#260th anniversary

[rabbitcruiser]

French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ended the war and France ceded Quebec to Great Britain on February 10, 1763.

[grandmaster-anne]

20 November 2018 The Duchess of Gloucester, President, visited the Royal Alexandra and Albert school in Surrey to celebrate their 260th anniversary and toured the newly renovated Gatton Park. Throughout the history of the school, there has been a strong emphasis on supporting children whose family circumstances mean that they have a need for boarding and around 80 students today are funded by the School's Foundation and other charities. Her Royal Highness met students and toured their accommodation. — The Royal Family

[relogioserelogios]

Recalling the stunning Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Ultra-thin, part of a collection launched in 2015 to celebrate the 260th anniversary of the manufacture. The model was a limited edition of just 10 pieces with a 42 x 52 x 8.4 mm cushion-shaped case in platinum. The movement is the in-house Caliber 3500, split-seconds monopusher automatic chronograph. . Relembrando o belíssimo Vacheron Constantin Harmony Chronograph Ultra-thin, parte de uma coleção lançada em 2015 para comemorar os 260 anos da manufatura. O modelo foi uma edição limitada de apenas 10 peças com uma caixa em forma de almofada de 42 x 52 x 8,4 mm em platina. O movimento é o Calibre in-house 3500, cronógrafo automático monopusher split-seconds. 📷 @vacheronconstantin • • #vacheronconstantin #harmony #monopusherchronograph #splitsecondschronograph #vacheronconstantinharmony #finewatchmaking #hautehorlogerie #relogioserelogios https://www.instagram.com/p/CZjw6MJuz3Q/?utm_medium=tumblr

[a-vamp-and-a-half]

They glance at each other, smiling the family “260” they say, already chuckling when Sia rolls her eyes “Yes, yes, both of you are old. I’m gonna figure out your true ages someday you two, ya cant keep hiding it behind the restaurant. Apparently the building is 250 years old and they got married on its anniversary, so its a running joke, eh Marcy?” she says, one her colleagues laughing beside her “Both of you are dorks. But yeah I actually came to ask your help” and with that Sia is gone again(1

They both sigh amused “I did not think I’d ever find someone more stubborn than you caro” Lucas says to Bruno, snorting as he laughs “She is persistent” Bruno chuckles, turning to the family again “But yes, this is our 260th anniversary” he grins, pleased as can be, looking lovingly at Lucas again as they hold hands, wedding earrings gleaming (2f

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“Holy shit,” Mark says.

“That-that’s incredible,” Eric gushes. 

“Youse twos act like youse is still in the honeymoon phase!”

“I’m not surprised,” Red says.

Green nods. “You two appear to have a very healthy relationship. A lot of trust and care.”

[civique]

Robespierre’s 260th birthday

Today marks the 260th anniversary of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre’s birthday. He was born on 6 May 1758 in Arras, and executed on 28 July 1794 in Paris.

So long as the French Revolution is regarded, not as the “suicide of the eighteenth century” but as the birth of ideas that enlightened the nineteenth, and of hopes that still inspire our own age; and so long as its leaders are sanely judged, with due allowance for the terrible difficulties of their task; so long will Robespierre, who lived and died for the Revolution, remain one of the great figures of history.

Robespierre (J. M. Thompson), 1935.

[hashtagcwinstagram]

#Repost @colonialwmsburg ・・・ ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1759: George Washington married widow Martha Custis at her home—the "White House"—in New Kent, Virginia. . To celebrate the Washingtons' 260th wedding anniversary, Katharine Pittman and Tiffany Fisk teamed up to create one of Martha's favorite cake recipes. . Check out the link in the first comment to read more about the Great Cake and get the recipe! . . #18thcentury #georgewashington #marthawashington #weddinganniversary #anniversary #weddingcake #cakesofinstagram #history #otd #onthisdayinhistory #otdih #potus1 #flotus1 #washington #visitwilliamsburg #loveVA #williamsburgva http://bit.ly/2TxAmCL

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

My journey with my former Boston Tea Party Ships/Museum persona, Mary Winegar Young, continues. I just got back from visiting Amenia, the town where she grew up and married Dr. Thomas Young. I’m working on a performance about her that will debut there next year for the 260th anniversary of Young’s naming of the town! It will also be the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, of which Young was among the chief organizers. 1. Amenia Union - Home of Dr. Thomas Young, who named Amenia, and Vermont; a Revolutionary Patriot, and Friend of Ethan Allen 2. the creek her home and her father’s grist mill was built beside 3. The site of her grandfather Uldrick Winegar’s home, where her immediate family also lived before building the grist mill. 4. Her mother Anna Katharina Winegar’s headstone (the names on the labels were a little wonky but the dates line up) 5. Her father Capt. Garrett Winegar’s headstone. He was an interesting character, apparently known for his strong relationship with the local indigenous people both back in Germantown and in Amenia. He and Johannes Rauh, a fellow Palatine German emigrant, left Germantown and were the first Europeans to settle in the area. They were particularly friendly with the Schaghticoke, the closest indigenous tribe, as well as the Moravian missionaries that lived among the tribes. 6. Her grandfather Uldrick’s headstone - he lived to 102! 7. Her eldest sister Susannah Rauh’s headstone, who I imagine she was particularly close to as she named her firstborn daughter after her. 8. Her firstborn daughter Susanna Nase (aka Knies)’s headstone. She was a schoolteacher before her death, and afterwards Mary went to live in Lenox with her two grandsons. Sadly this means her own gravesite is four hours away. It felt pretty special to visit the place where she grew up and see the burial sites of most of her close relatives! #history #gravestones #amenia #ameniany #newyork #headstones #bostonteaparty #americanrevolution #marywinegaryoung #drthomasyoung #sonsofliberty #revolutionarywar #schaghticoke https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3VjuXOGxa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theirishaesthete]

A Survivor and a Loss

A Survivor and a Loss

Some weeks ago, the sad present state of a Penal-era Roman Catholic chapel in County Cavan was featured here (see A Sorrowful Sight « The Irish Aesthete). Here is another such building, thankfully this one in much better condition. St James’s in Grange, County Louth dates from 1762, meaning that this year marks its 260th anniversary. It is likely that when first erected, the chapel consisted…

[rabbitcruiser]

The city of St. Louis was established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri) on February 15, 1764.  

[sunilbhavar]

Fortress Gabba...

January 14, 2021

Today is the 260th anniversary of that fateful day on the plains of Panipat where for the 3rd time in a row luck had favoured the invaders and the ground had become the graveyard for the natives.

But it was for the last time that invaders from across the Khyber pass ever dared to step on the plains of the subcontinent. Such was the ferocity of the wrath of those who fought that day, that never again barbaric band of looters dared to come with their evil designs.

We all have some reference to those who fought that day and although historically it is referred to as a defeat, the events of that day ensured that even in defeat, our ancestors managed to draw the map of our country, which more or less stands even today.

Tomorrow, the Indian team steps on the hallowed grounds at Brisbane cricket ground, called the Gabba. More often than not, Gabba holds the 1st test in an Australian test series, as it is a happy hunting ground for the Aussie quicks and they use it for pushing the visiting team down in their first outing itself.

This time though, the current series has been quite a relevation in Test cricket. It has not just rekindled interest in the longest form of the game, but also reignited the dogged spirit of a team which had a harrowing time at Adeleide while getting skitelled out for 36.

The team has managed to bury the ghost of the summer of 36, by an emphatic win at the MCG and an even tougher fight to save the day at SCG.

The start of the proceedings at Gabba is even more interesting as Team India has only about 11 fit players remaining and the least experienced fast bowling attack, pitched against the best in the business, in their own backyard.

All those remaining in the squad will have to play with nothing to fall back upon. But somehow its a good situation to be in. Its you against the world and no escape roads. Such could be times when you either collapse and no one will blame you for that or put on your bravest effort.

Test of the character

Regards

[ericfruits]

Why African countries issue stamps celebrating English cricketers

LEN HUTTON was an accomplished cricketer. English fans cherish the record 364 runs he racked up in a Test match against Australia in 1938. It would not be unreasonable to surmise, however, that this feat is less remarked on in the Central African Republic (CAR), a former French colony with no cricketing pedigree. So it may seem odd that in 2016 the CAR issued a set of commemorative stamps to mark the centenary of Hutton’s birth—and odder still that French-speaking Niger and Portuguese-speaking Mozambique did the same (see picture).

The practice, it seems, is not restricted to bygone English cricketers. Jan Brueghel the Elder died 395 years ago in January, a milestone Sierra Leone’s postal authorities considered significant enough to warrant a philatelic tribute. Other African states seem to prefer Baroque music to Flemish art. It is just possible that the people of Guinea-Bissau might have let the 260th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach slip by without much fanfare. Fortunately, their postal service was less remiss.

Stamp issues usually let countries celebrate national heroes. Yet there is a rationale for printing stamps of long-deceased foreigners. You would be hard pressed to walk out of a post office in Bangui, the CAR’s benighted capital, with a Hutton stamp. But collectors scouring the internet are willing to pay handsomely for such stuff. A set of Hutton stamps from the CAR fetches €15.50 ($18.50). Niger’s depiction of a besuited Hutton is sufficiently sought-after to command a €2 premium. This is a handy way for African states to boost revenues.

Genuine philatelists get prissy about this sort of thing. Stamps should be issued only to meet local demand, they insist. Yet targeting the collectors’ market is not new. Smaller and poorer countries have been at it for 70 years, notes Ian Harvey of the Royal Philatelic Society London. Even Britain’s august Royal Mail is accused of collector-gouging.

Still, there are signs that the practice is getting out of hand. In recent years several African countries have appointed a Lithuanian-based outfit called Stamperija to design and print their stamps. Stamperija, philatelists grumble, has flooded the market with tat. Collectors calculate that, with the help of Stamperija, Sierra Leone, with a population of 7.6m and a barely functioning postal service, churned out 1,566 different stamps last year, compared with 268 released by Britain and 139 by India.

Stamperija’s gaudy designs are not to everyone’s liking. And producing so many stamps can lead to mistakes. A set of Stamperija stamps issued in 2014 for the CAR turned out not to picture Marilyn Monroe, as planned, but a New York drag artist. Few of Stamperija’s clients seem bothered, though. “It is willing buyer, willing seller,” says a postal official in Sierra Leone. “So what’s the problem?”

This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Wait a minute Mr Postman"

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[flatandreproject-blog]

September 6 marked the 260th birth anniversary of the handsome devil behind me, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette!

[eyeofahurricaneart]

Today marks the 260th anniversary of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton's birth.

Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now.

💙💙💙

[widenerlibrary]

Did you know there’s a play called Hamilton? No, not that one, this one, the 1918 Hamilton co-authored by George Arliss, a well-known English film and theatre actor of the first half of the 20th century. Based on our admittedly hurried perusal of this play, we don’t think the Broadway smash has anything to worry about. A sample line:

HAMILTON: Yes, we have a Treasury, but we haven’t any treasure. How’s the gout?

Submitted on the occasion of the 260th anniversary of Alexander Hamilton’s birth.

[rabbitcruiser]

Seven Years’ War: Battle of Signal Hill was fought on September 15, 1762.  

[csrgood]

Herbal Essences is Improving the Health of Hair With More Plant Power in 2020

Herbal Essences believes in the positive power of nature, the important role plants play in the world’s future, as well as plants’ role in developing haircare products. Therefore, the brand is continuing its commitment to ingredient transparency and sustainable packaging with a series of introductions and improvements in 2020.

Commitment to Ingredient Transparency

Herbal Essences understands that consumers want to make informed choices about the products they use; that’s why the brand believes in complete transparency when it comes to exactly what’s in our bottles. As part of this commitment to ingredient transparency, this month, Herbal Essences launched its new Potent Aloe Collection with sustainably and responsibly sourced Aloe vera from Mexico. The Collection contains real, high quality botanicals and plant extracts that are authenticated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – a world leader in botanical science.

“Herbal Essences continues to work with the scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to confirm the identity of the brand’s plant extracts,” shares Professor Monique Simmonds, Deputy Director of Science for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. “Not all plant extracts are equal; how the plant is farmed, harvested and extracted impacts the quality.”

Additionally, Herbal Essences is continuing to offer products that meet the strict standards of the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. With the launch of the Potent Aloe Collection, Herbal Essences now offers six shampoos that meet these standards and are free from the EWG’s “chemicals of concern.” The brand also voluntarily discloses all product fragrance components and is globally recognized as a PETA Cruelty-Free brand, which means its products and ingredients are not being tested on animals.

Ongoing Development of Sustainable Packaging

Herbal Essences understands the impact that packaging has on the environment and continues to identify new packaging solutions that promote sustainability. The brand is continuing its relationship with recycling innovator TerraCycle by once again offering three limited-edition Beach Plastic bottles, beginning in March at Walmart and Dollar General. Twenty-five percent of each beach plastic bottle is made with plastic waste directly collected from oceans, rivers and other water ways. This bottle transforms non-recyclable, plastic waste into recyclable plastic bottles. In addition, the classic Herbal Essences Collections you know and love, including Hello Hydration, Body Envy and Color Me Happy, are now available in recyclable bottles.

“Transparency and sustainability continue to be at the core of Herbal Essences’ innovation,” says Jennifer Thompson, Associate Brand Director, NA Herbal Essences. “This year, we’re eager to continue collaborating with partners with similar missions that help us set new standards and help everyone experience the positive power of nature.”

To learn more about the brand’s sustainability initiatives, please visit https://herbalessences.com/en-us/our-philosophy/sustainability.

About Herbal Essences

At Herbal Essences, we know it’s only natural to be different. In fact, nature nurtures diversity and so do we. We protect diversity in plants and embrace it in people and in our products. We see beauty in all plants, all people and all places. And when we don’t see it, we create it. We are committed to diverse ingredients, inclusively designed products and partnerships with experts and organizations that protect & preserve the planet for all nature lovers. Now we’ve partnered with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to endorse our real botanicals in Herbal Essences bio:renew. We believe in the positive power of nature. We’re proud to be naturally cruelty-free and acknowledged for it by PETA.

To learn more about Herbal Essences visit www.herbalessences.com, or follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/HerbalEssences, Twitter: twitter.com/HerbalEssences and Instagram: @herbalessences.

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About the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous scientific organization, internationally respected for its outstanding collections as well as its scientific expertise in plant diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world. Kew Gardens is a major international and a top London visitor attraction. Kew’s 132 hectares of landscaped gardens, and Wakehurst, Kew’s Wild Botanic Garden, attract over 2.5 million visits every year. Kew Gardens was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2003 and celebrates its 260th anniversary in 2019. Wakehurst is home to Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, the largest wild plant seed bank in the world. RBG Kew receives approximately one third of its funding from Government through the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and research councils. Further funding needed to support RBG Kew’s vital work comes from donors, membership and commercial activity including ticket sales.

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