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Born #OnThisDay in 1732: French painter Jean-Honoré #Fragonard (1732-1806)
Portrait of Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non (1725-91), ca. 1769
#FrenchArt #Rococo
The first of the Birkenhead docks opened #OnThisDay 1847. Birkenhead Park, laid out by Joseph Paxton was also opened. Images from Illustrated London News.
#words
"Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Whete water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone."
#BornOnThisDay Maya Angelou
🖌Sylvie Vanlerberghe🇨🇵
Born #OnThisDay in 1461: #AnnedeBeaujeu (1461-1522), Regent of France for brother #CharlesVIII, daughter of #LouisXI
Portrait with daughter Suzanne on the right shutter of the Moulins Triptych by #JeanHey (fl. ca. 1480-1500), ca. 1498-9
#AnneofFrance #MadamelaGrande #Valois
#OnThisDay in 1994, FINAL FANTASY VI was released in Japan! Who could ever forget that magical opening scene? The music! The cinematography! Which part of Nobuo Uematsu's legendary soundtrack gives you the most chills?
#finalfantasy #nobuouematsu #ffvi #pixelremaster
Marie Louise had a passion for #violets. She had them embroidered on her wedding dress, when she married Napoleon #OnThisDay 1810.
When she became Duchess of Parma in 1814, the friars of the Annunciata were able to extract violets perfume and produced it only for her.
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish, #BornThisDay in 1805, best remembered for his much-loved children's stories including The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea and many more.
German artist and scientific illustrator Anna Maria Sybilla Merian was born #OnThisDay in 1647 🇩🇪
She travelled in South America, recording the process of insect metamorphosis. This helped understanding of the process and insect life cycles.
#WomenInSTEM #WomensArt #STEM
Pioneering botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OnThisDay in 1647.
Merian is famed for her colourful combination of art and science in her botanical drawings.
Find out more about her life and work: https://t.co/4Ua7VBytda
#OnThisDay in 1994, FINAL FANTASY VI was released in Japan! Who could ever forget that magical opening scene? The music! The cinematography! Which part of Nobuo Uematsu's legendary soundtrack gives you the most chills?
#finalfantasy #nobuouematsu #ffvi #pixelremaster
#OnThisDay, the Veneralia festival, in honor of Venus Verticordia and Fortuna Virilis. And for #FrescoFriday, an image of seated Venus from the 4th century CE. Found in #Rome and now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy
Born #OnThisDay in 1764: Austrian painter #BarbaraKrafft, née #Steiner (1764-1825)
Portrait of a Girl, before 1825
#Krafft #BarbaraSteiner #WomanArtists #AustrianArt
20 years ago today saw the first broadcast of Future Stock!
#Futurama #OTD #OnThisDay
"Marc can do story, he can do character, he can animate, he can design shows for me. All I have to do is tell him what I want and it's there! He's my Renaissance man." ~ Walt Disney on Marc Davis (#BornOnThisDay in 1913) 🎨
Born #OnThisDay Vincent Van Gogh (in 1853) and Francisco Goya (in 1746) - some of my favourite works by these two amazing artists. Gelukkige Verjaardag, Vincent! 🇳🇱 ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Francisco! 🇪🇸 #Art #VincentVanGogh #VanGogh #FranciscoGoya #Goya2021 #Goya #ArtistsBirthdays 🎂
#OnThisDay 1821 Mr. Hume rose in the House of Commons to move for an account of the expenses of the detention of Buonaparte at St. Helena. If it were right to detain Napoleon at all...https://t.co/TKi4FNWGBi
#OnThisDay 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. ##EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay (March 28) in #SharonCarter history, Sharon appeared in:
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 8 HC (Reprint Ultimate Spider-Man #90) (2007)
Captain America: Death of the Red Skull TPB (Reprint Captain America #293) (2012)
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#KHOTD: #KingdomHeartsII was released in North America on this day in 2006!
#KHOnThisDay: https://t.co/XTQxw2nFR4
Kingdom Hearts II: https://t.co/R522DL45e4