Migration of the Serbs is a set of oil paintings by the artist Paja Jovanović that depict the Great Serb Migration of 1690–91. The first was commissioned in 1895 by Georgije I, the Patriarch of Karlovci, intended for the following year's Budapest Millennium Exhibition. In the view of the Serbian clergy, the painting was to support Serb claims to religious autonomy and partial self-administration in Austria-Hungary. The Patriarch was dissatisfied with Jovanović's initial rendering and asked the artist to adjust his work to conform with the Church's view of the migration. Jovanović could not complete the revision in time, and the painting was not shown at the Exhibition. Three of the original four paintings survive, at the patriarchate building of the Serbian Orthodox Church and at Princess Ljubica's Residence, both in Belgrade, and at the Pančevo Museum. Migration of the Serbs holds iconic status in Serbian popular culture, and several authors consider it one of Jovanović's finest achievements.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1805:

War of the Third Coalition: French forces led by Napoleon decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Tsar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz

1848:

Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria

1943:

World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking 18 ships and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_on_Bari

1956:

Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granma_(yacht)

2001:

Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

houndstooth: 1. A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks. 2. Fabric with a houndstooth pattern; an item of clothing made with such fabric. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/houndstooth

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One of my complaints is that you've got far more scientists than ever before but the pace of discovery has not increased. Why? Because they're all busy just filling in the details of what they think is the standard story. And the youngsters, the people with different ideas have just as big a fight as ever and normally it takes decades for science to correct itself. But science does correct itself and that's the reason why science is such a glorious thing for our species.   --Nigel Calder https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nigel_Calder