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in 1897, one of the greatest pioneers in American aviation was born. ✈️ https://t.co/QuT34dpiHU

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Botanist is purported to have been born in 1822. His experiments with pea plants laid the groundwork for the field of

📷: Pea plants 2 centuries earlier by artist Giovanna Garzoni. Learn: https://t.co/Eot2xQCyBJ.

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1908
Claire Falkenstein was in
"The admonition to look within has always kept me going. It's when people are always copying each other that they don't establish their own as an

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On this day in 2003, we released our self-titled album. Thanks for all the support!! What’s your favorite song from the record?

Listen here: https://t.co/fPW2dbdMR4

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21 July 1798 Battle of the Pyramids where Napoleonic forces defeat the Ottomans and Mamluks near Cairo in what was a decisive victory with minimal losses for Napoleon. (Painting by François-Watteau)

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in 1984: Houston Wrestling: introduces The Midnight Express, and Bobby Eaton returns the favour by introducing Jim Cornette.

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1588 the Spanish Armada was spotted off The English Fleet under Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake, sailed from Plymouth and engaged the Armada the next day starting an epic chase/battle that led to a decisive victory for the English Navy.

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in 1783, Master Coachbuilder James Ewer Cutten was born. The Cutten's had a coachbuilding business in St Pancras.
Here are a lovely selection of coachbuilders designs by the Cutten's

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in 1994 Stereolab released Ping Pong, the video for which was filmed by Nick Abraham’s on very own Arri ST camera 🎥 🏓 https://t.co/L2nxiO7qBP

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1801 Cdr Matthew Flinders sailed from in HMS INVESTIGATOR charged with the task of circumnavigating Terra Australis. Which he did, naming many inlets, ports and features. He also pushed for the name to be used to define the land.

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Happy birthday to the self-portrait master Rembrandt van Rijn, the iconic Dutch painter who was born in 1606!
Artwork by Jenna Yao (Ryman '19)
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https://t.co/kPcFyvKbRz

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"I think I'm of so little interest to the English public that it doesn't matter at all if an English magazine publishes me or not" - Anton who died 115 years ago. Time proved that the great writer was wrong.

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in 1973, Queen released their self titled debut album featuring their 1st single Keep Yourself Alive. The album laid the foundation for a band that would become one of the biggest rock groups of all time!

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in 1834. To mark the occasion we have two drypoint images from our collection - The Forge, 1861 and The Limeburner, 1859.
For prints see https://t.co/Gub3FRfFgk

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James Abbott McNeil Whistler in 1834 in Lowell Massachusetts, painter of wonderful scenes of Wapping and the Thames in 1861
"I know so little – things do not go quickly!” he wrote at the time

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Evening of 9th July 1553. A 'great banquet' was held in honour of the new Queen Jane.

Jane was also probably briefed and prepared for the following days events.

Painting by: John Singleton Copley 1807

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The Polish painter & illustrator Julian Fałat passed away 90 years ago. He was a leading representative of landscape & genre painting in the Young Poland (Młoda Polska) period 🖼️

👉 https://t.co/UVDdbSJSnq

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1867
Käthe Kollwitz was in what is now
"I want to have an effect on my time, in which humans are so confused and in need of help."

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in 1977, Styx released their 7th album "The Grand Illusion" featuring the hit singles Come Sail Away and Fooling Yourself. The album was the bands commercial breakthrough, peaking at on the Billboard charts and selling over 3 million copies in the US.

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was born in 1907.

Art by Rita Dmitrijenko

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