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14 January 1664, Françoise-Madeleine d’Orléans, Duchesse de Savoie, dies aged 15.

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2019-01-14

Turning nature into art: the pioneering naturalist, entomologist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian died in 1717. She travelled the world & created brilliant drawings & illustrations of plants & insects, making detailed notes on the behaviour & life cycle of butterflies.

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2019-01-14

in 2014 Mary Barra was appointed CEO of General Motors, the auto industry’s first female CEO. She started working for GM at 18 in 1980 - and in 2014 was featured on the cover of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. https://t.co/ts0I8Hc2jH

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2019-01-13

Happy birthday Jack London! Born in 1876, here he is captured 28 years later in his very-nearly birthday suit. Read more in 's essay about the writer's last book to be published in his lifetime, The Star Rover: https://t.co/wAMGRYJHCJ

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2019-01-13

January 10, 1794, died German naturalist & explorer Johann Georg Adam Forster. He made first observations on tropical corals & atolls during his voyage with J. Cook around the world. His writings inspired Alexander von Humboldt & Charles https://t.co/prmX5v7mNP

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2019-01-10

in 1734 John Jervis was born. 1795: Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet blockading Cadiz, 1797: defeated a larger Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, 1801: First Lord of the Admiralty. Known as a firm disciplinarian, reformer of dockyards and successfully battled corruption

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2019-01-09

"Treat your friends as you do your pictures and place them in their best light". Wise words from Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (and in her latter years, Mrs Cornwallis-West) born 1845, who was a portraitist's dream.

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2019-01-09

Born 1947, - singer, songwriter, writer, actor, effortlessly cool and beautiful human being. Here are just four of the 1300+ images we have of him in our archives. From the Ronald Grant, Everett and StudioCanal Collections

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2019-01-08

9 January 1649 1st meeting of High Court of Justice to discuss procedure for trial of Charles I. 54 of 135 commissioners nominated attend, 4 lawyers named to conduct the prosecution: William Steele, Isaac Dorislaus, John Aske & John Cooke (pictured) 17thCentury

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2019-01-08

Giotto, one of the major innovators in Italian art, died 1337 ~ so it’s a perfect excuse to check out the angels with evanescent tails that soar and hover in his early 14C frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

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2019-01-08

English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright, Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay), died 1840.

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2019-01-06

The first of what became the William Gillette Memorial Luncheon held 1945. https://t.co/cTZJzYDVUa

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2019-01-05

"The frog came once more, and said,
'Open the door, my dear,
...And mind the words that thou and I said
By the cool, in the greenwood shade.'"
It's the 234th birthday of writer Jacob born in 1785.

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2019-01-05

Day 3 of - 3rd January - Today's event marks the death of John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells during the reign of Find out more about his life here: https://t.co/IhO4TgXCoI

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2019-01-04

'You'd be tickled pink if you could see me now' by American artist published in The Sketch, 1940. If only we all felt ready to don a pink swimsuit on the 3rd January.

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2019-01-03


"A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run."
—Ouida (1839–1908)
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2019-01-02

Wishing all my twitter-friends a Here’s to another year of inspiration & madness! And to start it off properly, here are some Poe illustrations by James William Carling who was born in 1857.

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2018-12-31

31 December 1705, Catherine of Braganza, Queen consort of England, of Scotland and of Ireland from 1662 to 1685 as the wife of Charles II, dies aged 67.

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2018-12-31