December 23rd...Uranus and Van Gogh’s Ear

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 96. This time we examine the years 1690 as John Flamsteed observes Uranus and 1888 as Vincent Van Gogh cuts off his ear.

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-gogh-chops-off-ear

 

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Flamsteed

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Royal-Society

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_instrument

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-hershel-discovers-uranus

https://www.britannica.com/place/Uranus-planet/Observations-from-Earth

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/vincent-van-gogh-reason-cut-ear-a7388656.htm

https://www.foxnews.com/world/van-gogh-cut-off-more-than-just-his-earlobe-new-evidence-shows

https://www.history101.com/vincent-van-gogh-lost-ear/

https://usaartnews.com/news/the-mystery-behind-van-goghs-severed-ear

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/16/apparently-van-gogh-cut-off-his-ear-after-learning-that-his-brother-was-engaged/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/mystery-solved-van-gogh-sliced-off-nearly-entire-ear-historian-discovers/article30879903/

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/stories/vincents-death

 

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flamsteed#/media/File:John_Flamsteed_1702.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uranus2.jpg