Category: Modern Age

  • November 1669

    November 1669

    William Penn & leading Irish Quakers meet in the Dublin house of Samuel Claridge to compile a dossier of Quaker sufferings in Leinster & Munster for a petition to the Lord Lieutenant.

  • On this day 5 november 1688

    On this day 5 november 1688

    Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). (1688 CE).

  • Pfunds Molkerei

    Pfunds Molkerei

    Pfunds Dairy (Milk) Shop; “World’s Most Beautiful Milk Shop”, in Dresden, Germany.

  • Le ciel

    Le ciel

    The comet Donati over Paris on 4th October 1858, from “Le ciel” by Amédée Guillemin, 1877