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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17th July 1453 the Battle of Castillon, the last battle of the Hundred Years War, was fought at Castillon. John "Old Talbot" Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, aged around 70, was killed. One of the best accounts is provided by the 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗾. See ...

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1436-1453 End of the Hundred Years War

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

17th July two events, 1483 and 1674, relate to the 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. On 17th July 1483 Robert Brackenbury, was appointed Constable of the Tower of London. On 17th July 1674 bones were found whilst 'digging down the Stairs from the King's Lodgings to the Chappel in the said Tower'.

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Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17th July 1828 Kingston Bridge was opened by the future Queen Adelaide then Duchess of Clarence. On 17th July 1981 the Humber Bridge was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Humber Bridge photo by Tonyharp at Wikipedia.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 '𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀' 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴': "On the 17th of July [1848] we broke ground in a fresh district, by opening a barrow near Longstone called 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘄 ..." See www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p1/T...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17th July 1903 painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler died aged 69. Descriptions in Alt text.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17th July 1918 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alix aka Alexandra Hesse Darmstadt, and their children Olga, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei were executed.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17th July 1969 Lancashire sculptor Walter Marsden died aged eighty-six. Here are five of his War Memorials in Lancashire: Church, Tottington, Lytham St Annes, Heywood, and Bolton. For more photos of each of these monuments see: www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/d4/W...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Pleased to announce I have published my translation of the Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1392-1406. Available at Amazon in eBook or paperback. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H94X3LH1

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On 16th July 1885 painter, subsequently President of the Royal Academy, John Everett Millais, aged 56, was created 1st Baronet Millais of Palace Gate in Kensington in Middlesex. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p0/John-Everett-Millais-1st-Baronet #OTD

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#OTD 1377 King Richard II of England, aged 10, was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop Simon Sudbury. Walsingham describes the ceremony and banquet: allabouthistory.co.uk/History/i5/Walsingham-Chronica-Majora#PFOfNxCj

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On 16th July 1723 painter Joshua Reynolds was born to Samuel Reynolds in Plymton, Plymouth, Devon. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p0/Joshua-Reynolds #OTD

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Adeline Horsey, 16th July 1864: "Those days were noted for elopements, two of my friends, Baroness Rose Somerset and Lady Adela Villiers, ... Florence Paget's elopement with the last Marquis of Hastings on the eve of her marriage with Henry Chaplin is too well known for me to repeat the story."

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My Recollections by Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan 1824 1915 Chapter XI: Random Recollections

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On 16th July 1557 Anne of Cleves, former Queen Consort of England, died aged 41 at Chelsea Manor. She was buried at Westminster Abbey on 3rd August 1557. She was the last of Henry VIII's six wives to die. #OTD #Tudor

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#OTD 1449 John Tiptoft created Earl of Worcester following, or in preparation for, his marriage to the dowager Duchess of Warwick, Cecily Neville, sister of Warwick the Kingmaker. Known as 'butcher' for his inhuman executions including impaling. Executed in 1470 during King Henry VI's re-adeption.

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John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester 1427-1470

John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester 1427-1470 including his birth, marriages, death and life events, life events of his siblings, and his ancestry to five generations, royal ancest...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#OTD 1546 Anne Askew, aged 25, following torture at the Tower of London to implicate others, was burned at the stake at Smithfield with three others, for refusing to subscribe to the Six Articles, by which King Henry VIII attempt to retain some Catholic doctrine in the Protestant faith.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A fascinating section of the mid-14th century refectory, later used as a barn, at Denny Abbey in Cambridgeshire. Many phases of alteration, re-use, layers of different mortars and coatings…🤩 The great thing is, it has survived…most don’t!

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 15/07/2026

#OnThisDay in AD 1799, the Rosetta Stone was discovered during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Inscribed in sacred hieroglyphs, Demotic (the everyday script of literate Egyptians) and Greek, it was instrumental in deciphering the hieroglyphic script. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Two hands holding a phone photographing the Rosetta Stone: a partially-fragmented stela sat in a glass display case in a museum. It is engraved with writing in three different scripts.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On 15th July 1775 sculptor Richard Westmacott was born to Richard "The Elder" Westmacott and Sarah Vardy. Some examples of his work - see alt text for details. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/f3/Richard-Westmacott #churchmonuments #sculpture

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On 15th July 1854 the marriage of John Ruskin [aged 35] and Effie Gray [aged 26] annulled by the Commissary Court of Surrey on the grounds of John Ruskin being "incapable of consummating the same [marriage] by reason of incurable impotency". She married, a year later, painter John Everett Millais.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#OTD 1685 James Scott, 1st Duke Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II, aged 36, was beheaded at Tower Hill for having rebelled against his uncle King James II. James II would be forced from the throne three years later during the Glorious Revolution.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?" #OTD John Ball was hanged, drawn and quartered in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in the presence of the 14 years old King Richard II bringing to an end the Peasants' Revolt. www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/h5/P...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On 14th July 1928 Andrew Agnew 9th Baronet died aged 77. Perhaps best known for commissioning John Singer Sargent to paint a portrait of his wife "Lady Agnew of Lochnaw", Gertrude Vernon, in 1892. The portrait was purchased in 1925 by the National Gallery of Scotland.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On 14th July 1979 Walter Keppel, 9th Earl Albermarle, died aged 97. His grandson Rufus succeeded, aged 13. He a first cousin twice removed of Queen Camilla. 1915 portrait by Philip de László.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On 14th July 1859 sculptor John "The Younger" Bacon died aged 82 at Bath, Somerset. Monument to Thomas Starky at St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury, Cheshire. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/l8/John-The-Younger-Bacon

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. July 14th 1843, "most interesting #barrows ... opened ... 'Liffs [Low]' ... a small drinking or incense cup of novel, unprecedented shape, which was unfortunately broken and crushed, but has been since restored." www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/l5/S...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On 14th July 1928 Bolton War Memorial was unveiled by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. It was sculpted by Lancashire sculptor Walter Marsden who was also responsible for war memorials at Tottington, St. Annes, Heywood and Church, Lancashire. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/d4/Walter-Marsden #OTD

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#OTD 1928 O. G. S. Crawford continued his aerial survey of prehistoric monuments for his book 'Wessex from the Air'. Between six and seven thirty in the evening he photographed Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, and Hambledon and Hod Hillforts, in Dorset. www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/e5/W...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On 14th July 1634 merchant and mayor Henry Maddison died aged sixty. Monument at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne. Monument with him and his wife Elizabeth kneeling at a prie-dieu, with their ten sons and six daughters represented. #churchmonuments

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#OTD 1551 Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, aged 15, died of sweating sickness at Bishop of Lincoln's Palace, Buckden, Cambridgeshire. His brother Charles, aged 14, died soon after of the sweat. They were buried at St Mary's Church, Buckden. Portraits by Holbein of Henry and Charles. #tombtuesday

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1811 architect George Gilbert Scott was born. St Peter's Church, #Edensor, near #Chatsworth, Derbyshire, was begun in 1866 and consecrated in 1870. The architect was George Gilbert Scott. Some of the stonework from the old church was re-used including the whole of the south porch.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1608 Ferdinand, future Holy Roman Emperor, was born to Ferdinand, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Wittelsbach. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%. He married 1. 1631 his first cousin Maria Anna of Spain, 2. 1648 his first cousin Maria Habsburg and 3. second cousin twice removed Eleonora Gonzaga.

Jan van den Hoecke - Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand III/

Portrait of Ferdinand's wife Maria Anna of Austria, by Diego Velázquez.

Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632-1649), daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, and his wife Princess Claudia of Medici, second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III.

Portrait of Eleonora av Gonzaga, 1630-1686, by Frans Luyckx.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On 13th July 923 Rudolph aka Raoul was elected King of West Francia. He reigned nearly 13 years. Having no issue he was succeeded by King Louis "Overseas", son of King Charles "Simple" III of West Francia.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th July 1663: “And finding many coaches at the Gate, I found upon enquiry that the Duchess [Anne Hyde, Duchess of York] is brought to bed of a boy;” The boy being James Stewart, 1st Duke Cambridge, 1663-1667.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1643 a Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot won a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Army of the West under Sir William Waller at Roundway Down, #Devizes, #Wiltshire. Three accounts describe the battle: Royalist's Colonel Slingsby and John Byron, and Parliamentarian Edward Harley.

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Battle of Roundway Down

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 2013 George Paget, 7th Marquess Anglesey, died aged 90. In 1976 he gave the family home Plas Newydd, Anglesey, to the National Trust. #NationalTrust #PlasNewydd

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1626 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and chamberlain to Anne of Denmark, died aged 62. Portrait of his wife Barbara with six of their children. Ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana Spencer Princess Wales. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/k8/Robert-Sidney-1st-Earl-of-Leicester

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On 13th July 1831 painter James Northcote died aged 84. Portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel. Exhibited at the academy's Summer Exhibition in 1814. He was paid twenty guineas for the portrait. Now the National Portrait Gallery. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p0/James-Northcote

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1896 Clarissa Madeline Tennant, Baroness Tennyson, was born to Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Wyndham. 1915 John Singer Sargent. "The Wyndham Sisters" with Pamela Wyndham in the center. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/d8/Pamela-Wyndham-Viscountess-Grey

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1426 Anne, 16th Countess of Warwick, born to Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl Warwick, and Isabel Despencer at Caversham Castle. Married 1436 her third cousin Richard "Kingmaker" Neville; daughter Anne wife of King Richard III. allabouthistory.co.uk/History/a5/Anne-Beauchamp-16th-Countess-Warwick

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1851: "What passed between them was told by Constance to a friend; her husband came to her bedside and accused her of committing adultery with Lord Dupplin. 'Get up, madame, my house is yours no longer; arrangements shall be made for your future, but henceforth you are no wife of mine'."

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My Recollections by Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan 1824 1915 Chapter IV: Presented at Court

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Samuel Pepys' Diary #OTD 1663: "But, above all, Mrs. [Frances] Stewart in this dress, with her hat cocked and a red plume, with her sweet eye, little Roman nose, and excellent taille, is now the greatest beauty I ever saw, I think, in my life;" www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/e2/S...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OTD 1174 King William I of Scotland was captured at Ratten Row during the Battle of Alnwick; plaque 400m west of Alnwick castle. He was imprisoned at Newcastle and then Falaise. A year later he signed the Treaty of Falaise and was released.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On 13th July 1889 Louise Mountbattenwas born to Prince Louis of Battenburg Victoria Hesse Darmstadt. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married 3rd November 1923 her fifth cousin once removed King Gustaf Adolph VI of Sweden. 1907 portrait by Philip de László. #OTD

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

By Friday evening the 13th [July 1849], the tunnel had extended to 94 feet from the entrance, about one-third of the whole intended length, by which it was calculated the centre of the hill would be attained. The work thus far was carried through the natural soil, a vein of hard undisturbed chalk.

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Report of the Examination of Silbury Hill by C Tucker

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

John Evelyn's Diary. 13th July 1683. "As I was visiting Sir Thomas Yarborough and his Lady, in Covent Garden, the astonishing news was brought to us of the Earl of Essex having cut his throat, having been but three days a prisoner in the Tower." www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/d1/R...

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Rye House Plot

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Wessex from the Air Plate 33a. Bush Barrow. About 7.20 a.m., 12th July [1928]. "The three barrows seen on this plate lie 1,200 yds. south-west of Stonehenge. Bush Barrow is the one on the right, still covered, as in Colt Hoare's time, with bushes." www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/o3/W...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Stanley Spencer, aged 68. Self-portrait. Painted over five days from 12th-16th July 1959; his final self-portrait. He died in December 1959 www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p0/S...

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

12th July 1472 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, and Anne Neville, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, were married at St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. Two years later her mother Anne Beauchamp, Countess Warwick, declared dead so that he could enjoy his wife's inheritance.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗩𝗜𝗜𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗿 On 12th July 1543 Henry VIII, aged 52, and Catherine Parr, aged 30, were married at Hampton Court Palace. His sixth and last marriage, her third marriage; her previous husband had died four months before. He died three years and a three months later.

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All About History @all-about-history.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Painted 12th July 1790. John Warwick Smith. "General view of the town & castle of Caernarvon from Tut Hill". www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/p0/J...

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