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30 July 734: d. Tatwine, monk, grammarian, composer of riddles, and Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd (Ealdgyth)

30 July 1604: Donough O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond is appointed constable of #Carlow #otd (Carlow Castle, Grose Antiquities, 1791)

Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici, 1534. By Giorgio Vasari (b. Arezzo #otd 30 July 1511 – d. Florence 27 June 1574) (The Uffizi) On the night of 6 / 7 Jan 1537 Alessandro was assassinated by his cousin Lorenzino.

30 July 1447: Richard, Duke of #York appointed Lieutenant of #Ireland #otd (BL)

30 July 1176: In 'Super Anxietatibus', Pope Alexander III #otd rejects #York's claim to a primacy over the Church in #Scotland (UNESCO)

A pack of knaves, c. 1636 - 1644 (British Museum) Seventeen of them to choose from: 'Swillbottle', 'sweetlipps', 'the sawceboxe', 'sleeplove' - they're all there.

Engraved nautilus shell, Second half of the 16thC (Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna)

Thursday 30 July, Dublin

Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving the Franciscan habit Francesco Albani, Annibale Carracci. 1604 - 1605. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. (Museo Nacional del Prado)

29 July 1565: Henry Stewart Lord Darnley m. Mary Queen of #Scots #otd in her private chapel at #Holyrood according to #Catholic rites

Christ conversing with Martha and Mary. c. 1652, School of Rembrandt (British Museum) Today 29 July is Martha’s feast day.

The bulla or lead seal of Urban VIII attached to his 1625 Bull establishing the Irish Franciscan College of St. Isidore’s #Rome Urban died #otd 29 July 1644

29 July 1679: Charles II makes the Duke of Monmouth Captain-General of all military forces in #Scotland #otd (NPG)

29 July 1587: Claud Hamilton created Lord Paisley by James VI of #Scots #otd when the abbey lands were converted into a temporal lordship (© User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons)

29 July 1650: d. John Prideaux Bishop of #Worcester at Bredon Worcs #otd A vast funeral was held on 16 Aug. He was named as the Worcestershire county representative at the #Westminster Assembly of Divines (BM - in #English & #Cymraeg)

29 July 1488: Octavian del Palatio Archbishop of #Armagh pardoned for allegedly backing 'Edward VI' - Lambert Simnel. In fact, he hadn't - but he had to bow to the false rumour & accept the blow (BM) #HateThat

29 July 1643: John Hutchinson future #regicide appointed governor of #Nottingham Castle #otd

This is Queen Henrietta Maria's personal bound copy of one of Maffeo Barberini's [Urban VIII d. #otd 29 July 1644] collections of poetry. He was her godfather. Poesie latine 1642 (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

Young Man Sewing first half 17th century, Persia (Met Museum)

Serpent, Made in the 16thC in southern Peru 2.5 × 86.4 cm Made of cotton & camelid hair (Met Museum)