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1897
Germaine Krull was in what is now
"With just one click, the lens captures the exterior world at the same time it captures the inner world."

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Born 1489 in Westminster Palace, Margaret Tudor, the first princess and sister of Henry VIII. Read all about her life in this new by , out now: https://t.co/7D876J7Bce

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Happy Birthday to William Blake in 1757! 'The Ancient of Days', from our collection, was first painted by Blake in 1794. He repeatedly returned to it, redrawing & repainting it for the rest of his life. This one was coloured by Blake just before his death in 1827.

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The Queens has come! “Off with her head!” in 1865 Lewis Caroll's has been published in the US https://t.co/RbeAyr5GDI

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Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was opened 1805 tocarry the Llangollen canal across the river Dee valley. It became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005. find out more at https://t.co/eX5q91NLpo

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Dem Unersättlichen in jeglichem Genuss wird selbst das Glück zum Überdruss.

Ludwig Bechstein

* 24.11.1801

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1890
Jeanne Mammen was in
“I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to be able to see others.”

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Illustration from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf, who was born in 1858 and in 1909 became the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize. Read Jenny Watson on the complex depths beneath her seemingly simple tales: https://t.co/QSVOZsRbmk

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in 1759 Admiral Hawke defeated the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the 7 years war. This action ended French Naval superiority and prevented a planned invasion of 🇬🇧.

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in 1950, writer Jack Kerouac (28) married Joan Haverty, who gave birth to his only daughter, Jan Kerouac.

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2008 The 4th Type 45 Destroyer, is launched at Scotstoun on the Clyde. The ship was launched with Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) of painted on the bow. It was removed on 2011 but restored by 2016 following a campaign that sees it proudly worn today.

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in 1995, the Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders episode “Love Struck” debuted. Watch it here: https://t.co/ZIrz5P0k3h

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1035 King Cnut died. Here he is at Dover, famously ordering the sea to turn back, before admitting 'I hadn't quite understood the full extent of this.'

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Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 'Fragments from France', keeping-up morale with shared experiences..

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'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'

in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley, a journalist and explorer, found David Livingstone ill and despondent in Tanzania, having abandoned his search for the source of the Nile.

Explore this story at https://t.co/9zFy76ox2v

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