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On this day 1 August

1. 8. 2018In 1714 in Kensington Queen Anne Stuart dies. During her reign England and Scotland were united. In 1774 , the French naturalist, knight Jean Baptiste de Monet Lamarck is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/1-august/462091

On this day 22 July

16. 7. 2018In 1899, the American writer Ernest Hemingway is born. He was a major representative of the so-called lost generation between the wars. In 1961 he committed suicide.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/22-july/460848

On this day 20 July

16. 7. 2018In 1923, in Trbovlje a general mining strike begins. 9,400 miners demanded an increase in wages.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/20-july/460846

On this day 19 July

16. 7. 2018In 1374, the Italian Renaissance poet and the first Italian humanist, Francesco Petrarca dies. With his style he strongly influenced later poets, including Slovenia's France Prešeren.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/19-july/460843

On this day 18 July

11. 7. 2018In 1811 the English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray is born. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair. In 1817, the English novelist Jane Austen dies.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/18-july/460469

On this day 17 July

11. 7. 2018In 1674, the English Christian hymnwriter Isaac Watts is born. In 1918, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia is executed with her family.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-july/460467

9. 7. 2018In 1880, Emily Howard Stowe is the first woman in Canada to receive a license to practice medicine. In 1911, the famous dancer Ginger Rogers is born. She worked a great deal with Fred Astaire.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/16-july/460283

On this day 15 July

9. 7. 2018In 1606, the Dutch painter and graphic artist Rembrandt, the most prominent representative of the Baroque, is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/15-july/460282

On this day 14 July

9. 7. 2018In 1223, Louis VIII. Is crowned King of France. In 1789, in an attack by the population of Paris on the notorious prison and fortress Bastille the French bourgeois revolution begins.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/14-july/460281