Ben Olex
@b-olex.bsky.social
Museum Educator. 18th Century enthusiast. Keen observer of dogs. Lover of naval history despite deep fear of the ocean.
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#OnThisDay 1782 (or rather on the 28th at 2am after very lengthy debates) the House of Commons resolved to address the king for a cessation of hostilities with #America.
#HistParl #skystorians
#HistParl #skystorians
February 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#OnThisDay 1782 (or rather on the 28th at 2am after very lengthy debates) the House of Commons resolved to address the king for a cessation of hostilities with #America.
#HistParl #skystorians
#HistParl #skystorians
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New digital resource:
Rediscover the lost Court of King's Bench
#skystorians 🗃️ #c18th kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org/?fbclid=IwY2...
Rediscover the lost Court of King's Bench
#skystorians 🗃️ #c18th kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org/?fbclid=IwY2...
kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org
Site of some of English legal history’s most important trials, this project seeks to bring back to life this lost courtroom and the cases it heard.
kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New digital resource:
Rediscover the lost Court of King's Bench
#skystorians 🗃️ #c18th kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org/?fbclid=IwY2...
Rediscover the lost Court of King's Bench
#skystorians 🗃️ #c18th kingsbench.engagedhumanities.org/?fbclid=IwY2...
The final day of the season at Brandywine. Off to a good start. Looking forward to a winter wonderland of research during the off season.
December 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM
The final day of the season at Brandywine. Off to a good start. Looking forward to a winter wonderland of research during the off season.
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Reposted by Ben Olex
New on the Georgian Lords post this morning, we welcome @nemgarrett.bsky.social writing about Queen Charlotte: 'A Meddlesome Mother?'
#HistParl #C18th
historyofparliament.com/2024/12/05/a...
#HistParl #C18th
historyofparliament.com/2024/12/05/a...
A Meddlesome Mother? Queen Charlotte and the Regency Crisis - The History of Parliament
In October 1788, George III fell ill with an unknown ‘malady’ which rendered him unable to fulfil his duties as sovereign: the beginning of the king’s famous
historyofparliament.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM
New on the Georgian Lords post this morning, we welcome @nemgarrett.bsky.social writing about Queen Charlotte: 'A Meddlesome Mother?'
#HistParl #C18th
historyofparliament.com/2024/12/05/a...
#HistParl #C18th
historyofparliament.com/2024/12/05/a...
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Decks awash aboard the Cutty Sark by John Stobart
The other ship is her great rival Thermopylae. The two ships only raced each other back from China for a few years, before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 brought the age of the Tea Clipper to an end.
#Victorians #Clippers #Ageofsail
The other ship is her great rival Thermopylae. The two ships only raced each other back from China for a few years, before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 brought the age of the Tea Clipper to an end.
#Victorians #Clippers #Ageofsail
December 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Decks awash aboard the Cutty Sark by John Stobart
The other ship is her great rival Thermopylae. The two ships only raced each other back from China for a few years, before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 brought the age of the Tea Clipper to an end.
#Victorians #Clippers #Ageofsail
The other ship is her great rival Thermopylae. The two ships only raced each other back from China for a few years, before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 brought the age of the Tea Clipper to an end.
#Victorians #Clippers #Ageofsail
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And for variety's sake. Paul Sandby's Cries of London, 1759: A Muffin Man. Yale Centre for British Art.
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
And for variety's sake. Paul Sandby's Cries of London, 1759: A Muffin Man. Yale Centre for British Art.