90th anniversary of Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993))

90th anniversary of Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993))

85th anniversary of Sophia Loren

85th anniversary of Sophia Loren

90th anniversary of Grace Kelly (Grace Kelly (1929–1982), Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923–2005))

90th anniversary of Grace Kelly (Grace Kelly (1929–1982))

Royal baby (Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex, Prince Archie; Queen Elizabeth II; To celebrate the event, the London Eye illuminated in red, white and blue)

Royal baby (Prince Archie) Background info: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex

70th anniversary of NATO (Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor; General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon; USS Nimitz (CVN-68); HMS Illustrious (R06))

70th anniversary of NATO (North American F-86 Sabre)

100th memorial anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and his family; Nobel Peace Prize, 1906)

100th memorial anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)) Background info: Mount Rushmore National Memorial

220th memorial anniversary of George Washington (George Washington (1732–1799); Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868) “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (detail), 1851; Bust of George Washington; Mount Rushmore National Memorial)

220th memorial anniversary of George Washington (George Washington (1732–1799))

German-Austrian composers (George Frideric Handel (1685–1759); Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951); Anton Bruckner (1824–1896); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750))

German-Austrian composers (Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)) Background info: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

210th memorial anniversary of Joseph Haydn (Joseph Haydn (1732–1809); Harpsichord, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna; Sculpture of Joseph Haydn in Vienna; Joseph Haydn studied music and learned to play harpsichord and violin)

210th memorial anniversary of Joseph Haydn (Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)) Background info: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Sculpture of Joseph Haydn in Vienna

150th memorial anniversary of Hector Berlioz (Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), Dream of a Night of the Sabbath)

150th memorial anniversary of Hector Berlioz (Hector Berlioz (1803–1869))

80th anniversary of Tina Turner

80th anniversary of Tina Turner

200th anniversary of Gustave Courbet (Gustave Courbet (1819–1977) “Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman”, 1865–1866; “The Trellis (Young Girl Arranging Flowers)”, 1863; “The Painter's Studio” (detail), 1855; “The Peasants of Flagey Returning from the Fair”, 1850–1855) Background info: “The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait)”, 1843–1845

200th anniversary of Gustave Courbet (Gustave Courbet (1819–1977) “Sunset on Lake Geneva”, 1874) Background info: “Wrestlers”, 1853

160th anniversary of Georges Seurat (Georges Seurat (1859–1891) “The river Seine at La Grande-Jatte”, 1888; “Circus Sideshow” (detail), 1887–1888; “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (detail), 1884–1886; “The Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp”, 1885) Background info: “Self-Portrait”, unknown date

160th anniversary of Georges Seurat (Georges Seurat (1859–1891) “Bathers at Asnières” (detail), 1884) Background info: ”The Can-can” (detail), 1889–1890

170th anniversary of the first French stamp (Chappe telegraph, French stamp; Jacques-Jean Barre (1793–1855); Ceres (french stamp); Ceres was chosen to illustrate the first French postage stamp, Monnaie de Paris)

170th anniversary of the first French stamp (The “Prince-President” Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873)) Background info: Chappe telegraph, The French stamps issued in 1849 are the first postage stamps issued by this country. The face value is expressed in centimes and in French francs.

175th anniversary of Ilya Repin (Ilya Repin (1844–1930)” Background info: “Self-Portrait”, 1887; ”Barge Haulers on the Volga” (detail), 1870–1873; “Dragonfly” (detail), 1882; “Portrait of M. P. Mussorgsky”, 1881; “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire” (detail), 1891)

175th anniversary of Ilya Repin (Ilya Repin (1844–1930) “Unexpected visitors”, 1884–1888) Background info: “Colonel of the Zaporizhian Host”, 1880

120th memorial anniversary of Alfred Sisley (Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) “The Church at Moret: Morning Sun”, 1893; “Cornfield”, 1873; “Machine de Marly”, 1873; “By Road through Woods at Rouches-Courtaut, St. Martin's, Summer”, 1880) Background info: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) “Portrait of Alfred Sisley”, 1876

120th memorial anniversary of Alfred Sisley (Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) “Le Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes”, 1873) Background info: “Passerelle d'Argenteuil”, (detail), 1872