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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.
Philadelphia, United States (1903)
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Philadelphia, United States (1903)
St. Francis Monastery in Santiago, Chile (c. 1900)
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
St. Francis Monastery in Santiago, Chile (c. 1900)
Ashante Empire as depicted by Thomas Edward Bowdich (1819)
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ashante Empire as depicted by Thomas Edward Bowdich (1819)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1811, Jane Austen anonymously self-publishes her first novel Sense and Sensibility in three volumes.
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1811, Jane Austen anonymously self-publishes her first novel Sense and Sensibility in three volumes.
Temple in Tokyo, Japan (1894)
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Temple in Tokyo, Japan (1894)
Clipper ship off Cape Horn (1855)
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Clipper ship off Cape Horn (1855)
Map of Palestine in the Fifth Century (1899)
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Map of Palestine in the Fifth Century (1899)
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1900, German physicist Max Planck discusses his black-body radiation law for the first time in public thereby revolutionizing the field of physics.
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 1900, German physicist Max Planck discusses his black-body radiation law for the first time in public thereby revolutionizing the field of physics.
Adirondack Mountains, United States (1900)
October 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Adirondack Mountains, United States (1900)
Calcutta (c. 1880)
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Calcutta (c. 1880)
Godshill, a small village in the Isle of Wight in southern England (1900)
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Godshill, a small village in the Isle of Wight in southern England (1900)
Adirondack Mountains, New York (1903)
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Adirondack Mountains, New York (1903)
Lake District, England (1900)
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Lake District, England (1900)
Perfect time to reread this.
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Perfect time to reread this.
Kilmarnock, Scotland (c. 1892) 🏴
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kilmarnock, Scotland (c. 1892) 🏴
New York in 1901
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
New York in 1901