The French artist... Degas.... died in 1917. His brother took possession of his studio and paintings and destroyed many pastels of brothel scenes. The artist L.S.Lowry was famous for his paintings of industrial scenes. "When I was active, I used to visit all the industrial towns and perhaps stay a night or two. ....especially Huddersfield.... I often went back there. I'd walk around the poorer areas just to look and think. I did nt sketch much on these visits I prefer to invent pictures at home. " In 1994 8 million tons of limestone were extracted from the Peak District.... thats double the tonnage extracted in 1981 . The mysterious ... Cagliostro... was banned from France. He travelled to England and wrote a pamphlet predicting the fall of the French Monarchy and the storming of the Bastille. Later in Rome, he met two people who proved to be spies of the Inquisition. Some accounts hold that his wife was the one who initially betrayed him to the Inquisition. On 27 December 1789, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo. Soon afterwards he was sentenced to death on the charge of being a Freemason. The Pope changed his sentence, however, to life imprisonment in the Castel Sant'Angelo. After attempting to escape he was relocated to the Fortress of San Leo where he died not long after. At least he had lived to see part of his prediction come true, the Bastille was stormed in July 1789 . Marti Caine... comedienne.... worked her way through the tough northern clubs to become a TV star with her own show. Her real name was Lynda Crapper. In 1815 after the stunning victory at Waterloo, London began exporting capital around the world.... previously the Dutch had that role in the 18th century. Charles Wesley wrote 6000 hymns. For 10 years, Idi Amin was heavy weight boxing champion of the Ugandan army. He seized power in 1971. Jane Austin only settled down to writing her novels after her father died in 1805. Marijuana..... is Spanish for ... Maryjane... it is a hemp and closely related to the hop plant. It is the female plant that is smoked as that builds up resins for seed production Around 22 million use the drug on a daily basis .... ( quite a few of them in this forum ) Pat Marlowe ran away to London at the age of 15. She became a dancer in a Tommy Trinder review she also met up with the infamous Stephen Ward ( of Profumo scandal fame ) Soon she was a member of the jet set meeting the rich and famous. After a brief fling with Max Bygraves she became preggers. Max gave her £10,000 to keep quiet about the illegitimate baby. Tragically Pat committed suicide 2 years later. Mussolini's grand daughter is also Sophia Loren's neice. William Cecil in 1572 became Lord High Treasurer. He was a firm believer that England should be the leader of European Protestantism. He was responsible for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots . She was executed by an axe (formerly used in an animal slaughterhouse) in Feb 1587. The Spanish Armada followed in 1588. Boswell met Dr Jonson in 1763 Boswell's unpublished... explicit... diaries were found in Ireland in the 1920s. Marc Bolan was the best selling UK poet of 1971 Pam Ayres was the best selling UK poet of 1977 Fanny Cornforth's real name was Sarah Cox. She was a buxom lady with long, golden hair who lived partly by prostitution in Deane St.... the main thorofare of Soho. The PreRaphaelite painter... Rossetti... discovered her in 1858 and used her as a model. Fanny was age 34... Rossetti 29. She became his housekeeper and lover. ( Not a bad combo ! ) Grandma Moses did n't start painting till she was in her late 70s she completed 2000 paintings and died age 91 in 1961. In 1976 Jimmy Carter became President of the USA. He was the first southerner to reach that high office since the Civil War of the 1860s. |
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