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
https://t.co/pQ9QwJuw7s

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230th Anniversary 🎶#OTD in 12 December 1792, in Vienna, Ludwig van then aged 22, received his first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph

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Le 24 novembre 1793, la Convention publie le calendrier républicain, aussi appelé"calendrier des Français". Le 22 /4/1792, au lendemain de l'abolition de la royauté, les députés décidèrent que les actes du gouvernement seraient datés de l'An 1 de la 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

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September 19, 1792, died French scientist Gustave de Coriolis, worked on energy transfer. The Coriolis effect explains the spin of large scale currents, like in a rotating system 🌀
https://t.co/ZumbK9lAm4

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although 40% of votes guessed 4, there are actually only 3 trios of triplets (identical traits except background)! they are...
1640, 7611, 9072
1792, 5889, 7546
2776, 2859, 6809
🌈 https://t.co/MjocSnO1wz

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a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars,died 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]

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©️ Jean-HonoreFragonard🇨🇵
 (1732-1806)

🖼The Souvenir
🖌Una joven, identificada como la heroína de Rousseau, Julie, en un catálogo de venta de 1792, graba la inicial de su amante en la corteza de un árbol, mientras es observada por su perro de aguas.

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[#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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Anybody want to start a kids favorite spree?

Post your Ape Kids below and favorite everyone else who does!

Mine are 1792, 1853, and 2584

Make sure to comment/retweet once done 🐒

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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

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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

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September 19, 1792, died French scientist Gustave de Coriolis, who worked on energy transfer. The Coriolis effect explains the spin of large scale currents, like in a rotating system 🌀
https://t.co/jHd4Cjdm4N

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It's the anniversary of the fall of the Tuileries palace in 1792, which seems like an appropriate day to share Pierre Tetar van Elven's painting of a fête hosted there in June 1867 by Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie. Most of the palace would be gutted by fire in 1871.

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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.

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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.

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1792, the new French Republic celebrated Primidi Vendémiaire, the very first day of year one of the French Republican Calendar.

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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 in a rotating system https://t.co/ZumbK9lAm4

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