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Cleveland restaurant is throwing a birthday dinner for an 18th century bishop

Cleveland 25 Jun 2026
CLEVELAND, OhioThe FriarsTable is holding a dinner to mark Bishop Frederic Baraga’s birth 229 years ago and to promote canonization for him ....
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Feature: Chinese porcelain from deep-sea wreck sheds light on 18th-century Europe-Asia trade

Xinhua 25 Jun 2026
OSLO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- About 600 meters below the surface of the Skagerrak Strait off southern Norway, large quantities of Chinese porcelain have rested for more than two centuries inside an 18th-century merchant vessel.
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This Confusing "Sea Snake" Evolved A New Lifestyle As Recently As The 18th Century Thanks To A Volcanic Eruption

IFL Science 24 Jun 2026
Garman's sea snake isn't the most accurate of names, since the species doesn't live in the sea at all ... Within just a few centuries, these snakes adapted to freshwater life, making them distinct from their saltwater-dwelling "cousins" still in the sea.
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Rare 18th century embroideries achieve full sell-through at Cypria Auctions

Philenews 24 Jun 2026
Leading the group was a large eighteenth-century embroidered proskefalada (cushion cover) from Skyros, which realised €4,000 under the hammer against an estimate of €2,500–€3,500 ... eighteenth century.
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18th Century British Furniture and 17th Century Needlework Achieve Outstanding Results in Bonhams Collections Sale (Bonhams 1793 Ltd)

Public Technologies 18 Jun 2026
• A fine George I walnut sofa, first quarter 18th century ... • A fine George II walnut wing back armchair, second quarter 18th century ... • A fine and rare early 18th century ebony veneered striking table clock of small size, John Taylor, London.
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After BJP's Bengal Win, Talks Of Revival For 18th Century Paramilitary Force

NDTV 17 Jun 2026
Eastern Frontier Rifles was set up as a border protection force way back in the second half of the eighteenth century and is known by its current name since 1920 ... .
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18th Century church near Beattock to become three-bedroom home

BBC News 17 Jun 2026
The church near Beattock in the south of Scotland dates back to the late 1790s. .
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The secret history of bride abduction in 18th century Ireland

RTE 17 Jun 2026
It reached its apogee in the 18th century when the targets of abduction were heiresses, girls and women expected to inherit property ... Bride kidnapping in Ireland waned throughout the 19th century and was a very rare event by the start of the 20th.
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Rare 18th century embroideries from Skyros, Naxos and Siphnos at Cypria Auctions

Philenews 16 Jun 2026
Among the highlights of the forthcoming Cypria Auctions sale in Nicosia is a small group of rare eighteenth-century embroideries from Skyros, Naxos and Siphnos, ... 18th century ... 18th century ... 18th century.
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Hidden bedroom revealed at 18th Century Mompesson House

BBC News 15 Jun 2026
The bedroom will open to the public for the first time. .
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Ukrainian community gifts Larnaca sculpture honouring 18th-century traveller

CyprusMail 15 Jun 2026
A bronze sculpture honouring 18th-century traveller Vasil Hryhorovich-Barsky was unveiled in Larnaca on Monday ... accounts and sketches that offer valuable insights into 18th-century life on the island.
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In gift to Larnaca, sculpture unveiled of 18th-century Kyiv chronicler of island

CyprusMail 15 Jun 2026
In a historic moment for Cyprus, Larnaca has unveiled the island’s first-ever sculpture of Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barsky, an 18th-century traveller from Kyiv who travelled all over Cyprus on foot, lived ...
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Savage House’s filth and farce are closer to the real bawdiness of the 18th century

The Conversation 10 Jun 2026
Yet this allegedly “lowbrow” film captures the spirit of 18th-century culture more effectively than many glossy period dramas. Savage House seems outrageous because we have forgotten how outrageous the 18th century could be.
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