April 23: 莎士比亞，J M W Turner. St George's Day

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• 1732年：台灣發生以吳福生為首的民變。

• 1910年：汪精衛等謀刺清朝攝政王載灃未遂被捕。

• 2003年：北京由於SARS疫情而關閉所有學校兩周。
• 2005年：第一部YouTube影片上傳，標題為「我在動物園」（Me at the zoo）。

出生

• 1564年：莎士比亞，英國劇作家。（1616年逝世）

Shakespeare was (supposedly) born #onthisday in 1564, and died #onthisday in 1616. One of the most influential writers in the history of the English language – or any language – Shakespeare’s works are still celebrated today. This engraving was made by Martin Droeshout for the First Folio, published in 1623. It’s one of only two portraits of Shakespeare that can lay a claim to authenticity, even though it’s a crude likeness completed by a young artist. http://ow.ly/2mnP30aZkW5

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is engraved on this bracelet, available from our online shop: http://ow.ly/tHJQ30b3cOz

• 1794年：魏源，中國思想家、文學家。（1856年逝世）
• 1823年：阿卜杜勒-邁吉德一世，奧斯曼帝國蘇丹。（1861年逝世）
• 1858年：普朗克，德國物理學家。（1947年逝世）

BBC Culture

Happy Birthday William Shakespeare!

How Shakespeare influences the way we speak now

Even if you’ve never seen a Shakespeare play, you’ll have used one of his words or phrases. Hephzibah Anderson explains his genius – and enduring influence.

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What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!
--Hamlet

"When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."
--King Lear from "King Lear" (Act 4, Scene 6)

50 Shades Of Shakespeare: How The Bard Used Food As Racy Code

The eggplant and peach emoji are standard code for racy thoughts these…

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British Museum

J M W Turner was born #onthisday in 1755. In this dramatic watercolour from 1829, Turner depicts how his coach ‘zizd into a ditch’ while he was travelling home from Italy during a snowy January! The artist has also painted himself into this scene – can you find him?

See how Turner influenced the work of later artists in our free exhibition of British landscapes: http://ow.ly/uNxl30aZj5P

National Gallery of Art

Take a look at "Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight." Here Turner brings the great force of his romantic genius to a common scene of working–class men at hard labor.

What do you notice first? An almost palpable flood of moonlight breaks through the clouds. The light spans the banks of the channel and illuminates the sky and the water. Gradations of light create a powerful, swirling vortex. The heavy impasto of the moon's reflection on the unbroken expanse of water rivals t⋯⋯

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逝世

• 1200年：朱熹，中國思想家、文學家（生於1130年）1200 – Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)
• 1616年：莎士比亞，英國劇作家。（儒略曆，生於1564年）
• 1616年：賽凡提斯，西班牙小說家、劇作家、詩人（生於1547年）
• 1850年：威廉·華茲華斯，英國浪漫主義詩人（生於1770年）
• 1896年：武訓，乞討財物興辦義學的奇人（生於1838年）
• 1946年：夏丏尊，中國作家，教育家。（生於1886年）
• 1989年：胡蝶，中國早期電影明星。（生於1907年）

Happy St George's Day! Paolo Uccello's 'Saint George and the Dragon' shows two episodes from the story of Saint George: his defeat of a plague-bearing dragon that had been terrorising a city; and the rescued princess bringing the dragon to heel. See this work in Room 54: http://bit.ly/2o3ZEbE

 Gustave Moreau's rare completed oils, 'Saint George and the Dragon', 1889-90. 
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Saint George's Day in England - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England

Saint George is the patron saint of England in a tradition established in the Tudor period, based in thesaint's popularity during the times of the Crusades and the ...

Celebrations‎: ‎Church services, celebration of ...

Related to‎: ‎St George's Day in other countries

Date‎: ‎23 April

Significance‎: ‎Feast day of Saint George as nati...