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Jan Weenix died in 1719. His painting, 'An Italian Courtyard', hangs in Room 21: https://t.co/oMs6ClTwuy

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in 1066 Norwegian king Harald Hardrada landed in Scarborough & began his invasion of England

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in 1701 James Francis Edward Stuart became the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England & Scotland.

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Frederick J. Waugh was born Sept. 13, 1861 during WWI designed ship camouflage | "The Path of the Moon"

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in 1940, 4 teenagers stumbled on the entrance to a major work of art history: cave paintings

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died in 1901. His works captured the dynamism of late 19th-century Paris

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Melbourne founded 1835, by free settlers such as John Batman. https://t.co/jha9Tkvod7

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Titian died in 1576. These works show the versatility of his long career https://t.co/plBJi5KD5C

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Master of light and shadow, Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán died in 1664 https://t.co/HJgKRqTQkJ

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27/8 1816 Adm. Exmouth's British-Dutch fleet bombarded Algiers to stop slave-trade.

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Dutch Golden Age portrait painter Frans Hals died in 1666 https://t.co/J8HISfp3GC

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in 55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar from the coast of Kent

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British equestrian painter George Stubbs was born in 1724 https://t.co/56dyu2NAse

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Engineer James Watt died in 1819. The SI unit of power is named after him https://t.co/jfETIKQ2ij

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in 1305 Sir William Wallace who demanded Scottish Independence was hung, drawn and quartered in London

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard died in 1806. 'Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid' hangs in Room 33.

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in 1895, "The Adventure of Norwood Builder", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories, starts.

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1858 E. Nesbit – author of the adored Railway Children – was born. Activist, writer… her legacy lives on

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