Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. Becoming First Consul of France in 1799, then Emperor in 1804 until 1814, then again in 1815. He was also responsible for the Napoleonic Code

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Born in 1769: (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as

Portrait as King of Italy by (1754-1817), 1805

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Born in 1769: (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as

Portrait Crossing the Alps by (1748-1825), 1801

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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Taira no Koremochi, from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō), Edo period, circa 1821 https://t.co/ehBH7vpdVV

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August 12, 1857, Victorian palaeontologists William Daniel Conybeare died He made important contributions on the anatomy of the Ichthyosauri and worked on the geology of the British Islands ⚒️ In 1821, he described the marine reptile Plesiosaurus 🐉
https://t.co/CDQXAl3kMB

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Jean-Baptiste Robie, 1821-1910, b. Brussels, Belgium

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Unidentified Artist, Detail of Portrait of Benjamin West, after Lawrence, after 1821 https://t.co/1an5TcFGfI

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William Blake, And I Only Am Escaped (The Book of Job), 1821 https://t.co/cAVfqn7gXs

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The painter’s mature style showed his evolving genius. The images become more imposing & have even greater spirit (Count Guriev, 1821 & Ms Leblanc, 1823). His painting relied heavily on careful study & observation - studies for a martyrdom (1824-34)

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28 de julio de 1821 proclamó la independencia del Perú

Feliz 28 de julio mis besties peruchas 🇵🇪

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In 1821, English scientist Dr Prideaux Selby began publishing 'Illustrations of British Ornithology'; the first set of life-sized illustrations of indigenous avian species of The British Isles. Of the hundreds of species he documented, many are now either extinct or endangered...

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Our favourite is here and we couldn’t resist showing off our beautiful gold-plated trephine! A trephine is a drill used to bore holes into the skull during the ancient surgical procedure of trephination (also trepanation).
📷 Charles Bell, Illustrations, 1821.

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In the autumn of 1818, Miss Fanny Brawne first met John Keats. Scholars acknowledge she was his muse. Secretly, they engaged in 1819; their correspondence revealing their deep, mutual passion. Yet, he died of tuberculosis in 1821. She entrusted the letters to future generations.

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The very moment George IV was crowned in Abbey 1821.

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