Anniversaries

15th July 1606 (418 Years)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, generally considered as one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history, was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

15th July 1858 (166 Years)

Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic, was born.

15th July 1892 (132 Years)

Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and art critic, is born.

15th July 1916 (108 Years)

In Seattle, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products, later renamed Boeing.

15th July 1918 (106 Years)

The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims, the last major German offensive on the Western Front during WWI began. It will end the 6th Agust.

16th July 1216 (808 Years)

Pope Innocent III, one of the most powerful and influential popes, died.

16th July 1915 (109 Years)

Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War.

16th July 1941 (83 Years)

Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.

16th July 1945 (79 Years)

World War II: the leaders of the three Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.

17th July 1717 (307 Years)

King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.

17th July 1793 (231 Years)

Charlotte Corday, murderer of Marat, was executed by guillotine.

17th July 1917 (107 Years)

Andrew Wyeth, American artist, is born.

17th July 1917 (107 Years)

King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.

17th July 1918 (106 Years)

Assassination of the Romanov Family: the Tzar and Tzarina together with their 5 children and all those who chose to accompany them into exile were shot dead.

17th July 1959 (65 Years)

Billie Holiday, American jazz and blues singer, dies aged 44.

18th July 1610 (414 Years)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the Italian painter, dies aged 38.

18th July 1817 (207 Years)

Jane Austen, the English writer known for her six major novels which critique the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century, died.

18th July 1918 (106 Years)

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate, was born.

18th July 1918 (106 Years)

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate, was born.

18th July 1936 (88 Years)

An army upraising in Spanish Morocco began Spanish Civil War.

18th July 1938 (86 Years)

Marie of Edinburgh, Queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies.

19th July 1814 (210 Years)

Samuel Colt, the American inventor and firearms manufacturer, was born.

19th July 1863 (161 Years)

Hermann Bahr, Austrain writer, playwrighter and director, was born.

20th July 1890 (134 Years)

Giorgio Morandi, Italian still life painter and printmaker, is born.

20th July 1923 (101 Years)

Pancho Villa, a mexican revolutionary, assasinated.

20th July 1937 (87 Years)

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his work in radio technology, dies.

20th July 1938 (86 Years)

Natalie Wood, American actress best known for her roles in Miracle on 34th Street and West Side Story, was born.

20th July 1969 (55 Years)

The Apollo 11 lands the first two people - Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin - on the moon.

20th July 1969 (55 Years)

The American Apollo 11 was the first space-flight that landed humans (Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin) on the moon.

20th July 1973 (51 Years)

Lee Jun-fan, known professionally as Bruce Lee, martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. died.

Field	Search term	Example
Asset title	title:	title:pony
Asset title and keywords	~	~pony
Asset description text	description:	description:london
Agency prefix	prfx: or $	prfx:lal or $LAL
Asset id	imageid: or #	imageid:250297 or imageid:[2500 TO 4000] or #1551
Agency name	coll:	coll:history
Medium	medium:	medium:oil
Century	century:	century:20th
Keywords	kw:	kw:dog
Artist name	artist: or ?	artist:monet or ?monet
Artist nationality	nat:	nat:French
Creator ID	creatorid:	creatorid:37
Location	loc: or @	loc:exeter or @exeter
Classification	class:	class:57 or #57. Use # for unclassified assets
Year	year:	year:1850 or year:[1700 TO 1800]

Anniversaries

Type a keyword

Art. Culture. History.

Simple. Fast. Reliable.

Discover millions of images and videos for your creative projects.