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Rosso Fiorentino was born in 1494! With his friend Jacopo Pontormo, also a pupil of the renowned Renaissance master Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino pioneered Mannerism in Florentine painting. https://t.co/fMufdcUIxR

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2018-03-09

Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance period, was born in 1475. For just 4 weeks you can see a remarkable selection of his drawings on display in Gallery 8. Tickets are free but booking is strongly recommended

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2018-03-07

in 1982, legendary rockers The Go-Go's start a 6 week run at on the album chart with their debut record "Beauty and The Beat" featuring the smash single We Got The Beat. The album goes on to sell over 2 million copies. https://t.co/BQojvbPeOW

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2018-03-06

Michelangelo was born in 1475. Painter, sculptor & architect, he was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius. You can see 'The Entombment (or Christ being carried to his Tomb)' and 'The Manchester Madonna' in Room 8: https://t.co/cu6WD8fRNW

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2018-03-06

A large part of Wynnstay mansion was burnt, destroying the valuable library of Welsh manuscripts 1858 https://t.co/iv5ObElgrJ

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2018-03-05

Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (author of 'Micrographia') died in 1703.

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2018-03-04

1896 the Abyssinian army of Menelik II defeats invading Italian forces at the Battle of Celebrated annually in Ethiopia, it is commemorated on Ethiopia's 1971 stamps designed by M&S Dubois and printed by .

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2018-03-02

Turbulent Jupiter, observed by NASA’s Voyager 1 probe in 1979.

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2018-03-02

Happy birthday to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in 1841! For this special occasion we’re breaking out the onions - we’re not crying...you’re crying.

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2018-02-26

Phoebus Levene was born in 1869. He published a paper in 1919 showing nucleic acids are linked via the phosphate group.

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2018-02-25

Charles V was born in 1500 and in 1530 he was the last one crowned as Emperor by a Pope (Clemente VII). It happened in in His kingdom was so wide that people said the sun never set on it. 👑 https://t.co/ar68SDxcXy

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2018-02-24

A very happy birthday to Johan Christian Dahl who was born in 1788

the boat in 'Mother and Child by the Sea' by Dahl may be an autobiographical reference, as the artist's father was a fisherman?

Find it in our Blue Gallery

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2018-02-24

in 1826: the British military brought me out of retirement to build the from to Despite immense difficulties and controversy, the canal and would become my enduring legacy. 💂‍♂️⚒️🏗️

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2018-02-14

in 1849, James Knox Polk becomes the first sitting US President to have his photograph taken (the photographer was Mathew Brady).

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2018-02-14

Baron Rodney, naval commander at American War of Independence, was born in 1718.

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2018-02-13

in 1991, Sotheby's announced the discovery of a long-lost manuscript of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
"Human beings can be awful cruel to one another."
📖Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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2018-02-13

b. Anna Pavlova (Russia, 1881-1931). Celebrated ballerina & the first to tour ballet around the world.

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2018-02-13

1/2 in 1877, Darwin was presented with two photograph albums showing Dutch, German and Austrian scientists to mark his 68th birthday. We've collaborated with at to share these online for https://t.co/pSL6Jd1qvs

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2018-02-12