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#OTD in 1993, @canadapostcorp issued the final set of its #Christmas series honouring #Yuletide personages from around the world. #philately
Trafalgar Campaign ends #otd 1805 with Battle of Cape Ortegal & 4 French battleships captured that escaped Nelson https://t.co/YKBSksSIGz
Ferdinand Knab died #OTD 1902. The first is titled “Das Schlossportal” (The Castle Gate, 1881) #Art #ArtHistory #Romantic #Painting
#OTD in 1902 The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition sails from Troon under the command of William Speirs Bruce.
Pre-Raphaelite muse Jane Burden was born #OTD in 1839. This Rossetti portrait will be part of the #BurtonLoveArt exhibition, opening 25 Oct
"The Jungle Book", released #OTD in 1967. Director: Wolfgang Reitherman. https://t.co/CkE12woF1j
"The Blanched Soldier" 1st printed in Liberty Magazine #OTD 1926. https://t.co/G99YwpdvcV
Arnold Böcklin was born #OTD 1827. He was influenced by #Romanticism and had a fascination with death #Art #ArtHistory #Gothic @RealGDT
Edith Cavell was a nurse in WWI who treated soldiers from both sides. She was executed #OTD in 1915.
She is memorialised @AllSaintsCam
Composer Guiseppe Verdi born #OTD 10th October 1813 #opera #theforceofdestiny #traviata #rigoletto #aida #italiancomposer #born1813
#OTD in 2011, the @NHLJets returned to Winnipeg following a 15-year absence in the Manitoba capital https://t.co/nK3iYugz7I #hockey #history
Philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill was born #OTD 1807.
OTD 1795 some merriment at #Brighton as the Prince of Wales & Lady Jersey watch Sir John Lade win a wager to carry overweight butt-naked Lord Cholmondeley twice around the Steine
#OTD in 1902 (2 Oct), Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published. Peter is the world’s oldest licensed literary character.
George Cruikshank, British caricaturist and book illustrator was born #otd 1792.
"I Have Measured Out My Life With #Coffee Spoons" #TSEliot #Poet Born #OTD 26 Sept 1888. https://t.co/h9QVznjxJt
Swiss-German artist Paul Klee, who died #OTD 1940, went to Tunisia in 1914 ~ “the colour possesses me”, he said