20 July 1529: b. Henry Sidney, future - several times - Lord Deputy of #Ireland at Baynard's Castle #London #otd (BM/NPG) Father of many future literary children with Mary Dudley.

20 July 1616: d. Hugh O'Neill, Great Earl of #Tyrone in #Rome #otd A broken & disappointed man. His tomb is in S. Pietro in Montorio.

20 July 1213: At #Winchester, Archbishop Langton releases King John from excommunication #otd (AMcCallum)

20 July: feast of St. Margaret of #Antioch n.d. Very popular female saint in middle ages; Joan of Arc believed she spoke to her (NGLondon)

Elephant . Iran, probably Nishapur, 10th century (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

'July' . Jacques Callot, 1592-1635 (Musée du Louvre)

20 July 1608: d. Federico Zuccaro portrait painter #otd (marini) Here is his sketch of Elizabeth I

20 July 966: An eclipse of the sun when King Dubh Mac Mael Coluim is killed by the men of Moray at Forres #otd (Wojsyl)

St Dubhán’s, Churchtown Hook, western end on the afternoon of 20 July 2020. #Wexford

Portrait of Edward Parry, Bishop of Killaloe, frontispiece to his 'David Restored' (published by his son John in 1660). Parry, who had been born in Newry, died of the plague #otd 20 July 1650 at Chichester House #Dublin and was buried at St Audoen's. (BM)

Sunday 20 July, Dublin

Card players in a luxurious interior, Pieter de Hooch, 1663 - 1665 (Musée du Louvre)

Inn courtyard, Adriaen van Ostade, 1674 (Musée du Louvre)

Imaginary Inlet in Southern Arctic Waters in Summer, Bonaventura Peeters (I), c. 1640 - c. 1650 . with polar bears (Rijksmuseum)

Wind powered water pump, Adriaen van de Venne, c. 1620-1626 (British Museum)

Astronomer by Candlelight, Gerrit Dou, 1650s (Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program)

St Catherine of Bologna c. 1469, Poor Clare (Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program)

A #Benedictine by Hugo van der Goes c. 1478 (Met Museum)

A 16th century Spanish reliquary for a fragment of the True Cross (Met Museum)

The Habits of the Grand Signor's Court, c. 1620 Woman in an indoor hamman seated on a stool, washing her hair at taps. (British Museum)