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Michelangelo was born #OnThisDay 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
A large part of Wynnstay mansion was burnt, destroying the valuable library of Welsh manuscripts #onthisday 1858 https://t.co/iv5ObElgrJ @NLWArchives
Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (author of 'Micrographia') died #OnThisDay in 1703.
#OnThisDay 1896 the Abyssinian army of Menelik II defeats invading Italian forces at the Battle of #Adwa. Celebrated annually in Ethiopia, it is commemorated on Ethiopia's 1971 stamps designed by M&S Dubois and printed by @DeLaRuePlc. @DerilloEyob @britishlibrary @EthioEmbassyUK
Turbulent Jupiter, observed by NASA’s Voyager 1 #space probe #onthisday in 1979.
Musical details from works by Sandro Botticelli (b #otd 1445) #onthisday #renaissance #earlymusic #lute #trumpet
Happy birthday to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born #onthisday in 1841! For this special occasion we’re breaking out the onions - we’re not crying...you’re crying. #clarkart #onview #intheberkshires #happybirthday
Phoebus Levene was born #OnThisDay in 1869. He published a paper in 1919 @jbiolchem showing nucleic acids are linked via the phosphate group.
Two sailors fix their vessel’s position amid stormy seas in this dramatic etching by Winslow Homer, born #onthisday in 1836. https://t.co/3PWBCiXhpd
Charles V was born #OnThisDay in 1500 and #OTD in 1530 he was the last one crowned as Emperor by a Pope (Clemente VII). It happened in #SanPetronioBasilica in #Bologna. His kingdom was so wide that people said the sun never set on it. 👑 https://t.co/ar68SDxcXy
A very happy birthday to Johan Christian Dahl who was born #OnThisDay in 1788
#DidYouKnow 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
#OTD #bornonthisday Pamela Colman Smith, 16th February 1878,Pimlico, London. #art #tarot #PamelaColmanSmith #occultist #illustrator #artists
#onthisday in 1826: the British military brought me out of retirement to build the #RideauCanal from #OttawaRiver to #LakeOntario. Despite immense difficulties and controversy, the canal and #Bytown #Ottawa would become my enduring legacy. 💂♂️⚒️🏗️
#OnThisDay in 1849, James Knox Polk becomes the first sitting US President to have his photograph taken (the photographer was Mathew Brady). #earlyphotography #daguerreotypes
Baron Rodney, naval commander at American War of Independence, was born #onthisday in 1718. #twitterstorians
#OnThisDay 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.
Paris, 19th-century style! Browse the French street views of photographer Eugène Atget, born #onthisday in 1857: https://t.co/yo3mjv0VWA
#OTD b. Anna Pavlova (Russia, 1881-1931). Celebrated ballerina & the first to tour ballet around the world. #OnThisDay #Ballet #DyingSwan
1/2 #OnThisDay in 1877, Darwin was presented with two photograph albums showing Dutch, German and Austrian scientists to mark his 68th birthday. We've collaborated with @MyDearDarwin at @CamDigLib to share these online for #DarwinDay https://t.co/pSL6Jd1qvs