexican Mural Renaissance Most complex of Mexican muralists fond of human suffering as theme but less realistic & more fascinated by machines

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2019-11-23

On this day in 1995 "Toy Story", the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, is released

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2019-11-22

in1869, the most famous of the clipper ships, Cutty Sark, was launched in Dumbarton, Scotland. On return to the UK from her maiden voyage, she carried a cargo of 1.3 million lbs (over 580,000kg) of tea.

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2019-11-22

Born Leo Gestel Dutch experimented widely with influences spanning & In Paris encountered movement Gestel was one of the leading of the Dutch modernism movement with Piet Mondrian

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2019-11-22

1890
Jeanne Mammen was in
“I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others.”

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