Nuncio (later Cardinal) Guido Bentivoglio (1579-1644),by Anthony Van Dyck. He also wrote Della guerra di Fiandria (3 vol.)

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锦衣卫,着飞鱼服配绣春刀,帝国里最恐怖而神秘的组织,先斩后奏,皇权特许。

The Embroidered Uniform Guards, the imperial secret police that served the Ming Empire, were given the authority to overrule judicial proceedings with full autonomy!

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9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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Clara Alewijn, aged 9 by Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort, 1644 (Rijksmuseum)

She's presented as a ‘shepherdess’ but also with the wealthy trappings of pearls and tulips.

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The Virgin Mary sheltering the Bedingfeld family, Norfolk royalists, during the civil war. Painted shortly after the battle of Marston Moor, 1644. Fascinating image / allegory of an English Catholic family during the Interregnum.

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When David Teniers the Younger painted 'Spring,' in around 1644, he personified the season by dressing a man in a red waistcoat with a bushy beard carrying what appears to be an olive tree. In the background, a figure with a stick (representing Winter) is walking away from us.

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29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller's Parliamentarians defeated Royalist forces under the Earl of Forth and Lord Hopton, ending their advance in the south-east.

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' when the white dew changes to hoar-frost
fancy lures
below a river a thousand fathoms deep '



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6 March 1644. Second siege of Newark.
Sir John Meldrum & c.7000 parliamentarians besiege the town. They were repulsed, losing many men & a 'great brass piece' that had originally been taken from the Marquis of Newcastle.
Prince Rupert spectacularly relieved Newark 2 weeks later.

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Counting down my empires of



(9) CHINA - QING EMPIRE (1644-1912)

The Chinese empire of modern history - China's last empire that survived until its fall in the early 20th century. Also China's best flag

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📅#OTD 1644.
Having crossed the Tyne, the Scots occupy the town as a base. The royalist Marquis of Newcastle pursues, but is unable to engage them in battle due to heavy snow.
A reputed Scottish cannon was later dredged from the river & placed in local Barnes Park.

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The secret lives of 17th century (BM) Reading by candle light in 1625, and out on a skate date in 1644.

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Self-Portrait as a Bagpipe Player, 1644

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💐#FridayFlowers to brighten your day.

If a flower blooms without leaves accompanied, imagine how loneliness it would be!

🎨花卉册 清 朱熊
Album of Flowers, Zhu Xiong, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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