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263 years ago today, the Great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 struck, a pivotal event in terms of both damage and human thought (scientifically, philosophically, politically, theologically). Still much we don't understand about the source zone that produced this earthquake.
#1755 Birthday Eli UR [Limited] (Score Up)
Skill: every 25 notes, 28..56% chance to add 830..3595pts to your score.
Center skill: Cool Empress + 3rd years boost (9/6 Cool 3rd years)
10/16 は断頭台の露と消えた
王妃様のご命日…🇫🇷
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1755年11月2日 - 1793年10月16日
The collections of antiquities donated to @UniofOxford by Lord Henry Howard and Henrietta Fermor, Countess of Pomfret in 1755. Presenting statues outdoors in a semi-ruinous environment was a well-established format for illustrating sculpture collections. https://t.co/H7CoIlBHdR
Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun
(Paris, 1755-1842),
célèbre portraitiste française.
Parmi ses clientes : Marie-Antoinette, Madame du Barry, Pauline de Beaumont, Lady Hamilton, Louise de Prusse...
Ici trois autoportraits dont deux avec sa fille Julie.
Essential #WorldCup England and Sweden reading!
[or an excellent piece by Mikael Ahlund on British influences on Swedish artists brothers Elias (1739-1818) and Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816)]: https://t.co/ZRI0U49HXb #eng #swe #ENGSWE
The Island of Tortosa from Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe, in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean islands (1810) illustrated by Luigi Mayer (1755-1803).
Download now at https://t.co/YkDK4M7pFm
七年戦争に従軍した有名人がもうひとりいる。まだマルキ(侯爵)になる前のサド。1755年に15歳で騎兵中尉になったサドは駆け足で軍歴を磨き、1763年で七年戦争に従軍した時には、竜騎兵の大佐になっていた。
Great woman artist!
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842) was a prominent French painter.Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of Rococo, while she often adopted a neoclassical style. https://t.co/GMzUZ6sjcK