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jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

Ritratto di donna,

Carlo Ceresa, c. 1635-1640

(Musei Civici d'Arte Antica: Collezioni Comunali d'Arte Bologna)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

6 June 1643: Henry Spencer created Earl of Sunderland #otd. He had acted as volunteer in the King's Guard at the Battle of Edgehill, and may have also made a large loan to Charles I. He didn't enjoy the title long as he d. at the Battle of Newbury 20 Sept 1643 (BM)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

6 June 1638: John Leslie, Bishop of #Raphoe, then in his 60s marries Katherine Cunningham #otd

They had at least 8 children.

Leslie died on 8 Sept 1671, just short of his 100th birthday. (johnArmagh)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

6 June 1662: At his trial in King's Bench #otd Sir Henry Vane the younger argues that his services to the Commonwealth didn't constitute treason against Charles II. Condemned to death 11 June, executed 14 June 1662 (By permission of Dulwich Picture Gallery)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, d. #otd 6 June 1561

Portrait of a Woman, 1518

(Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to philosophy

View of the Gardens of the Villa Medici, #Rome c. 1630 by Velázquez who was born #otd 6 June 1599 in #Sevilla (Museo Nacional del Prado)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to France

6 June 1430: Catherine of Valois styles herself 'Catherine Queen of #England, daughter of King Charles of #France, mother of the King of England & Lady of #Ireland' #otd in a letter.

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jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to london

6 June 1563: Robert Cecil future 1st Earl of Salisbury courtier & manager of the Tudor/Stuart dynastic change is baptised #otd at St Clement Danes, The Strand #London (New College Oxford)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

Portrait of a Man, between 1623 and 1630

Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez, b. #otd 6 June 1599, d. 6 Aug 1660. (Detroit Institute of Arts)

jdmccafferty, 6 days ago to random

Thursday 8 June #Dublin

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1641: Denzil Holles MP demands #otd that the Houses of #Parliament take steps to silence 'mechanical men that preached now up and down' (Parliamentary Art Collection)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1584: Henry Wotton future diplomat matriculates #otd at New College #Oxford #otd He described the role of ambassador as that of ‘a honest man sent to lie abroad for his country' (NPG)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to london

5 June 1580: John Hart #Jesuit of Eynsham #Oxfordshire arrested on landing at #Dover #otd, taken to Nonsuch to be interviewed by Walsingham. Deported from #England after 4 years in the Tower of #London. Died in #Poland in 1586 (Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1610: The masque 'Tethys' Festival' with sets by Inigo Jones is performed #otd to honour the creation of Henry as Prince of Wales (eebo)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1651: The exiled Bishop of Galloway Thomas Sydserff carries out ordinations #otd at Sir Richard Browne’s chapel in #Paris #otd He was the sole surviving #Scots bishop at the Restoration when he was translated to #Orkney.

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to london

5 June 1610: The chamberlain of the City of #London orders #otd Richard Burbage be reimbursed & allowed keep ‘taffety silke & other necessaries’ from the water pageant in honour of Prince Henry’s creation as Prince of #Wales on 31 May (Dulwich Art Gallery)
#WillPerformForCloth

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1660: John King, eldest son of Sir Robert King of Boyle Abbey is knighted #otd by Charles II. He was created Baron Kingston on 4 Sept. His brother Edward was the subject of Milton’s Lycidas. (JMcC)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to spain

5 June 1650: Antony Ascham, propagandist for the execution of Charles I, arrives in Madrid #otd to negotiate a trade deal between the Commonwealth & #Spain. The next day two Royalists, William Sparke & John Guillen, kill Ascham & his translator Riva at their inn.

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1607: John Hall physician marries Susanna Shakespeare, daughter of William & Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon #otd
William #Shakespeare gave the couple 105 acres of land on the match. (DeFacto)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to Catholic

5 June 1594: Toby [Tobie] Matthew, future #Catholic convert, writer, translator & courtier, patron of #nuntastic #English Carmelites at #Antwerp, graduated BA #otd at Christ Church #Oxford where his father & namesake, the future Archbishop of #York, was Dean (BM/eebo)

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jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

Woman Playing the Flute, French, 16th century (Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to Cambridge

5 June 1633: Owen Gwyn Master of St. John's College #Cambridge since 1612 is buried in the College Chapel #otd Gwyn was from Berth-ddu in Creudydyn near Llanrwst Denbighshire (BM, a 1690 map of the college)

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1643: Sir John Stawell appointed Governor of #Taunton & King's Commissioner for #Somerset #otd

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1584: Francis Hubert future #poet matriculates #otd at New College Oxford. His verse life of Edward II, written in the 1590s, was published in 1628 & 1629 (eebo) - when the subject of royal favourites was a hot topic.
Elizabeth Cary finished her own Edward II in 1627.

jdmccafferty, 7 days ago to random

5 June 1638: Philip Massinger's play 'The King & the Subject' is licensed #otd after Charles I had read it while at Newmarket, insisting on changes, probably due to allusions to forced loans (BM)