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1778: Papists Act. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. Granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! When Britain at war in America; keep RCs on side! Same 1793 https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

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2022-08-14

April 4, 1778: Voltaire was initiated into Freemasonry at the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris. He was conducted through the degree by Benjamin Franklin.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2022-04-04

6 février 1778: en pleine guerre d'Indépendance opposant les Insurgés américains aux Anglais, la France reconnait officiellement les États-Unis d'Amérique et signe un traité d'alliance avec eux. Louis XVI promet à Benjamin Franklin le soutien de l'armée et de la marine française.

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2022-02-06

Fact Chef Pig wrote the "Angry Birds Bad Piggies' Egg Recepies" book.

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2021-11-20

1778: Papists Act 1778. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. eg granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! 1st rolling back penal laws https://t.co/rJ2kINH3Cs https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

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2021-08-14

May 30, 1778: Voltaire, French Enlightenment philosopher, died in Paris at the age of 83.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2021-05-30

April 4, 1778: Voltaire was initiated into Freemasonry at the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris. He was conducted through the degree by Benjamin Franklin.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-04-04

Burried in 1778: English painter (1698-1778)

Portrait of Elizabeth Howard (1701-1739)

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2020-12-28

Burried in 1778: English painter (1698-1778)

Portrait of a Woman, 1735-45

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2020-12-28

Burried in 1778: English painter (1698-1778)

Portrait of A Man and a Woman, Possibly of the Missing Family, of Little Park House, Wickham, Hampshire, 1747

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2020-12-28

1778: Papists Act 1778. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. eg granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school repealed! 1st rolling back penal laws. https://t.co/rJ2kINH3Cs https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

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2020-08-14

Born in 1778: English painter (1778-1831)

Portrait of Portrait of a Lady (possibly Matilda Ward, the artist's second wife)

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2020-05-31

Born in 1778: (1778-1841), Queen of Hanover as wife of

Portrait with sister Louise by Friedrich Georg (1758-1828), ca. 1795


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2020-03-03

Daily Drawing Challenge 1778: Window Seat 🌧🌧🌧
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2019-10-08