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1797 a Fleet under Adm Jervis in HMS VICTORY defeated a Spanish Fleet off coast of Portugal at Cape St Vincent.The battle also featured one Horatio Nelson in HMS MINERVE & Cuthbert Collingwood in HMS EXCELLENT.The victory was a success of teamwork

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2019-02-14

in 1743, botanist on Captain Cook's first voyage, Sir Joseph Banks was born

The HMS Endeavour travelled to Brazil where Banks made the first scientific description of Bougainvillea

This is from Banks' Florilegium, after by Sydney Parkinson

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2019-02-13

Carlo Carrà was born in Piedmont in 1881.

In 1911, Carrà’s direct exposure to Cubism during a visit to Paris had a profound effect on the work of this artistic magpie, as illustrated by drawings such as Synthesis of a Café Concert.

Can you see the dancing notes? 🎶

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2019-02-11

1548, Jacques Francis, a Guinean who is the earliest known person to dive on the Mary Rose, gives testimony in court, the first to do so.

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2019-02-08

Happy Birthday to Charles Dickens, born 1812. A literary superstar in his day 1st book of "Sketches" was published under the pseudonym of 'Boz' in 1836. We love nothing more than unearthing 1st editions, manuscripts & original illustrations of his work.

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2019-02-07

Also, in 2015, came to our world on the big screen in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water!

Probably should've posted this one first. 😉🎬

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2019-02-07

in 1508, Maximilian I was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor. A while ago, we produced a video on Maximilian I. Have a look (if you don't know it yet): https://t.co/d9jqIcT3rE
This image comes from the "Theuerdank", an epic poem that celebrates Maximilian's heroic deeds.

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2019-02-04

Principal Sam's Calendar

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Happy Birthday Fred Flintstone!




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2019-02-02

The Bell Rock lighthouse was first lit 1811. John Rennie was engineer but it was Robert Stevenson who designed the lighthouse and spent 4 years on site during construction. The design was based on Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse.

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2019-02-01

This photograph shows flooding in Wisbech Road, King's Lynn following the North Sea flood surge in 1953

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2019-01-31

Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948. Our collections include a photograph of him at the second session of the Indian Round Table Conference, St James's Palace, London, taken in September 1931: https://t.co/ZjaqPFCt3k

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2019-01-30

Richard Brandon was the Common Hangman of London in 1649, it is debatable as to whether he beheaded Charles I as his identity was concealed on the scaffold & his confession, shown here, was published posthumously.

More here https://t.co/AV6ifq36Yd

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2019-01-30

Happy birthday to who was born in 1900. This Pennsylvanian artist is known today as one of the most insightful and provocative portraitists of the twentieth century. https://t.co/pxyUZzP0hf

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2019-01-29

Jackson Pollock earned his nickname ‘Jack the Dripper’ by his unique method of painting: he splashed painting on a canvas, typical for his dynamic and unpredictable personality.

‘The Water Bull’ is now on display in Stedelijk BASE. Jackson Pollock was in 1912.

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