Monday 26 Oct, Dublin

25 Oct 1648: On the Isle of Wight, Brian Duppa, Bishop of #Salisbury preaches before Charles I #otd (CCO) 'The soul's soliloquy and a conference with conscience'

25 Oct 1657: Luke Wadding of #Waterford #Franciscan writer & founder of two #Irish colleges in #Rome becomes ill #otd after a chilling caused by attending a #Spanish funeral sermon at Ara Coeli #Rome. He d. on 18 Nov 1657.

Two Studies of a Nun, Vincenzo Dandini, 1671 (British Museum)

25 Oct 1641: the #Irish Privy Council writes #otd to the Earl of #Leicester, Lord Lieutenant, then in England #otd reporting outbreak of rebellion in Ireland - mostly in #Ulster #otd Read eyewitness accounts in the 1641 Depositions series from @irishmanuscript

Panel of wood (probably pine) painted in tempera, with a hare amongst scrolls and flowers; Spain, ca. 1400 (V&A Museum, London)

Portrait of a Lady c. 1577-1580 Attributed to El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

25 Oct 1551: John Ponet Bishop of #Winchester marries Mary Hayman #otd he having previously been in a bigamous state (eebo)

The Three Brothers Browne, by Isaac Oliver, signed and dated 1598. Anthony Maria, later 2nd Viscount Montague (1574-1629), flanked by his younger brothers John and William & an unidentified gentleman to their left. (Burghley House Collections)

25 Oct 1514: d. Bishop William Elphinstone #otd in #Edinburgh, the founder of #Aberdeen University (SHowe)

Panel of wood (probably pine) with polychrome decoration in tempera, including an elephant Spain, c. 1400

25 Oct 1647: d. Evangelista Torricelli, physicist and mathematician, student of Galileo #otd in Florence. Best known for his invention of the barometer.

25 Oct 1574: b. François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis future Archbishop of Bordeaux and co-founder of the Irish College there in 1603. He died 8 Feb 1628. (bust by Bernini, photo by Symac, Aquitaine Museum)

A Spanish Cushion 1600s Silk velvet, silk satin appliqué, silk embroidery, galloon, tassels. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

A Cat with a Mouse Cornelis Bloemaert 1625 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Holy Card with St. Clare of Assisi 1680s? Jan Baptist de Wael, 1632–1697. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

A whale from c. 1560 - 1585 (Rijksmuseum)

Chess & backgammon game board, 17thC Possibly made in Königsberg Amber, ivory, brass, ebony.

Fragment of a wood-block print on linen. #Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s. (The Cleveland Museum of Art)

25 Oct 1415: Henry V finds victory at the battle of Agincourt #otd