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Cairo, Egypt (c. 1890)
December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cairo, Egypt (c. 1890)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1825, French painter Jacques-Louis David dies in Brussels.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1825, French painter Jacques-Louis David dies in Brussels.
Cleveland, Ohio (1903)
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cleveland, Ohio (1903)
Ottoman Map of Scotland (1803)
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ottoman Map of Scotland (1803)
Charleston, South Carolina (1903)
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Charleston, South Carolina (1903)
Christmas Recipes (1882)
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Christmas Recipes (1882)
Christmas Fair in Nuremberg (c. 1870)
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Christmas Fair in Nuremberg (c. 1870)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1894, in France, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is unjustly convicted of treason.
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1894, in France, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is unjustly convicted of treason.
Berlin, German Empire (1898)
December 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Berlin, German Empire (1898)
French cavalrymen during the First World War (c. 1915)
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
French cavalrymen during the First World War (c. 1915)
Title page from Shakespeare's Sonnets (1913)
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Title page from Shakespeare's Sonnets (1913)
Cordoba, Spain (c. 1895)
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cordoba, Spain (c. 1895)
𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘥'𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘶, 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘥'𝘶𝘯 𝘫𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯.
French Sci-Fi magazine (1908)
French Sci-Fi magazine (1908)
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘥'𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘶, 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘥'𝘶𝘯 𝘫𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯.
French Sci-Fi magazine (1908)
French Sci-Fi magazine (1908)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (1890)
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (1890)
Salt Lake City, United States (1903)
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Salt Lake City, United States (1903)
Cleveland, Ohio (1903)
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cleveland, Ohio (1903)
Somewhere in Virginia (1903)
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Somewhere in Virginia (1903)
Advertisment for cocoa (The Graphic - July 1890)
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Advertisment for cocoa (The Graphic - July 1890)
Toulouse, France (c. 1890)
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Toulouse, France (c. 1890)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1859, Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book of the century and the foundation of the field of evolutionary biology.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1859, Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book of the century and the foundation of the field of evolutionary biology.
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1867, in England, the three Manchester Martyrs, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, are hanged in front of a crowd of around 9,000 people.
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1867, in England, the three Manchester Martyrs, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, are hanged in front of a crowd of around 9,000 people.
Cannes, France (c. 1890)
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cannes, France (c. 1890)
A Procession in Kairouan, Tunisia (1899)
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A Procession in Kairouan, Tunisia (1899)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1820, an American whaling ship named Essex is destroyed by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean. Survivors will eventually be forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. The event will inspire Moby-Dick.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1820, an American whaling ship named Essex is destroyed by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean. Survivors will eventually be forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. The event will inspire Moby-Dick.
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1840, Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone leaves England aboard a British brig heading to the Cape of Good Hope.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1840, Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone leaves England aboard a British brig heading to the Cape of Good Hope.