Before numbers, Amsterdam buildings were given distinctive gable stones. In 1685, Tjerk Dieprinck bought and renovated a house in St Luciensteeg. Visible in the same street, 'De Rinck In'T Diep' fuses Dieprink's name with the Greek myth, 'The Ring of Polycrates'. #GevelsteenSunday

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The County-Class cruisers of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy were some of the most distinctive Allied ships of the Second World War. Built from 1926 in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty, they initially displaced 10,000 tons, though this increased over time. 📷 William Howard Jarvis

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Today in 1216 saw the death of King John, arguably the worst king ever to rule England. A tyrant, a coward, a liar and a traitor, contemporaries accused him of cruelly persecuting his enemies and sexually assaulting the women at his court. Some quotes from the chronicles:

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He intended to be buried at the monastery he founded at Beaulieu in Hampshire, but by the time of his death southern England had been occupied by invading French forces. Worcester was one of the few places where his funeral could be conducted in relative safety.

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Found. @hushkit.bsky.social @crusaderproject.bsky.social hue hue hue

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