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"Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!"

260 years ago, William Blake was born at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. Read more on https://t.co/zQBfYaJDiD

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, born in 1886. Famed for his drawings of cats, his studio-home was in Villiers-le-Bâcle. https://t.co/tt2AbuNI0h

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“Writers forget the old dome and savour new efficiency” so said The Guardian 1997 to mark the opening of our new reading rooms.

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Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born in 1713.

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Charles Darwin published 'The Origin of Species' in 1859! Check out our Darwin collection in Luna 🤓 https://t.co/UUgX2AhiU5

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The remarkable (real name Mary Ann Evans) was born 1819. 40 years later - by which time she had just started to become a regular - her first novel, appeared. Here's our 1859 copy:

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in 1898 the Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte was born https://t.co/joOWjmi9X4

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William Stott of Oldham was born in 1857. See his works here on https://t.co/T2gbvsH0Vf

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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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The arrival of George Stephenson's patented travelling engines at the Hetton coal company staiths on the river Wear 1822

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in 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon

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1891 - German general Erwin Rommel is born Known for his military skills and chivalry, he was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler.

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The flapper to end all flappers, was born in 1906. Known for PANDORA'S BOX (1927), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (1929), BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928)

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Account of a terrible explosion at Houghton Colliery, 1850.

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1940 David 'Screaming Lord' Sutch (1940-1999), British politician, musician and maverick, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (1983).

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in 1934 was born American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator.

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Born in 1847, Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula. Bela Lugosi stars in this movie version from 1931 © Universal, courtesy Ronald Grant

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