October 13, 1792
In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
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October 12, 1773
America’s first insane asylum opens for ‘Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’ in Virginia.
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"
My friend, we’ve seen
enough fine sights, through
which we loved to roam.
You stay on to enjoy them;
we are ready to go home.
—
18th Century Poet Khwaja Mir Dard
October 11, 1727
George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of the Great Britain.
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"He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one."
— Alexander Pope
"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."
— Alexander Pope
Lady Elizabeth Delme and Her Children; 1777-80 - Sir Joshua Reynolds
September 17, 1787
The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart - Alexis Simon Belle (via)
September 16, 1701
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the “Old Pretender”, becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. (via)
