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February 19, 1792, birthday of Roderick Impey Murchison, geologized in old Scotland. Based on his observations of fossils he proposed a new geologic period between the Ordovician & Devonian naming it Silurian after an ancient tribe in Wales
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230th Anniversary 🎶#OTD in #Music #History 12 December 1792, in Vienna, Ludwig van #Beethoven, then aged 22, received his first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph #Haydn.
October 10, 1738: American painter Benjamin West is born.
West turned down an offer of knighthood by his patron, King George III. But in 1792, was elected the second President of the Royal Academy in London.
🎨 "Rise to Power", 1786, St. George Church https://t.co/IY0M5rXi4r
September 19, 1792, died #OTD, French scientist Gustave de Coriolis, worked on energy transfer. The Coriolis effect explains the spin of large scale currents, like #hurricans, in a rotating system 🌀
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although 40% of votes guessed 4, there are actually only 3 trios of @doodles triplets (identical traits except background)! they are...
1640, 7611, 9072
1792, 5889, 7546
2776, 2859, 6809
#PassTheRainbow 🌈 https://t.co/MjocSnO1wz
#ClaudeJosephRougetdeLisle, a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars,died #otd 1836. Known for writing the words & music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later be known as La Marseillaise & become the French national anthem. [Wiki]
[#CeJourla] Le 1er février 1879, la Marseillaise devient l'hymne national de la France !
Créée par Rouget de Lisle en 1792, elle sera adoptée comme hymne national une première fois par la Convention du 14 juillet 1795 puis définitivement en 1879 sous la 3ème République.
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October 10, 1738: American painter Benjamin West is born.
West turned down an offer of knighthood by his patron, King George III. But in 1792, was elected the second President of the Royal Academy in London.
🎨 "Rise to Power", 1786, St. George Church https://t.co/IY0M5rXi4r
21 September 1792, the National Convention proclaims the abolition of the French monarchy. The French Revolutionary Wars resulted in the election of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. Illustration by Patrice Courcelle in Napoleon’s Carabiniers by Ronald Pawly: https://t.co/0L10QqJIvX
September 19, 1792, died #OTD, French scientist Gustave de Coriolis, who worked on energy transfer. The Coriolis effect explains the spin of large scale currents, like #hurricans, in a rotating system 🌀
https://t.co/jHd4Cjdm4N
Self-Portrait, 1792, by #LudovikeSimanowiz (German, 1759-1827), who died #otd (Sept 3). Held by @museum_kassel, @HMV_Kassel; source, https://t.co/78zMzrrPqZ #artherstory #womenartists
The old imperial city was surrounded by once mighty walls and defensive systems. But the preceding years had shown that their military efficiency was long gone. Briefly occupied in late 1792, Heavily bombarded in 1796, the town had until then represented no real challenge.
Listen Castlevania.....please...I need this Richter. I don't hate Rondo of Blood's design, but set in 1792, French Revolution? Give me this. I beg.
#OTD 1792, the new French Republic celebrated Primidi Vendémiaire, the very first day of year one of the French Republican Calendar.
September 19, 1792, birthday of French scientist Gustave de Coriolis, worked on energy transfer. The Coriolis effect explains the spin of large scale currents, like #hurricans, in a rotating system https://t.co/ZumbK9lAm4
Recently obsessed with David's designs for the republican uniform. Scottish physician John Moore wrote in 1792, upon seeing a man on the street in full republican uniform: "I took him for a Major of Dragoons at least. On enquiry I find he is a miniature painter."
En 1791, il obtint de l’Assemblée constituante l’autorisation de rassembler plusieurs fragments des églises et palais détruits au sein du couvent des Petits-Augustins.
Viendront s'ajouter des éléments des tombeaux royaux saccagés à Saint-Denis, en 1792, parfois en s'interposant.