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[@jdmccafferty](/creator/twitter/jdmccafferty)
"14 Oct 1148: St. Malachy of #Armagh reaches Clairvaux #otd He died there on X Nov as witnessed by St Bernard his later biographer #otd (British Museum Malachy is on the right)"  
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"Swans Royal Canal Phibsborough Dublin earlier today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978401915743449144) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T10:05Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Phoenix made of ivory. Possibly Salzburg 1610/1620 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978477746280874027) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T15:07Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"15 Oct 1568: Thomas Randolph representative of Elizabeth I arrives in #Moscow #otd to secure confirmation & extension of trading privileges for the Russia Company. Ivan IV kept him waiting four months for an audience. (Ivan's throne: Stan Shebs)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978562654068252732) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T20:44Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A sleeve and a fist clutching hair: study for Judith and Holofernes Cristofano Allori b. XX Oct 1577 d. X Apr 1621 (Muse du Louvre)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979076095690350820) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T06:44Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"18 Oct 1588: baptism of Luke Wadding in Waterford. 2025 is the 400th anniversary of his foundation of S. Isidores Rome as an Irish Franciscan college. Yesterday Ben Hazard presented me with a copy of his brilliant new biography of Luke - the first in over a century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979480069694251119) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T09:30Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Few have ever beaten the ubiquity and volume of Erasmus of Rotterdam's "sole scholar of brilliance" iconography. Here's a Swiss version from 1550/1552 Print made by Hans Rudolf Manuel Printed by Heinrich Petri After Hans Holbein the Younger (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979492654078476288) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T10:20Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"18 Oct 1637: Thomas Sydserff Bishop of Galloway attacked in #Edinburgh #otd by a crowd for his alleged wearing of a crucifix. (Otter)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979472014286188910) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T08:57Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Elizabeth c. 1637 Akademie der bildenden Knste Vienna Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Elizabeth 1640 Private collection By Jacob Jordaens b. XX May 1593d. #otd XX Oct 1678 (Both via WGA)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979551316692107471) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T14:13Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The Conference Gate also known as the Tuileries gate in Paris Joannes de Ram after Adam Perelle 1670-1695 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975970269136289825) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-08T17:03Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Saints of X XX XX Oct St Denys St Eleutherius St Rusticus Abraham St Gereon & companions St Probus & St Andronicus ( 17th century French British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976270524172079440) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T12:56Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Portrait of Ulrich Starck of Nuremberg. 1527 Albrecht Drer one of the last dateable pieces by the artist. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976378416153948236) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T20:05Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Groat of Henry VIII 1526-1529. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976393749191328192) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T21:06Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"St Mary Magdalene Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden c. 1452-65 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976393968436089175) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T21:06Z 38.2K followers, 1167 engagements


"The pillar at Seven Dials #Londonelevation of a Doric pillar on a pedestal with pinnacle at the top surrounded by sundials Drawn by Edward Pierce II 1693-1694 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976394174695129523) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T21:07Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The annual display of the Holy Shroud in Turin on X May. After 1593 before 1620. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1977771018132345311) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-13T16:18Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Prospectus interior Sacelli Serenissima Mariae Magnae Britanniae Reginae The Chapel of Mary of Modena in St James's Palace Here James III & VIII "The Old Pretender" was baptised #otd XX Oct 1688. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978546940406014014) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T19:42Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Head of a man wearing a hat 1510-1515 Lucas Cranach the Elder (British Museum) The artist died #otd XX Oct 1553"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978925468645466546) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T20:46Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian friar 1520 By Lucas Cranach the Elder who died #otd XX Oct 1553 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978936781564449106) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T21:31Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Friday XX Oct Dublin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979099101351366774) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T08:16Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Royal Canal Dublin from Granard Bridge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979104645667500514) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T08:38Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Lower Erne St Dublin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979121312434982918) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T09:44Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Some early 17th century pears by Aert Spiering c. 1600-1620 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979492774278799623) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T10:20Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"18 Oct 1537: Edward (VI) created Prince of #Wales #otd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979622000873152541) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T18:53Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"17 Oct 1655: Christopher Blackwood becomes pastor to the Particular #Baptist congregation Swift's Alley #Dublin #otd (eebo)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979079009603326244) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T06:56Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"17 Oct 1578: St. Robert Southwell #English #poet enters the #Jesuit probation house of Sant'Andrea #Rome #otd (BM/Croberto)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979087806606487970) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T07:31Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Studies for a picture of a dead nun. Cristofano Allori b. XX Oct 1577 d. X Apr 1621 (Albertina Vienna)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979074849998786622) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T06:39Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Portrait of Thomas Schweicker XX Dec 1540 - XX Oct 1602 sat on the floor & writing with a quill held by his right foot on a sheet of paper. Schweicker was noted for being a painter even though he had neither arms nor hands. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979075396365615154) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T06:41Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Head of a bearded man Cristofano Allori b. XX Oct 1577 d. X Apr 1621 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979077311690403903) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T06:49Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"17 Oct 1171: Henry II lands at #Waterford with XXX ships & 4000 men #otd in the start of the #English crown conquest of Ireland. Henry was first King of England to come to Ireland. But not the last"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979108410453787023) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T08:53Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"An early modern take on the ancient world: Pyramids of Egypt by Magdalena van de Passe her version after Maerten de Vos 1610 - 1638 (Rijksmuseum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979117312905994294) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T09:28Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A Silver Shilling from Boston Massachusetts 1652 Robert Sanderson & John Hull (Yale University)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979122538442555686) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T09:49Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The saints of XX XX XX XX Oct St Luke St Lucianus St Irene St Hilarion 17th century French calendar (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979472264849453221) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T08:58Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Token London 1649-1672 LEWIS . HARRINDINE . IN . YE . BACK SIDE . OF . ST . CLEMENTS . LACE . SHOP With an artichoke (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979492918395068789) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T10:21Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Young John the Baptist and His Parents early 1620s and revised in the 1650s by Jacob Jordaens who died #otd XX Oct 1678. (Met Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979620597442228572) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T18:48Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"18 Oct 1555: d. Mary of Austria Mary of Hungary in #Brussels #otd Queen of Hungary & Bohemia 1515-26 Governor of the Spanish Netherlands 1531-1555"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979621721914388707) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T18:52Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Old man probably 1639. By Jacob Jordaens (b. XX May 1593 d. #otd XX Oct 1678) (Muse du Louvre)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979622274455183711) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-18T18:55Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Fruits of the Sea. Elena Recco Naples c. 1654 Madrid 1715. The daughter of the still-life painter Giuseppe Recco. Worked at the Spanish court in Madrid after 1695 known for still-life paintings of fish (Elena Recco -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1973503876973338810) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-01T21:42Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Woman sewing c. 1650-55 Attributed to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975311184745386312) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-06T21:24Z 38.2K followers, 1131 engagements


"An extremely elaborate watch made c. 1640 - 1650 by David Bouguet a French Huguenot resident in #London (British Museum) A reminder that even during some pretty unsettled years luxury trade continued"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975311370385301922) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-06T21:25Z 38.2K followers, 1331 engagements


"Layout of the battle of Lepanto #otd X Oct 1571 Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975554161300402621) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T13:29Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"An angel holding a candlestick and wearing a green robe. Florence c. 1460 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975658629459288357) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T20:24Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Old woman eating soup with cat sitting on table Jaspar Isaac c. 1605-1654 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975661044388208891) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T20:34Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"William Laud b. #otd X Oct 1573 and Charles I executed 1645 and 1649 respectively shown with a print of Cranmer Ridley & Taylor all executed 1555 on the wall. (British Museum c. 1660-1699)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975664234018083159) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T20:47Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The Naval Battle at Lepanto a bird's eye view X Oct 1571 #otd (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975666393678029103) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T20:55Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Thomas Cromwell Henry VIII's fixer - a 1538 medal from the British Museum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975667821742072265) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-07T21:01Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini Chair of St. Peter 1658 terracotta The only surviving sculptural sketch for the focal point of St Peter's Basilica. A gilded throne as a shrine to encase the chair from which by tradition Peter himself had preached. (Detroit Institute of Arts)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1975969927103463660) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-08T17:01Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Dutch oven; bacon-roaster Staffordshire 1692 (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1977821270403362992) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-13T19:38Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"James (VII & II) Duke of #York print made c.1640-1650. A little different to the usual depictions of him. #tennis (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978198928957837388) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-14T20:39Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Reception de Christine Alexandre Roy de Suede par la ville de Paris 1659 Should be 1656 (British Museum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978386768320712799) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T09:05Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The two are established under one #otd XX Oct 1604. Medal to commemorate the 1st meeting of commissioners from the parliaments of England & Scotland in London with a view to achieving a union of kingdoms. They discontinued without resolution in Dec 1604. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978388590053687685) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T09:12Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A wife of an Indian 'werowance' or chief of Pomeiooc and her daughter. The child interestingly is carrying a contemporary English doll. John White 1585-93. (British Museum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978549706956460383) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T19:53Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"15 Oct 1632: At a feast held #otd to mark the end of the embassy of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of #Leicester to #Denmark - Sidney boasted he was able to go upstairs unaided after XX toasts whereas as Christian IV needed help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978557739946135867) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T20:24Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"15 Oct 1386: Geoffrey Chaucer #poet gives evidence in high court of chivalry #otd for Sir Richard Scrope in his dispute with Sir Robert Grosvenor about the right to bear certain arms (Bodleian)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978561030679593392) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T20:38Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Equestrian Portrait of Frederick Henry Prince of Orange in or after 1631 on a tortoise shell - he was the grandfather of William III of #England (Rijksmuseum)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978562832141549951) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-15T20:45Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"16 Oct 1582: Walter Ralegh gets letters patent for 40000 acres confiscated land in #Cork & #Waterford #otd (NPG) Including #Youghal. These lands would go on to be a basis of the fortune of the Boyle dynasty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978842568898027546) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T15:16Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Head of a bearded man Cristofano Allori b. #otd XX Oct 1577 d. X Apr 1621 (Albertina Vienna)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979118888433410106) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T09:34Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Bust of a woman with a large lace collar Ottavio Leoni (b. Rome c. 1578 - d. 1630 Rome) 1627 (Albertina Vienna)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979121665557582116) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T09:45Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Bust of a woman with a large lace collar Ottavio Leoni (b. Rome c. 1578 - d. 1630 Rome) 1627 (Albertina Vienna)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979160913434280179) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T12:21Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Lucas Cranach the Elder who died #otd XX Oct 1553 A Princess of Saxony c. 1517 (National Gallery of Art Washington)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978833159614611556) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T14:39Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"16 Oct 1588: b. Luke Wadding of #Waterford #otd #Franciscan Scotist #philosopher #historian founder of two #Irish colleges in #Rome. The man who had St Patricks Day made a universal feast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978850649241428268) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T15:48Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Still Life of Peaches & Plums Louise Moillon c. 1630-35 (Muse du Louvre)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978922617252827440) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T20:34Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A pair of serving knives 1460 which belonged to Duke Philip III 'the Good' of Burgundy (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978930962420367502) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T21:08Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"16 Oct 1555: Richard Marshall Dean of Christchurch #Oxford silences Ridley's attempt to respond to the official preacher before the burning. In the early 1570s Marshall moved to Douai and Louvain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978931130360279488) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T21:08Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"16 Oct 1573: d. Thomas Davies Bishop of St. Asaph #otd He was present in the House of Lords in 1562 for readings of bills for #Welsh #Cymraeg Bible (NLW/MSearle)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978932795264139311) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T21:15Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Virgin and Child Adored by the Infant St John Lucas Cranach the Elder c. 1512-1514 (SMK Danmark) Cranach died #otd XX Oct 1553"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978937416288268747) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T21:33Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"17 Oct 1685: Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes ending tolerance of #Protestant worship in France #otd (BM) #Huguenot In Nov 2019 @irishmanuscript published the diary of one religious refugee from France to Ireland - lie Bouhereau keeper of @MarshsLibrary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979161399310848430) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T12:23Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine () Nicholas and Francis Vincenzo Catenac. 14701531 (Walker Art Gallery)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979162560713666574) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T12:28Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Portrait of a woman in a ruff attributed to Cristofano Allori b. #otd XX Oct 1577 d. X Apr 1621 (Muse du Louvre)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1979162666024198521) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-17T12:28Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The beheaded St Denis feast #otd X Oct Attributed to Nicolas Poussin who died XX Nov 1665. (Muse du Louvre)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1976325441939267721) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-09T16:34Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Self-Portrait 1691 By Anna Maria Waser b. #otd XX Oct 1678 in Zurich died aged XX XX Sept 1714. (Kunsthaus Zrich)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978806010178376062) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T12:51Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"16 Oct 1430: James II King of #Scots born #otd at Holyrood Abbey #Edinburgh (NGS)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdmccafferty/status/1978923739845718072) [@jdmccafferty](/creator/x/jdmccafferty) 2025-10-16T20:39Z 38.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Lucas Cranach the Elder d. #otd XX Oct 1553 The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 (National Gallery of Art Washington)"  
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"Martin Luther 14831546. Lucas Cranach the elder who d. #otd XX Oct 1553 (Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives) Cranach a close friend of the ex-Augustinian Luther painted this in 1525 the year of Martin's marriage to the former Cistercian nun Katharina von Bora"  
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"Portrait of Magdalena of Saxony Wife of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg c. 1529 by Lucas Cranach the Elder who died #otd XX Oct 1553 (Art Institute Chicago) With her best hat"  
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"Lucas Cranach the Elder who died #otd XX Oct 1553 A Princess of Saxony c. 1517 (National Gallery of Art Washington)"  
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"Study of Three Girls' Heads by Lucas Cranach the elder who died #otd XX Oct 1553 (Royal Cornwall Museum)"  
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"Satire on Hugh Peter published at the time of his execution as a regicide #otd XX Oct 1660 (British Museum)"  
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"Portrait of Magdalena Luther daughter of Martin Luther & Katharina von Bora. Lucas Cranach the Elder 1539 - 1542 (Muse du Louvre) The artist died #otd XX Oct 1553"  
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"The Minim friar Jean Franois Niceron Illustration to Niceron's "Thaumaturgus Opticus" (Paris 1646) Niceron was a mathematical prodigy and this was the Latin edition of his 1638 La Perspective Curieuse on anamorphic art. (British Museum)"  
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"Selected feasts of the month of October French c. 1640-1660. Bruno 6th. Teresa 15th. Francis 4th Jude 28th. Luke 18th. Simon 28th. Ursula 21st. Crispin & Crispinian 25th. Denis 9th. (British Museum)"  
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"Sundial/Compass dial 17thC. An early example of an adjustable dial with a painted table giving the names and latitudes of sixteen towns of which twelve are in France. (British Museum)"  
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"Hans Sachs poet 1494-1576 From Nuremberg he was a prolific writer of 'Meisterlieder' and of plays humorous fables anecdotes and tales in verse. Plus he has a wonderful expression here. (British Museum)"  
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"16 Oct 1649: The garrison at #Cork revolts #otd & then declares for parliament #otd (Token 1657 British Museum)"  
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"The liberation of St Peter Govert Flinck c.1639 The angel encourages Peter to get up and get out of the clink. (British Museum)"  
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"Dog Albrecht Drer c. 1520-21. (British Museum)"  
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"Ecce Angus Dei Pendant Spanish 17th Century. I like that the pearly Lamb lies here on top of a folio. (British Museum)"  
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"Saturday XX Oct Dublin"  
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"18 Oct 1573: d. Sir Thomas Smith #otd whose private #plantation in East #Ulster had only begun just over a year earlier (eebo). He was killed during a Scottish raid on the Ards peninsula"  
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"On the feast of St Luke XX Oct: A legendary theme popular among #Flemish artists. Artist guilds were dedicated to Luke. After Rogier Van Der Weyden St Luke painting the Virgin Mary early 16thC (JMcC - in the National Gallery of #Ireland /@NGIreland)"  
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"Three beggars: a man on crutches a pregnant woman a child at centre. After David Vinckboons c. 1600-1620 (British Museum)"  
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"Stairs of the Sint-Elisabeth Gasthuis in Amsterdam Roelant Roghman (attributed to) c. 1650 - c. 1652 A nice example here of a very ordinary 17th century handrail. (Rijksmuseum)"  
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""Portrait of the first knight created by the King of the English from Venloo". Guelders "Michael Mercator at the age of XX. Thanks be to God and the King. 1539." (British Museum)"  
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"Nuremberg 1656 commenting on plague doctors in Rome. (British Museum)"  
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"Pastry person (British Museum: Habit de paticier)"  
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"18 Oct 1588: Luke Wadding future #Franciscan global historian editor of the works of St Francis Scotist theologian founder of #Irish colleges in #Rome baptised #otd in #Waterford Many of his letters are now in @ucdarchives"  
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"How it might have been - Sangallo's design for St. Peter's Basilica #Rome 1547 (BM)"  
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