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1735 the future Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, was born. He had a full and sometimes controversial career but is most famous for defeating 27 Spanish ships with his Fleet of 15 off Cape St Vincent. The action resulted in him being made, Earl St Vincent.

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We lift our cup to one of the most influential Macabre writers, Edgar Allan Poe, born in 1809. 🍷🖋💀

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Paul Cézanne was born in 1839. Collector & philanthropist Samuel Courtauld amassed a staggering 21 works by the artist, spending more money on Cézanne than on any other artist. Come and see a selection of these works in https://t.co/p9bAkL6dTN

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2019-01-19

100 years ago, Ignacy Jan became Prime Minister of Poland!

He helped Poland regain its independence & was an unprecedented musical superstar 🤩

"Paderewski: The Original PR Genius from 19th-Century Poland"
👉https://t.co/2DQbRgzWNL

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2019-01-18

Happy birthday to Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706. https://t.co/m98EpCp9mO

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2019-01-18

Kimiko Ikegami

as Gorgeous in Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's Hausu (1977)

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1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls

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Berthe Morisot was in
"It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience."

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"However fond one is of one's husband, one does not relinquish a life of work without some difficulty; affection is a very pretty thing provided it is coupled with something to fill one's day."
–Berthe Morisot, 1841 in

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Principal Sam's Calendar

January 14

Today is International Kite Day.

This reminds me of my favorite movie, Mary Poppins.

The librarian in my third book was designed after Mary.






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The Feast of the was a Christian feast observed on 14 Jan celebrating stories in the

from Schreber 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' https://t.co/9TjAPf3pQV

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Remembering (Born: January 13, 1922-Died: June 2, 1970)

Le ballon rouge or The Red Balloon (1956)
Director: Albert Lamorisse

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Happy birthday Jack London! Born in 1876, here he is captured 28 years later in his very-nearly birthday suit. Read more in 's essay about the writer's last book to be published in his lifetime, The Star Rover: https://t.co/wAMGRYJHCJ

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2019-01-13

goes online in 2001: A Space Odyssey. As ambitious and prophetic as the film that shared its inception, Arthur C. Clarke’s novel is a sci-fi classic. This Folio edition comes with a metallic slipcase, and is illustrated by . https://t.co/02kWrbkKxx

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The artist Parmigianino was born in 1503. We have three paintings by him in our collection and two of these can be seen in Room 8: 'Portrait of a Collector' and The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine'. Learn more about them here: https://t.co/ppnmpRKq2X

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the London Underground opened in 1863?

This 1898 photo shows workers constructing the British Museum Station on the Central Line. The station remained in service until 1933 & was later used as a air raid shelter.

See more here https://t.co/WRbAAAWa5k

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John Lavery died at Rossenarra House, Co. Kilkenny in 1941. A native of Belfast, he is remembered as one of 'The Glasgow Boys' and for his iconic portraits, including The Red Rose (1923) and The Widow (1921) currently on display in our Gibson Galleries (Floor 1).

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The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway opened in London 1863

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Principal Sam's Calendar

January 10

On this day in 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon...





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