Genderbend uniforms: Margarita, the sapper of the "Cazadores a caballo", San Martin's personal escort during the Liberation of Chile campaign, 1818.

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10/ Shelley composed "Ozymandias" in friendly competition with his fellow poet Horace Smith who wrote on the same subject. Smith's poem is much less well known. It was published in the Examiner on February 1, 1818.

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Ivan Tourgueniev, écrivain, romancier, nouvelliste et dramaturge russe est né le 9 novembre 1818...Un mois à la campagne, Premier Amour, Pères et Fils, Nid de gentilhomme, Eaux printanières...

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1823, 20th Feb. James Weddell, Esqr R.N - The brig Jane (154 tons) and cutter Beaufoy at 74deg 15' the highest southern latitude at the time in what would later be called the Weddell Sea. The Jane was an American ship taken as a prize and first used as a whaler in 1818.

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Il 30 agosto del 1797 nasceva Mary Shelley, la madre della fantascienza! Suo infatti Frankenstein, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1818.

Ricordate "Duckenstein"? Trovate il volume dedicato alla parodia realizzata da Fabio Celoni e Bruno Enna su https://t.co/8zCAOL3BJj!

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"Mademoiselle Lefort, a bearded lady exhibited in Spring Gardens, 1818." Published for R. S. Kirby, Warwick Lane, London. 1819. British. Stipple engraving. via https://t.co/hyo89uhqcG.

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Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)
'Persuasion' - written 1816 and published 1818.
' Sits at her elbow, reading verses', by Hugh Thomson 1897

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Retro Console (Playing The First Poboro)

Based on Created in collaboration with . Kronos Starrwolf is the creator of the independent game The First Pobro.

Check it out on to see the full animation of actual gameplay.https://t.co/Rjrp3Fqctm

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Now available in the G-points shop for 100 points: an "Only the best win this one!" Arulumaya sticker, based on her appearance in Grand Blues! 1818.

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Adiue to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who died in 1818. She had been married to George III for a monumental 57 years, through good times and bad, and I'm just putting the finishing touches to her biography for !

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"Lord Lonsdale begun the castle 15 years ago – and is gradually finishing it – little seems wanting to complete"

William Lowther (1757–1844), 1st Earl of Lonsdale, MP, patron of arts, art collector.
Inherited the estate and his titles in 1802.
Rebuilt Lowther castle 1806-1818.

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Happy Birthday to Dr. Rob Morris. Founder of the Order of the Eastern Star. Born on this day in 1818.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

- Emily Brontë, born on this day in 1818.

↓Art by Rovina Cai
The Folio Society ed.,
"Wuthering Heights"↓

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English novelist & poet Emily Jane Brontë was July 30, 1818. Best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), now considered a classic of English literature. Passed in 1848 (age 30) from

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H. Laski: "We, too, have been influenced by the authors of the [Communist] Manifesto."

C. Attlee: “The number of those who have entered the [British] Socialist movement as the direct result of his teaching has been but a fraction of the whole.”

Karl Marx was born 1818.

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St George's Day! George slaying the Dragon first appeared on a crown in 1818. This dates from 1893 and is a reminder of a very good day about 10 years ago. Not such a good day for someone. A crown in 1893 was worth 5 shillings, which would have fed a poor family for some time

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Portrait of a Black man, by Jean Bernard, 1818. Since the 16th century individual black people were portrayed in Amsterdam/Netherlands. This week I will share some of these unidentified Collection

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The first recipient of a human blood transfusion was a patient named Brazier, a man with obstructing gastric cancer. English obstetrician James Blundell, with surgeon Henry Cline’s assistance, transfused about 400 mL, on September 26, 1818. The patient died 56 hours later.

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Restons dans ma série chevaux dans l'art avec cette étude de Théodore Géricault

"La Retraite de Russie", 1818.

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Today's Halloween Spotlight: Voices of Frankenstein
10/22/2020
Bio: https://t.co/v1vwV6pVZt
Frankenstein, otherwise known as "The Monster", was created by English author Mary Shelley in 1818. Boris Karloff's portrayal of Frankenstein is the most popular version.

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