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Dutch poet, literary critic, & essayist Albert Verwey was born #OTD in 1865.

Verwey was a central figure in the Dutch literary movement known as the Tachtigers, which sought to revolutionize Dutch poetry by emphasizing individualism, emotion, and innovative language and form. The Tachtigers rejected the conventional poetic styles & themes of their time, advocating for a more personal and introspective approach to poetry.

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"If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain."
Life, p. 6 - Collected Poems (1993)

American lyric poet Emily Dickinson died #OTD in 1888. Although she wrote 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.

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Cover of the first edition of Poems, published in 1890

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#OTD in 1618.

Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).

The elliptical orbits of planets were indicated by calculations of the orbit of Mars. The third law expresses that the farther a planet is from the Sun, the slower its orbital speed, and vice versa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion

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Scottish astronomer Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was born #OTD in 1857.

Fleming's most significant contributions came in the field of stellar classification. She developed a system for classifying stars based on their spectra, which became known as the Harvard Classification Scheme. In 1890, she published the first catalog of stellar spectra, which contained over 10,000 stars classified according to her system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Harvard_spectral_classification

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Harvard Computers working in a room in the new brick building, built in 1892. According to the information of a calendar shown in the image, this photo taken in March 1898. Williamina Fleming is standing. Immediatly in front of her are Evelyn Leland (back row center) and Ida E. Woods to the right. The rest are unknown, but the woman closest to the camera could be Annie Jump Cannon. This description is based on http://heawww.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#ComputersBrickBuilding Photo credit: UAV 630.271 (E4116), olvwork432388. Harvard University Archives.

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German composer and pianist Fanny Mendelssohn died #OTD in 1847.

Among Fanny´s most celebrated works are her piano compositions, including "Das Jahr", and her collection of songs, which are noted for their sensitivity and intimacy. Despite facing challenges as a female composer, Fanny's musical talents were widely recognized within her family circle, and she played a significant role in shaping her brother Felix's musical development.

https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Fanny_Hensel

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Beginning of April from the sutie 'Das Jahr', music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, artwork by Wilhelm Hensel.
Fanny Hensel: January, composition from the piano cycle The Year, autograph with a vignette of her husband Wilhelm Hensel, written after the trip to Italy in 1839/40

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British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic Hall Caine was born #OTD in 1853.

Caine's most famous work is "The Manxman," published in 1894. Caine's other novels include "The Deemster" (1887), "The Scapegoat" (1891), "The Eternal City" (1901), and "The Christian" (1897), among many others. He also wrote several plays, including adaptations of his own novels for the stage.

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1895 Poster advertising The Shadow of a Crime. "The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance" is a novel written by Hall Caine, first published in 1885. Set in the rugged landscapes of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, the novel tells the story of young Stephen Orry, who struggles to uncover the truth about his family's dark past. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14262

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#OTD in 1925.

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published by the Hogarth Press in Bloomsbury, London.

The working title of Mrs Dalloway was The Hours. The novel originated from 2 short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" & the unfinished "The Prime Minister". In autumn 1922, Woolf began to think of the "Mrs. Dalloway" short story as the first chapter of her new novel, and she completed the manuscript in late autumn 1924.

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English writer of adventure fiction romances H. Rider Haggard died #OTD in 1925.

Haggard's most famous work is "King Solomon's Mines," published in 1885. Haggard's other works include "Allan Quatermain" (1887), "Jess" (1887), "Nada the Lily" (1892), "The People of the Mist" (1894), and "The Brethren" (1904), among many others.

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Cover of The People of the Mist by H. Rider Haggard. "The People of the Mist" is an adventure novel written by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1894. Set in the late 17th century, the novel follows the journey of Leonard Outram, a young Englishman who travels to the wilds of Africa in search of adventure and fortune.

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French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Albert Robida was born #OTD in 1848.

One of Robida's most significant contributions to literature and art was his pioneering work in the genre of science fiction. He was a visionary artist who imagined futuristic worlds filled with advanced technology, air travel, space exploration, and other innovations that were ahead of his time.

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Brazilian novelist & journalist Lima Barreto was born #OTD in 1881.

His literary career began in the early 20th century, and he is best known for novels such as "Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma" - a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil, was published in 1911. Despite facing difficulties & setbacks during his lifetime (alcoholism and mental health issues), he continued to write until his death.

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Cover page of Triste Fim de Polycarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto

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Medical doctor Ronald Ross was born #OTD in 1857.

In 1897, Ross made a significant breakthrough when he discovered that malaria parasites were transmitted by mosquitoes. He found malaria parasites in the stomach tissue of a mosquito and demonstrated their life cycle in the insect. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902, becoming the first British Nobel laureate in Medicine.

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The page in Ross' notebook where he recorded the "pigmented bodies" in mosquitoes that he later identified as malaria parasites.

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French poet, dramatist, and novelist Jean Aicard died #OTD in 1921.

He was associated with the Parnassian movement, which emphasized formalism, craftsmanship, and the use of classical mythology and historical themes in poetry. He was also a prolific playwright and novelist. One of Aicard's most famous works is the novel "Le Roi de Camargue" (The King of Camargue), was published in 1872.

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Book cover of Maurin des Maures by Jean Aicard

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English writer of children's stories Juliana Horatia Ewing died #OTD in 1885.

Ewing's writing career began in the late 1860s, and she quickly gained recognition for her charming and insightful stories that often featured children and their adventures. Some of Ewing's most popular works include "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances" (1869), "Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls" (1875), and "Jackanapes" (1884).

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Illustration: THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS. Title: Verses for Children, and Songs for Music Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing

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"I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in
anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport
exists between them or between them and myself. When one attains this
harmony, one reaches a sort of intellectual non-existence — what I can
only describe as a sense of peace, which makes everything possible and
right. Life then becomes a perpetual revelation. That is true poetry."

~Georges Braque was born #OTD in 1882.

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English chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born #OTD in 1910.

Among her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin as previously surmised by Edward Abraham and Ernst Boris Chain; and mapping the structure of vitamin B12, for which in 1964 she became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hodgkin also elucidated the structure of insulin in 1969 after 35 years of work.

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American physicist Richard Feynman was born #OTD in 1918.

He developed the Feynman diagrams, a pictorial representation of the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which provided a powerful tool for calculating complex interactions among particles. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga for their fundamental contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics (QED).

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English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale was born #OTD in 1820.

Nightingale became famous for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War (1853–1856). Beyond her work in the Crimean War, Nightingale was a prolific writer and statistician. She used statistical methods to analyze and present data on healthcare and public health, making significant contributions to the field of medical statistics.

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"Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" by Florence Nightingale. Example of polar area diagram by Florence Nightingale (1820–1910). This "Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" was published in Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army and sent to Queen Victoria in 1858. This graphic indicates the annual rate of mortality per 1,000 in each month that occurred from preventable diseases (in blue), those that were the results of wounds (in red), and those due to other causes (in black). The legend reads: The Areas of the blue, red, & black wedges are each measured from the centre as the common vertex. The blue wedges measured from the centre of the circle represent area for area the deaths from Preventable or Mitigable Zymotic diseases, the red wedges measured from the centre the deaths from wounds, & the black wedges measured from the centre the deaths from all other causes. The black line across the red triangle in Nov. 1854 marks the boundary of the deaths from all other causes during the month. In October 1854, & April 1855, the black area coincides with the red, in January & February 1856, the blue coincides with the black. The entire areas may be compared by following the blue, the red, & the black lines enclosing them.

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American educator Catharine Beecher died #OTD in 1878.

One of Beecher's most influential works was "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" (1841), which became a widely used textbook on household management and domestic skills. In this book, Beecher argued that women's education should include practical instruction in areas such as cooking, cleaning, and childcare, in addition to more traditional academic subjects.

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Title: A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Author: Catharine Esther Beecher Release date: June 14, 2007 [eBook #21829] Language: English Original publication: New-York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, 1845

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English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright John Dryden died #OTD in 1700.

Dryden was one of the most influential literary figures of his time and is often referred to as the "Father of English Criticism." As a poet, Dryden's works ranged from satires and political verse to heroic couplets and translations. He was also a prolific playwright, producing numerous comedies, tragedies, and heroic dramas.

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The title page of The Hind and the Panther John Dryden - https://archive.org/details/hindandpanther00dryduoft