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60 second histories
date: 10 Aug
10th August 1793  -  The Musée Central des Arts opened its doors for the first time on 10th August 1793. Admission was free and the collection it contained, around 500 paintings, was taken mostly from French royal and aristocratic families. Located...
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  • 18th Century
  • Art & Culture
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date: 13 Apr
April 13th 1742.  The Great Music Hall, Fishamble Street, Dublin.     “For the relief of the prisoners in several gaols and for the support of Mercer’s Hospital in Stephen’s Street and of the Charitable Infirmary on the Inn’s Quay, on Monday 12th...
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  • 18th Century
  • Music
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