22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

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The battle of Camperdown (Zeeslag bij Kamperduin) was fought 1797. The British fleet defeated the Batavian Navy (the Dutch were allied of Revolutionary France).
In 1801 Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg RA painted the flagship ‘Vryheid’ at the moment of her surrender.

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L’inconvénient des perruques, 1797. The Clark

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This was an absolutely fascinating read. Using mostly courts martial records it reconstructs one of the bloodiest mutinies in the history of the RN, that of HMS Hermione in 1797. Pope’s Ramage series has long been my favourite fiction of the period & this is just as readable.

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HMS Victory raking the "Salvador del Mundo" at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797.
Painting by Thomas Luny (1759-1837), c. 1800.
NMM, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection (ID: BHC0484)

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The Peace of Tolentino was signed 1797. After the defeat of the papal troops near Faenza, Napoleon Bonaparte made Pope Pius VI sign a diplomatic agreement in which he had to renounce Romagna and Avignon, pay a huge war indemnity and give hundreds of artworks.

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22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

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Me inspirei nas ilustrações do "Journal des Dames et des Modes", uma das primeiras revistas de moda ilustradas francesas, criada em 1797.

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The English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was in 1797. Mostly remembered for her masterpiece 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' (1818), she also wrote other great novels such as 'Mathilda' (1819) or 'The Last Man' (1826).

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I've been painfully quiet on ugc stuffs, so The Doge's Horn UGC Concept. The Ducal Horn of the Venetian Doges from 697 to 1797.

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Nelson's Inshore Blockading Squadron at Cadiz, July 1797.
Painting by Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842).
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (ID: BHC0499)

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titam: Sophia, Princess of the United Kingdom and Hanover; by Sir William Beechey, c. 1797. She was the daughter of Kin…

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It’s the weekend, we are all relaxed, time to continue the Rhine campaign of 1797.

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This week's is a painting of the ruins at Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, painted by JMW Turner after his visit in 1797. Mrs Soane bought the watercolour directly from Turner’s Gallery in 1804, and today it hangs in her Morning Room in the Private Apartments.

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El Gran Cabrón, 1796-1797. Francisco Goja.
Museo Lázaro Galdiano. Madrid.

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The foundation stone for Christ Church, Hunter Street, was laid on 27th February 1797. The church was instigated by John Houghton, brewer. Closed 1920.

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Un autre vaisseau de 80 canons lancé à Rochefort en 1799 fut nommé le Dix-huit Fructidor, référence au coup d'État du 18 fructidor an V et à la prise du pouvoir par le Directoire le 4 septembre 1797. Ce bâtiment fut renommé le Foudroyant en 1800, peu après la chute du régime.

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Today, 223 years ago the last great Mughal era poet, Mirza Ghalib was born on 27th December, 1797. His legendry status is attributed to his poetry, reforming the Urdu language through the style of his writing of letters, as well as his character.

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José Campeche The Daughters of Governor Ramón de Castro ,1797.

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