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Events for the 21st of April from Wikipedia:

• 1802: Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabi_
• Birth (1945) of Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Da
• Death (1758) of Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

en.wikipedia.orgWahhabi sack of Karbala - Wikipedia
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EventsOfTheDayBot

Events for the 20th of April from Wikipedia:

• 1792: France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_
• Birth (1941) of Ryan O'Neal, American actor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_O%2
• Holiday: UN Chinese Language Day (United Nations) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Chine
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

en.wikipedia.orgFrancis II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia
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Images of Bergen
"The Graf Zeppelin is a ship with a soul. You have only to fly in it to know that it's a living, vibrant, sensitive and magnificent thing."
– British journalist Lady Grace Drummond-Hay

Graf Zeppelin did a world tour in 1929, flying over parts of the world until then unseen. In 1930 it did an even more daring flight, when it swooped by #Bergen.

After the Hindenburg accident in 1937, Graf Zeppelin was quickly put out of commission, and turned into a museum ship. This post was inspired by an article in NRK today, where some of these images were featured.

Photos via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-06217-001.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography #airship
A black and white photo of an airship over Corps de Garde, a fire watch tower at Nordnes in Bergen.
A black and white photo of an airship over Bergen, seen from Mount Fløyen.
A black and white photo of an airship over Den nationale scene (The National Theatre) in Bergen.
#airship
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Nick DeWolf Photo Archive
deerfield, massachusetts
july 1958

the john wilson printing house

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/52048589931
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/2143723747/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #deerfield #massachusetts #building #house #historical #johnwilson #1950s
#1950s
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Events for the 19th of April from Wikipedia:

• 1506: The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_M
• Birth (1919) of Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Kapl
• Death (1993) of David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ko
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

en.wikipedia.orgLisbon massacre - Wikipedia
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Images of Bergen
First non-photography! Swipe for coloured version.

Hieronymus Scholeus drew a view of #Bergen in 1581, creating the world's oldest (known) depiction of the city, and the first of a Norwegian city at all.

There was uncertainty whether the artist had ever actually been in Bergen, due to odd inconsistencies such as the palisade fence around the city which has never been there, but letters from the client to the king states the artist actually came here. The working theory is that #Scholeus drew it from a number of sketches after having left the city, and added a few details in post.

Collected with a large number of other copper engravings of cities, this image was in the German-published series "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (Cities of the world).

Photo via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/map/ubb-librar-f-0017.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #HistoricalMaps #historical #MapHistory
A black and white version of the Scholeus engraving, showing the city centre of Bergen around 1580, seen from the south side towards the harbour.
A coloured version of the Scholeus engraving, showing the city centre of Bergen around 1580, seen from the south side towards the harbour.
#maphistory
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Joan Carroll

Sunlight streams through the ancient Roman columns, with the sun creating a radiant starburst effect. These are the remains of the Temple of Saturn, an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn, found in what is now the Roman Forum in Rome, Italy.

#rome #italy #forum #temple #saturn #archeology #ancient #historical #blackandwhite #columns #sunstar #historic #ancient #romanforum #ruins #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll

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Sunlight streams through the ancient Roman columns, with the sun creating a radiant starburst effect. These are the remains of the Temple of Saturn, an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn, found in what is now the Roman Forum in Rome, Italy. #rome #italy #forum #temple #saturn #archeology #ancient #historical #blackandwhite #columns #sunstar #historic #ancient #romanforum #ruins #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/temple-of-saturn-rome-italy-bw-joan-carroll.html
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Images of Bergen
If you're below a certain age today, you might call this "Witchy Bitchy Hill", due to a colourful establishment in one of the houses on the left-hand side of this street that culminates between the old and newer parts of Bryggen in #Bergen.

But it is actually named Nikolaikirkealmenningen (Street of St. Nicholas Church), named for the ruins of the medieval church dug up in the late 1860s on the right-hand side of this street. Likely it was ruined in one of the fires of the 1400s. This street was also the site of the first public square in Bergen, and also had the first city hall of Bergen from aroun 1300 to 1558.

Photo by K.Knudsen, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-pk-0882.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography
A black and white photo of a hilly city street, with people, horse carriages and a speeding bike in Bergen, Norway. In the background, mountains.
#blackandwhitephotography
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EventsOfTheDayBot

Events for the 17th of April from Wikipedia:

• 1521: Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_L
• Birth (1878) of Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Fuc
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

en.wikipedia.orgMartin Luther - Wikipedia
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Events for the 16th of April from Wikipedia:

• 2007: Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
• Birth (1952) of Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_R
• Holiday: April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_16
#history #events #historical #today @histodons

en.wikipedia.orgVirginia Tech shooting - Wikipedia
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Images of Bergen
Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in #Bergen, likely early 1920s.

The theatre was opened in 1909, and its premiere show was Erasmus Montanus, a satire on the meeting between educated pompous Danish elites and rural Norwegian farmers by Ludvig Holberg.

The entrance and foyer was bombed during the war, but rebuilt temporarily, before getting refurbished in 2001.

Photo by Olai Schumann Olsen, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-so-0344.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography #architecture
A large stone house on a small hill, symmetrical entrance on three doors with a balcony over it. A man stands, hands behind his back, at the bottom of the hill, looking up at the theatre.
#architecture
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