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pensivegladiola · 1 year

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You can’t be too good at your job: FALSE.

Richard Mansfield’s 1880s onstage portrayal of Dr. Jekyll’s transformation into Mr. Hyde was so good that people accused him of being Jack the Ripper and even wrote letters to the London police encouraging his arrest.

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malinastharlock · 1 year

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Happy Women's History Month and International Women's day. Here's a little bit of women's history.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe aka "The Godmother of Rock and Roll". She was born in 1915 in Arkansas and started performing gospel music with her mother at a young age. She later became famous for her electric guitar playing and her fusion of gospel, blues, jazz and swing. She influenced many rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

#history #historical #history facts #arts #moment #women's history month #international women's day #sister rosetta tharpe #rock n roll history

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lady-loquacious · 9 months

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Heard a transphobe say that the libs are gonna try to elect the first trans president. (1) if so, good; (2) they don’t realize that we’ve already had one

#transphobes dni #trans memes #should I tag this hamilton??#fuck it we ball #hamilton #thomas jefferson #history facts #100% true non meme history

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baby-its-freezing-outside · 8 months

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Not to say that the burning of the Library of Alexandria was in any way less tragic or devastating, but I'm kinda tired about the way it's all presented. Sure it was something horrible that Caesar did, but can we talk about a different thing that doesn't even get mentioned? Can we talk about Nalanda with its 9 million books that burnt for three entire months? Can we talk about the scope of this cruelty that the western world just seems to be ignorant of? It happened in the 1190s when invader Bakhtiar Khilji ordered the whole place be set on fire, enraged that Buddhist monks possessed more knowledge about medicine than his own doctors.

#library of alexandria #nalanda #book burning #history facts #history fandom #indian history #ancient history #look i know #it happened a long time ago #but someone should #talk about it #and if no one else will do it #then guess i have to #bookblr #books & libraries #cw book burning

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dailyunsolvedmysteries · 1 year

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#women's rights #america #history #history facts #facts

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historicalshroe · 4 months

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18th century/Rococo/1700s fashion explained by a fashion history lover.

Let's start with 1700-1709. The century had just started, so the styles still looked quite Baroque. The womens fashion was a bit simple. The hair was not quite as big as what we think of when we think of the 18th century, the hair was long and sometimes powdered, the skirts were not that wide, they were quite narrow, but they were starting to get wider, the sleeves were wide and frilly at the cuff, the neckline was a bit triangular, and the bodice had a low waistline and would not push the breasts up, unlike later in the century.

The men's fashion, unlike women's fashion, was extravagant in every way. Most men wore wigs, because extremely big, long and curly hair was very fashionable at the time, most men would powder their hair or wig white, the coats were long, and the sleeves were quite big, and frilly at the cuff, the collars were long, the pants werent tight yet, and around this time you can see that men wore longer heels.

The next one is gonna be 1740s. During this time the fashion was starting to become more rococo, the women's hair had become flat, but powdered, braided and heavily decorated, bonnets as we know them today began to appear, the skirts were very wide and almost square in shape, the sleeves were short but puffy, usually only frilly at the cuff, and the bodices which were now highly decorated, still had a low waistline, but this time they pushed the breasts up, and the neckline was a bit square.

The men's fashion was still very extravagant, but this time, it was at the same level as the women's fashion. The hairstyles became shorter, curly bobs with a pigtail at the back were now the look, and almost every man powdered their hair, the coats were still long, the sleeves sleeves were still quite big and had frilly sleeve cuffs, but the collars began to get smaller and tighter, the waiscoats were long, peaking through the overcoats, and the pants were even tighter than before.

During the 1790s, there were a lot of styles. During this time, big hair was in fashion, but also small hair, so some women wore their hair puffy and powdered, while other women wore their natural hair, the waistline had gotten higher, the neckline was now triangular again with some frill, the sleeves were usually very tight, sometimes with a little bit of frill, and the skirts were quite narrow.

The men's fashion was even more versatile than the women's. Some men wore powdered wigs, while other men wore their natural hair, the coats were tight, the waistline of the coat was higher, but there was still a long tailcoat at the back, sometimes the waistcoat would peak out of the overcoat, the collars were usually big and frilly, the sleeves were tight, sometimes with a bit of frill at the cuffs, the pants were even tighter than before, and the heels were unfortunately replaced by boots and flat shoes with small buckles.

#history facts #history #historically accurate #historical #historical fashion #fashion history #18th century #1700s #1740s #1790s #rococo #fun facts

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gaiuscaligulasuggestions · 24 days

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I know Caligula is THE famous nickname but the fact that Tiberius was called (Claudius Nero) Biberius Caldius Mero because of his drinking habit is hilarious.

It roughly means "drunk-loving hot with wine"

#ancient rome #Tiberius #quite awkward emperor gone wild #Roman empire #history #history facts #latin

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factoidfactory · 4 months

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Random Fact #6,542

A century before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth Jennings

In 1854, she refused to get off of a streetcar that only allowed white passengers.

She was arrested. She sued (and won), and her case led to the eventual desegregation of NYC's public transit.

#elizabeth jennings #rosa parks #did you know #random facts #random fact #little known fact #random factoid #random factoids #yes really #history facts #black history #united states #the united states #american history #segregation #country facts

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arioloyal · 6 months

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The fireplace:

This was actually an Achaemenid Persian lion with eagle wings. It was discovered for the first time in Hamadan(hegmataneh). During the Achaemenid period, it was one of the golden and royal vessels in which they drank in it. It's called "rhyton"

500 years BC

Also pictures are from the museum and not mine

What interesting things have you noticed in the movies?⚜️

#kingdom of heaven #baldwin iv #fandom #king baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven 2005 #facts #art #history #ancient persia #ancient history #the leper king #fire place #decoration #history facts #achaemenid #movies

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lpa6zn · 1 year

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Photos of people in the Victorian era goofing around

#history #humanity #history funny #history facts #history pictures #beautiful photos #old photos #old picture #photography #victorian #victorian era #humans being humans #goofing around

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scherzokinn · 5 months

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It's so insane and funny to me that film directors of biopics feel the need to add fiction to make the film appear more interesting.

Like. why.

You don't need to come up with anything to make history more compelling.

WHY make anything up, when Friedrich Nietzsche had to buy fucking silk underwears for Richard Wagner once, Abraham Lincoln did wrestling, Victor Hugo lived in a street of his own name when he was alive, Alexandre Dumas fucking shut down a racist with an epic comeback, Edward VII had a sex chair, Tsar Nicholas II has nudes, Igor Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso were arrested for pissing in public together, Oskar Kokoschka commissioned an Alma Mahler fetish doll which he likely had sex with, Roald Dahl wrote some weird and questionable fetish-fanfic books, Salvador Dalí sold a blade of grass to Yoko Ono for $10 000 because he thought she could do witchcraft with a real strand of his hair, etc etc...

Do we REALLY need to make shit up when we have all these batshit stories. DO WE REALLY??????

#currently still experiencing whiplash after learning more about ballets russes dancers #and seing that at serge lifar's 1958 duel with marquis de cuevas the marquis' witness was JEAN MARIE LE FUCKING PEN #DJAKZJSBSJB #going insane #anyways #history #history nerd #history facts #fun facts #classical music #art #art history #music history #ballets russes #and there's still SO MUCH more #scherzina ramble

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miaasaurus · 8 months

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History fact:

Napoleon did not ever wear a baseball cap.

Image edit credit: @brawl-bucket

#napoleon died in 1821 and baseball caps were first used in 1849 #napoleon #napeoleon boneparte #baseball caps #fun facts #history facts

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lizardsfromspace · 6 months

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"Will no one call out this problematic priest?" - King Henry II

#quotes #history facts #wow

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chaotic-historian · 10 months

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Me, when I learned the Carpathia only managed to get in contact with the sinking Titanic bc they randomly rang to tell them they had mail:

#the archive hobgoblin #titanic #carpathia #history facts #chaotic history

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bansheeboyy · 2 months

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Photograph of the first students at Cambridge to be subjected to an innovative punitive measure introduced in 1906. Students accused of misconduct would be blindfolded, stripped of their shoes and socks and have their feet locked in stocks in the Dining Hall for an entire afternoon. Passing students, at the behest of a sign laid at their feet, would tickle the naughty students with a plethora of available tools, anonymity encouraging their sadistic sides. By the end of the afternoon the students would be exhausted and sweaty, and much less likely to misbehave going forward.

These two troublemakers were accused of daring one another to streak across the Backs, a college green in Cambridge.

Sadly the punitive measure was discontinued in 1908 after one poor student was tickled so savagely that he wet his drawers.

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historicalshroe · 6 months

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Something that I will never forget is the fact that when Napoleon was in Russia, he wrote a letter to Josephinse, his WIFE, where he basically told her that he was in love with Alexander, the Tsar of Russia. (Plus a little comic I made of the scenario.)

#19th century #history #napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #josephine bonaparte #tsar alexander i #queer history #queer #mlm #gay #digital art #fanart #history facts

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