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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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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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Two sailors fix their vessel’s position amid stormy seas in this dramatic etching by Winslow Homer, born in 1836. https://t.co/3PWBCiXhpd

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

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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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Paris, 19th-century style! Browse the French street views of photographer Eugène Atget, born in 1857: https://t.co/yo3mjv0VWA

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

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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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To celebrate the birth anniversary of the doodles Darwin's children made in his “On the Origin of Species” manuscript.
https://t.co/9OeLKUVduT 1809

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Charles Darwin, legendary naturalist, was born in 1809.

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Alexander Pushkin, an icon of Romanticism, died in 1837.

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in 1881, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov) died of a pulmonary hemorrhage.
According to one reporter, more than 100,000 mourners were present in his funeral.

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Today is the centenary of birth, he was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. His iconic 'Thermal' painting is currently on display as part of Modern Art and St Ives https://t.co/MoWPjc04BG

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