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James Ussher got his letters patent for the archbishopric of Armagh 1625. This was the last church appointment made by James I.

James Ussher also died in 1656, in the Commonwealth ruled by Cromwell. He was buried at Cromwell's order in Westminster Abbey.

James Ussher dib.ie/biography/ussher-james-

James Ussher: "Too Gentle a Soul"
irishphilosophy.com/2016/01/04

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#OTD in 1925.

Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges (written from 1917 to 1925), to a libretto by Colette, is premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

After being offered the opportunity to write a musical work, Colette wrote the text in eight days. Several composers had proposed to Colette that she write to music, but she was only excited by the prospect of Ravel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27enfa

L'enfant et les sortilèges at the IMSLP:
imslp.org/wiki/L%27enfant_et_l

March 21, 1795, Italian naturalist and mining engineer Giovanni Arduino died #OTD

Based on his research in the Dolomites and Tuscany, he proposed to subdivide Earth’s crust in 4 layers or units of rocks. His idea will eventually lead to the modern time-subdivision used in stratigraphy 📊

bressan-geoconsult.eu/giovanni