23 May 1660: Charles II sets sail for #England#otd from Dutch shores - having turned down #Spanish & #French invites to depart from their territories; he enters #London in triumph on his 30th birthday, 29 May (Wallace Collection) #Restoration
23 May 1498: Girolamo Savonarola #Dominican preacher & visionary burnt at the stake in #Florence#otd only months after he & his followers had been lighting bonfires of vanities (M SanMarco)
American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement Margaret Fuller was born #OTD in 1810.
She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.
"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society."
The Pillars of Society
Norwegian Dramatist & Poet Henrik Ibsen died #OTD in 1906.
Ibsen is renowned for his pioneering work in realism, a movement in theater that sought to depict everyday life & societal issues with honesty and accuracy. He moved away from the romanticized and melodramatic styles that dominated the 19th century.
Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus was born #OTD in 1707.
Linnaeus introduced the two-part system of naming organisms - binomial nomenclature - where each species is given a genus name followed by a species name. This system brought consistency and clarity to the naming of organisms. His work laid the foundation for the biological classification system by categorizing living organisms into hierarchical groups based on shared characteristics.
#OnThisDay, 23 May 1988, four women storm the BBC news studio whilst the news is live on air, protesting the introduction of Section 28. Section 28 banned the “promotion of homosexuality” by local government in the UK, and was intended to stop LGBT+ campaigns for equal rights.
#OnThisDay, 23 May 1430, Jeanne d'Arc, fighting in the rearguard, is pulled from her horse and captured by the Burgundians at the siege of Compiègne. She is then sold as a prisoner to the British, who put her on trial for heresy.
22 May 1406: Henry IV agrees #otd - it is his own idea - to be assisted in governing 17 councillors nominated by #Parliament due to his poor health (NPG)
22 May 1602: Philip Henslowe's diary records £5 paid to 'antoney monday & mihell drayton Webster, & ye rest in earnest of a Boocke called sesers falle' #otd#theatre#London (BM)
22 May 1602: Philip Henslowe's diary records £5 paid to 'antoney monday & mihell drayton Webster, & ye rest in earnest of a Boocke called sesers falle' #otd#theatre#London (BM)
22 May 1603: Edward Coke who would become one of the greatest jurists of his time, knighted by the new monarch James VI & I #otd (Trinity College Cambridge)