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Romantic artist John Martin died #otd in 1854 #arthistory #19thcentury #history #art
Happy Birthday, Mr Dickens! Born #OTD We're celebrating his links to Southwark in our blog: https://t.co/orohoihqNl
Napoleonic Wars' last fleet battle fought in open waters off Santo Domingo #otd in 1806 https://t.co/NQ2XNEGq8t
A.P. de Candolle (born #OTD 1778) wrote the text for "Plantarum historia succulentarum" https://t.co/18PGNEOdiW
Born #otd in 1882: James Joyce. Richard Hamilton spent 50 years visualising Joyce’s Ulysses https://t.co/PExB9psSvM
OTD 1649 sun rises on a republican England + new flag.Find out more @civilwarcentre .#EnglishCivilWar @Sealed_Knot
Horatia Nelson, illegitimate daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson, was born #otd in 1801 #19thcenturyhistory
"Spring" was one of the few resounding public and critical successes of Manet's career. He was born #otd in 1832.
Eccentric Dr Wm Price cremated his baby son's body on an open pyre–OTD 1884–which led to passing of Cremation Act.
Artist, naturalist & Surinam traveller Maria Sibylla Merian d #OTD 1717 More @LinneanSociety https://t.co/rTWsG9sGYg
#EarthArt of 50 yrs ago: #OTD in 1965 #Gemini7 crew took this pic of Northwest Sudan https://t.co/JvxQ3a133V
"Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld" published #OTD 1941. See all the prints here: https://t.co/fCkG1GH7W6
KING-SIZE CANARY directed by Tex Avery was released OTD in 1947.
One of the most sought after lost films, LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT starring Lon Chaney was released OTD in 1927.
William Blake -poet, painter, visionary- b. #OTD 1757. To see a World in a Grain of Sand & a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Curiouser and curiouser! #otd in 1865, the vivid and fantastic ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was published