Ether: Early Anesthesia and Its First Uses - By the late 1830s, public gatherings referred to as “ether frolics” were being held by wandering lecturers. These gatherings involved audience members inhaling diethyl ... https://t.co/XlS2ndWPTr

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Hero or madman? 1831 - in War of Independence from the a Dutch naval officer, Jan van Speijk, became a national hero by a blowing up the gunboat & crew which he commanded. Click: https://t.co/8OrkIzQz3N History

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Canada Bill: William Jones Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of He wasn’t famous like either of those ... https://t.co/h1Psd6YnNb

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Canada Bill: Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of Canada Bill. He wasn’t famous like either of those Bills ... https://t.co/mKVrNGJDbl

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Tarring and Feathering Attacks in America - Although the phrase appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older having first happened in Europe. One of the ... https://t.co/26GA1C7qZh

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This is John Calcott Horsley's amazing 1839 painting, The Pride Of the Village!!

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A Revolting and Horrible Affair: The West Twenty-Third Street Murder https://t.co/b43qeQ5p9T

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I actually don't have an unbridled hatred for this boy anymore; I just hate him as though he is my disappointment of a son. Numbuh 19th century redesign, along with giving him a name

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François-Adrien Boieldieu: The French Mozart - François-Adrien Boieldieu was born the same day as English novelist Jane Austen, on 16 December 1775. Boieldieu’s father was secretary to ... https://t.co/gSAAnfzubc

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Just some sketch of the 19th century au that has been living in my head rent free (I so wanna write that au ashgj)

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Altar, Throne And Cottage: An outmoded vision? https://t.co/pcnytSb7GL 'a quaint notion which appears to have been minted in the early years of the the ordering of society in Some may argue that it belongs to centuries before the

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Baked Potato Sellers of the 1800s in England - sellers began selling their wares around the late 1830s. The first potato sellers sold potatoes “roasted as chestnuts … but only on a small ... https://t.co/3GlzPu5EoS

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Died 29Oct1872 famous Irish actress, Elizabeth O'Neill who was 12 years old when she made her acting debut. The first time she stepped onto her father’s stage, she achieved resounding success. https://t.co/1hAY66K4ta

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French Costumes in the 1700 and 1800s - There are many descriptions of what people wore in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in France. Some of these descriptions were ... https://t.co/BMptlETQEz

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James Hadfield: His Attempt on King George III’s Life - was charged with high treason after attempting to assassinate King George III at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on the evening of 15 May 1800. https://t.co/MrZsLodihg

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James Hadfield: His Attempt on King George III’s Life - was charged with high treason after attempting to assassinate King at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on the evening of 15 May 1800. https://t.co/17Z1LCdvlz

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