Born in 1751: (1751-1836), President of the USA

Portrait by (1751/2-1811)

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210 years ago, 11 March 1811, a crowd gathered in Nottingham's Old Market Square - many were local textile workers whose livelihoods were threatened by the pace of industrialisation thanks to the spreading of a new invention: the stocking frame 🪧

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Born in 1751: Swedish painter (1751-1811)

Portrait of Henri Bertholet-Campan with his dog Aline, 1786

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Born in 1751: Swedish painter (1751-1811)

Portrait of of Austria (1755-93), Queen of France, 1788

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ブリジャートン家のボクシングのシーンって現代的な脚色なのかと思ってたら、当時からほんとにボクシングの試合があったのね。スポーツとしてのボクシングはイギリスでは17世紀から始まったらしい。
このイラストは1811年の賭けボクシング試合。後ろに観客たくさん🥊
https://t.co/dB5iIQoEXf

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🐦 British ornithology
London: Printed for the author, by Stephen Couchman . . and sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1811-1821.
https://t.co/mJ1sjjT6VM

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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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Died 29 January 1820 George III, King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as well as King of Hanover.

Unlike his 2 predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language & never visited Hanover, since 1811 his son ruled as Regent.

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In 1811 he visited Salisbury to paint the spire. Barges on the Stour (1811), E Bergholt (c1813) & Golding Constable’s Flower Garden (1815) The latter is a breath of fresh air!

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Born in 1791: Spanish painter (1791-1865)

Portrait of Nicomedes Pastor Díaz (1811-63), 1848

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Born in 1811: (1811-64), King of Bavaria

Portrait by Berthold Joseph Krug, 1849


Historisches Museum Bamberg

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作家、詩人、フォークロア研究家として知られるカレル・ヤロミール・エルベン(1811年11月7日〜1870年11月21日)は150年前の今日、逝去した。怪談めいた詩集『花束』(Kytice、初版1853年、改訂版1861年)や童話が有名。シュヴァンクマイエル監督による『オテサーネク』(2001年)も彼の童話に基づく。

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RT : A small but savage epic of courage occurred in 1811 when a small British trader, the Fortune, was attacked by a larger French privateer, her crew outnumbered six to one. But she did not surrender ... https://t.co/dNTnCgabg5

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