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January 2025 Artwork
Inspiration
The Creation of Adam, or Creazione di Adamo, is the most famous panel of Michelangelo’s iconic fresco from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Perhaps the most famous piece of religious art in history, it’s part of a larger group of paintings depicting episodes from Genesis.
Homage
The Inspiration of Joan portrays Joan of Arc receiving her divine message to break the siege surrounding the city of Orleans. Extra History’s five-episode series on Joan of Arc originally premiered in July of 2019. Art by David Hueso.
January 2025 Videos
January 1st
Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India, 1877
January 6th
British government publishes South Sea Bubble Findings, 1721
January 9th
Joan of Arc's trial begins, 1431
January 16th
Bottle Conjurer performance, 1749
January 21st
Grigori Rasputin's Birthday, 1869
January 23rd
First successful dose of Insulin, 1922
January 24th
Frederick the Great's Birthday, 1712
January 27th
Apollo-1 Astronauts killed in capsule fire, 1967
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