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#otd 18 December 1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
#royalnavy #hmslutine #frigate #Britishhistory
Try the Mary Queen of Scots #Christmas Ornaments Craft Challenge! Info : https://t.co/fNglpnd1hL Here's our first by Amélia Dulau Beveridge and an etching of Mary (Gaywood,1655 : GLAHA 1065). Can’t wait to see what you make! @insearchofMQS #CurricularTour #ScottishHistory
Remembering Regimental Sergeant Major Arthur Wilson
8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Died: 19 November 1916, Somme, Thiepval, Western Front.
Retweet to help his name live on 🌹
#Lestweforget 🇬🇧 #Britisharmy #Britishhistory #Firstworldwar #thegreatwar #WWI
Great to hear John Farrelly talking about his fantastic series #DeadlyIrishHistory on @bbcradioulster's John Toal Show at the weekend. The Vikings, The Celts, we can't wait to see what's next!
#KevinBarry #irishhistory #KevinBarry2020
The crowd gathered on Church Street, as Kevin Barry was arrested 20th Sept 1920, taken to Mountjoy in a British lorry, he would never see the world outside again. Yours Til Hell Freezes https://t.co/oBmSpBaGrt
#otd 13 September 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
#GibraltarisBritish #Gibraltar #Britishhistory
#Royalnavy #Britisharmy
Tea was not always a part of English history. However, it was destined to become a part once a small ad ran in 1658 in one of London’s weekly newspapers called the ... https://t.co/MEgcIiJIZs #teahistory #englishhistory #wwwblogs
William Owen Pughe, linguist, lexicographer, grammarian, poet and antiquary who was regarded as the principal authority on the Welsh language and scholarship, was born in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant #Meirionethshire #Wales #onthisday 1759 https://t.co/hvlhvOnwWz #WelshHistory
British comrade jarris dagger is @IronKnight09 oc #BritishHistoryMatters #furry #WW2
Banyans: Garments that #18thCentury Gentlemen Loved - #Banyans were garments that became popular with gentlemen in the 18th century. They were oriental in style being influenced by Persian and Asian clothing ... https://t.co/C4BOg3Pja0 #fashhist
Morten Morland on #BorisJohnson #BlackLivesMatter #Lockdown #EconomicCrisis #StatueDefenders #Churchill #coronavirus #BritishHistoryMatters - political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6
Bob Moran on #BorisJohnson #BlackLivesMatter #Lockdown #EconomicCrisis #StatueDefenders #Churchill #coronavirus #BritishHistoryMatters #fawltytowers - political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6
.@Telegraph cartoon
#schoolsreopening #statues #BritishHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatterUK #BadenPowell #Churchill
Originals: https://t.co/0GnYs3wDLa
Prints: https://t.co/bSOUD4bdOq
It is not generally known that America was originally discovered by the Welsh nearly nine hundred years ago. #welshamerica #welshhistory #welshdiscoveries #welshconnections #wales #welsh https://t.co/zForgtnikD
Edward Jones, ‘Bardd y Brenin’, harpist, historian, bard, antiquary, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music died #onthisday 1824 https://t.co/OKzukSjJiA #WelshHistory #Wales @MusicNLW
#OTD in #Archives
Graduating class of the milliners' course with administrators #OnThisDay in 1935, Riga, Latvia.
🧐more via @yivoinstitute's ORT Photograph Collection, RG 380.
📂 https://t.co/h8HYFmUGSz
📷 https://t.co/QPdZgTwlHp
#JewishHistory
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Take up arms alongside your Christian brethren and join the fight to reclaim the Iberian peninsula with our Holy Wars expansion pack – Reconquista!
Available on @kickstarter for a limited time only:
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#History #Medieval #SpanishHistory #TabletopGaming
Postponed until further notice. We will be even more magnificent in our respective historical fiction domains whenever we finally get together. Until then, adieu! #IrishHistFic
#OTD in #Archives
Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinovich) was born #OnThisDay in 1859.
Members of the B'nai Zion society, Berdichev, via @yivoinstitute's Territorial Photographic Collection, RG 120.
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#JewishHistory