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A dragon illustration in a 1460 edition of the Medieval Liber Floridus

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2016-08-12

George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain on this day in 1714.

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2016-08-01

In Pursuit of Pleasure: The Polite & Impolite World of Georgian Entertainment is now open!

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2016-07-29

William Wilberforce, abolitionist, died in 1833.

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2016-07-29

German Sausages & Flying Ambulances... battlefield medicine. https://t.co/fUOuYQwLD2

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2016-07-08

Hans Christian Andersen, author of terrifying was born in 1805.

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2016-04-03

Giacomo Casanova, famed adventurer, was born in 1725.

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2016-04-02

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden by John Constable, who died in 1838…

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2016-04-01

William Smith, the Father of English Geology, was born in 1769.

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2016-03-23

Laurence Sterne, one of my favourite Georgians, died in 1768!

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2016-03-18

The legendary Battle of the Alamo took place in 1836.

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2016-03-06

Robert Adam, architect and designer, died 1792

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2016-03-03

Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer, born 1792 baby

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2016-02-29

The Hon. Mrs. Hurt Rowley and friend in finely tailored fashions, 1879.

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2016-01-26

Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland abdicated in 1736.

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2016-01-26