#OTD in 1802 Wordsworth saw a 'long belt' of daffodils, inspiring him to pen 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.' #daffodils inspired Cicely Mary Barker to illustrate her book 'Flower Fairies of the Spring'

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#fairy #fairies #flowers

#Tomorrow #ITN will launch #michaelpalin 's
#Nigeria documentary. He'll no doubt need to reference the #BritishEmpire .
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#OTD the #BBC 's #TweetOfTheDay was the #kittiwake .
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#birds #birdwatchers #birdwatching #ornithologyy #feathers #plumage #britishbirds #engraving #seagull #art #BirdsOfTwitter

#OTD in 1741 the #RoyalMilitaryAcademy was formed in #Woolwich . In 2019 the #Norfolk Company of the #RoyalAnglianRegiment paraded with a #RoyalFusilier in command on the largest parade ground in the UK.
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#OTD in 1741 #royalmilitaryacademy was established at #woolwich #southlondon .
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#history #engraving #heritage #ancestry #britisharmy #infantry #royalmarines #military #military history

In my latest 'Virtual Viewpoint' column in @wharflifelive, I share my views on a fully connected world transformed by AI but where humans and machines work together in harmony for better outcomes and a better life for all.

#OTD 1806 #isambardkingdombrunel was born Builder of #tunnels #bridges #railways & #ships at #Millwall on the #isleofdogs he built the #GreatEastern #steamship

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#engineering #towerhamlets

Remembering my father's comrade from 1st. Battalion (London Regiment) Royal Fusiliers, Private T. Gregory; killed on the 1st day of the Battle of Arras. Lest we forget.
#history #britisharmy #royalfusiliers #arras #WW1 #greatwar #lestweforget

#Poultry antique print from 'A History of the Earth ...' Published 1862. #antique prints from #frontispiece of #canarywharf .

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#engraving #chickens #cockerel #hens #bantams #feathers #plumage #art #antique #loveanimals #lovebirds

#OTD in 1863 a Union fleet failed to capture #fortsumter during the Battle of #Charleston

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#SouthCarolina #americancivilwar #confederacy #CSA #UnitedStates #art #engraving #history

#Peacocks and #Pheasants antique print from Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.
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#art #engraving #history #birds #ornithology #plumage #feathers

#OTD the #BBC 's #todayprogramme celebrated the #soundsofspring with the hammering of the #woodpecker
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#art #history #birds #birdwatching #rspb #wildlife #countrylife #plumage

#beetles #antiqueprints from #frontispiece of #canarywharf .

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#ducks #antiqueprints from the collection of #frontispiece of #canarywharf
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#history #engraving #spb #ornithology #birdwatching #birdlovers #wildlife #art

#Astronomy . Antique print of Sir Robert Stawell Ball, FRS (1 July 1840 – 25 November 1913) an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. SPY print for Vanity Fair, published 1905. #antiqueprints from #Frontispiece of #canarywharf
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#Lithuania n Tatar of the Imperial Guard of #napoleonbonaparte . #antiqueprints from #frontispiece of #canarywharf . One of many from Richard Knotel's #Uniformenkunde .

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#history #militaria #Lithuania #France #cavalry #lancers #uniforms

Prussian Hussars of 1792 from the #antiqueprints collection of #frontispiece of #canarywharf .

Original hand-coloured print by Richard Knotel from Uniformenkunde published 1896.

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#OTD in 1318 #berwickupontweed was lost by #England to #Scotland . After 14 changes it became #English in 1482.

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Hall of #hamptoncourtpalace from the #antiqueprints collection of #frontispiece of #canarywharf .
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#BBC 's #TweetOfTheDay the #birds ong of the #dunnock or #hedgesparrow .
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