🎂 Vincent van Gogh is born (1853)
Where: Zundert, Netherlands
📅 On This Day: March 30
March 30, 1853: Vincent van Gogh is born. Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in Zundert, the Netherlands. In about ten years he made more than 2,000 works of art. One of his Sunflowers paintings, full of thick brushstrokes and bright yellow, is now at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
✨ More events on this day
- 1861 🔬 William Crookes announced his discovery of the element thallium, named after the Greek word for a green shoot because of its bright green glow in a flame.
- 1900 🔬 Archaeologists at Knossos on the island of Crete found the first clay tablet with ancient Minoan writing, in the palace linked to the legend of the Minotaur. Palace of Knossos →
- 1913 🎨 Disney animator Marc Davis was born; he drew characters such as Tinker Bell and Cruella de Vil and helped design rides at Disneyland.
🧠 Question of the day
Which famous painting is at the Van Gogh Museum?
- Mona Lisa
- Sunflowers
- The Scream
Show the answer
Answer: Sunflowers
Questions
What happened on March 30?
March 30, 1853: Vincent van Gogh is born. It happened in Zundert, Netherlands.
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