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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 Sept 1399: #Parliament accepts the 'abdication' of Richard II, Henry IV is led to the throne #otd (NPG)

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Human hair reworked. Band of needle lace made from human hair, England, c. 1640 - c. 1680. The thicker lines may be horse hair. (V&A, London)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 Sept 1515: Margaret Tudor Queen of #Scots & widow of James IV flees to #England otd (NPG) She was the mother of James V, sister of Henry VIII. #TudorStuart

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 Sept 1586: the dying Philip Sidney #poet #soldier #courtier writes his will #otd (NPG/BM)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 Sept 1461: William Herbert takes #Pembroke Castle, & so takes custody of young Henry Tudor #otd #Cymru (jkmmx)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Statuette of boxwood, 'Judith with head of Holofernes', Flemish, c. 1550-1600. A note #otd 30 Sept 1886 claims that it had been retrieved from a Spanish wreck on the Mayo coast & given to Rev Henry Maclean by the landlord of the inn at Achill Sound #Mayo (V&A Museum, London)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Self-portrait, Michaelina Wautier, 1649/50. ( Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the feast of St. Jerome #otd, 30 Sept, here he is having a quietly tender moment extracting a thorn from his lion's paw. Lucas Cranach, 1515. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30 Sept 1594: First recorded performance (but probably not the first ever) of Christopher Marlowe's Dr Faustus #otd #London

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us on Thurs 24 Sept for an evening of Archaeology: 🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm) 🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm) 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street 🎟️ Free | Drop-in museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland #DublinByDusk

Promotional poster for Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 3. Bold typography announces free evening events on Thursday 24 September. Free admission to the National Museum of Ireland Archaeology

Promotional poster for a Prehistoric Ireland in-gallery talk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Features an image of a carved prehistoric stone artefact and details of a free event on Thursday 24 September from 17:00 to 18:00, led by archaeologist and museum curator Dr Bernard Gilhooly. Explore artefacts from the museum's Prehistoric Ireland exhibition. No booking required

Promotional poster for Late Evening Discovery Tours at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Shows a museum visitor viewing archaeological objects in a display case. Free guided tour on Thursday 24 September at 18:30 exploring Ireland's national archaeological collection, including gold and silver artefacts. No booking required.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 Sept 1541: d. Cardinal Albrecht of #Mainz who employed Tetzel to sell indulgences which irritated Martin Luther who then ...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 Sept 1599: Thomas Lee, army captain, constable of #Carrickfergus castle accompanies the Earl of #Essex on his flight from #Ireland to Elizabeth's Court at Nonsuch. they reach there on 28 Sept. Lee would be executed for his part in Essex's rebellion in 1601.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 Sept 1653: d. Joao D'Almeida #Jesuit - who was born in #London as John Mead(e) - in Rio de Janeiro #otd. He was a famous seer, healer & miracle worker (Rijksmuseum - conveniently captioned here with figures of 'Anglia' & 'Brasilia')

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1596: Sir Richard Bingham, much-complained of governor of #Connacht leaves for #England #otd where he is suspended. Irish sources called him: 'the greatest monster of all the English that were then in #Ireland'.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1559: Asked to subscribe to Elizabeth I's supremacy Thomas Robertson, dean of #Durham says #otd: 'The Bisshope of #Rome owghte to have jurisdiction ecclesiasticall of this Realme'. He was suspended, then deprived (mattbuck.)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1588: David Gwyn #poet & #pirate sent to #Ireland #otd to interrogate #Spanish Armada survivors which he did at #Drogheda (eebo: his poem on Francis Drake)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1592: A philosophy disputation is staged at #Oxford for Elizabeth I during her visit to the university (BM)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1642: John Venn, future regicide, takes part in the first armed conflict of the Civil War at Powick Bridge near #Worcester #otd (wici/ Museum of London

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1580: William Whitaker, Regius Professor of Divinity at #Cambridge becomes Chancellor of St. Paul's cathedral #London #otd (St. John's College Cambridge)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Saints of 23, 24, 25 Sept (French calendar, 17thC, British Museum) St Thecla of Iconium Pope St Linus St Andochius St Thyrsus St Cleophas

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glove, probably made for the coronation of Frederick II in 1220. With some 14thC additions. (Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 Sept 1241: d. Snorri Sturluson Icelandic historian, poet, and politician by assassination #otd (National Library of #Iceland)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Cat mummy Approx. 724-31 BC (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Caravaggio, c. 1606 St Francis meditating (Palazzo Barberini, Roma)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Feasts of the month of September, Nicolas Picart, c. 1640-1660 (British Museum)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Benedetto Odescalchi who as Pope Innocent XI, supported William of Orange in the War of the Two Kings Became Pope #otd 21 Sept 1676, d. 12 Aug 1689

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hat Badge with a Portrait of Emperor Charles V 1520 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien) Charles died, having retired to a monastery, #otd 21 Sept 1558

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dama holandesa Adriaen van Cronenburch, 1567 (Museo Nacional del Prado)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Self-portrait Arcangela Paladini (Pistoia 1596 - Florence 1622) The Uffizi

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Henri of Navarre (later Henri IV of France) Jean Rabel, before 1589 (British Museum)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Saints of 20, 21, 22 Sept (French calendar, 17thC, British Museum) St Candida St Matthew St Iphigenia St Maurice

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle By Anthonis Mor van Dashorst, 1549. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien) Cardinal de Grenvelle, minister to the Spanish Habsburgs, died #otd 21 Sept 1586.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Barbara Longhi of Ravenna, artist, #otd 21 Sept 1552 - 23 Dec 1638, Self portrait as Catherine of Alexandria (Museo d'Arte della Città, Ravenna)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I saw this for the first time on Saturday. Opening of Vatican II, Patrick Pye, 1966. You don’t often have the Sedia Gestatoria worked out in stained glass!

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (1587 - #otd 21 Sept 1625) The Supper at Emmaus, c. 1615–1625. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

21 Sept 1513: Aged just 17 months, James V crowned King of #Scots at Stirling #otd

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

21 Sept 1256: d. William de Kilkenny, Bishop of Ely & Lord Chancellor of England #otd (His tomb in Ely cathedral: Andrewrabbott )

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ferdinand II's miniature prayer book, with 'MA' for 'Maria' on the front cover. The lavishly crafted little book was probably a gift from his parents when beginning studies at the Jesuit College in Ingolstadt aged 12 in 1590. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Madonna Reading, with Child By Barbara Longhi of Ravenna, b. #otd 21 Sept 1552 She died 23 Dec 1638. (Museo d'Arte della Città, Ravenna)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Saints Matthew [feast #otd 21 Sept] and Francis [feast 4 Oct] Giovanni di Paolo also known as Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia, c. 1435 (Met Museum)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Looking towards the 12th Lock Royal Canal from Granard Bridge

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