Famous Historical Battles

Dramatic illustrations of famous battles, showcasing soldiers in combat from various historical conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries.

History of the Medici, death of Giovanni de' Medici, also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, during the Battle of Mantua. Giovanni de' Medici, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, delle Bande Nere (born 6 April 1498, died 30 November 1526), Italian condottiere
History of the Medici, death of Giovanni de' Medici, also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, during the Battle of Mantua. Giovanni de' Medici, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, delle Bande Nere (born 6 April 1498, died 30 November 1526), Italian condottiere
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The Transvaal War: General Sir George Colley at the battle of Majuba Mountain just before he was killed. The Battle of Majuba Hill was the main battle of the First Boer War, and resulted in defeat for the British led by General Sir George Pomeroy Colley who was shot by Boer marksmen. Date: 27th February 1881
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Philip the Fair reviewing five thousand Parisians ready to bear arms, c1285-1314 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown
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Historical scene, US-American history, 18th century, George Washington, 1732 - 1799, the first president of the United States of America in Fort Duquesne or Fort Du Quesne, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, North America
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Baron Hubner and his troops infiltrating Mikado Palace. China, 19th century.
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Two French officers murdered by Chinese Boxer Rebels during the Boxer Uprising 1899
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Cardinal Ursini Visiting King Henry V During the Siege of Rouen 1418 19th Century Illustration
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The 1906 caption reads: DEATH OF KING THEODORE OF ABYSSINIA.This illustrates one of the best known of the determined punitive expeditions by which Great Britain has avenged injustice or injury done to the least of her subjects, even in the most distant quarters of the globe. The King of Abyssinia in Africa, having slain two Englishmen and refused reparation, an army was sent against him under General Napier in 1867. The Abyssinians were defeated only after a desperate resistance; and as at last the resistless English troops stormed over the stone walls of his capital, King Theodore shot hims
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death of Francisco Pizarro Gonz·lez (1471 ñ 1541) Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. In Lima; on 26 June 1541 heavily armed supporters of Diego Almagro II stormed Pizarro's palace; assassinated him. Diego de Almagro the younger was caught and executed the following year after losing the battle of Chupas.
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The Swiss revolt against Austria begins with the escape of William Tell
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Martyrdom of Ten Thousand Christians Under King Sapor of Persia by Albrecht Durer, illustration, (1471-1528)
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Napoleon before Toulon, drawn by F. Lix, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Sturm auf das Schloss Ingolstadt/German Peasants' War, Storming Ingolstadt Castle, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored
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The Viking attack on Paris, 885 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown
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El motín de Aranjuez, levantamiento ocurrido entre el 17 y el 18 de marzo de 1808, provocó la caida del Primer Ministro Manuel Godoy el 19 de marzo de 1808, por permitir la entrada de las tropas francesas en territorio español al firmar el"Tratado de Fontainebleau". Godoy fué conducido prisionero al cuartel de Guardia de Corps de Aranjuez. Prisión del Príncipe de la Paz. Grabado por Sáinz. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.
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Arnold Winkelried or Arnold von Winkelried, 1386 in der Schlacht bei Sempach, Schweiz, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Arnold Winkelried or Arnold von Winkelried, 1386 at the Battle of Sempach, Switzerland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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Cortes and his men at the gap - Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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Guerra de Marruecos (1911-1927). Ofensiva Franco-Española. Una bandera del Tercio ocupando los cuernos de Xauen. Dibujo de A. Mestres.
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Gian Rinaldi, marqués de Monaldeschi (-1657). Favorito de la reina Cristina de Suecia. Fue asesinado por instigación de la reina al descubrir que espiaba sus coversaciones con el cardenal Mazarino. Grabado de 1866.
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FESELEN, Melchior (1495-1538). The Siege of Alesia. 1533. Central lower detail: several harquebusiers charging and shooting. This is one of the paintings commissionned by Duke William IV of Babaria and his wife Jacobea of Baden. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. BAVARIA. Munich. Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacotheca).
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HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. REVOLUCION FRANCESA. 1789 - 1799. ASALTO A LA BASTILLA Y MUERTE DE LAUNAY.
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French Revolution. Execution of clerics and prisoners by members of the Paris Commune. September, 1792. Colored engraving. 19th century.
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Molly Pitcher firing cannon at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War. Molly Pitcher's real name is thought to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, 1744 - 1832. After a work by
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France, Vizille, Homeland in Danger (The Recruitment of Volunteer Soldiers), detail, 1799
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Jan van Riebeeck Arrives in Table Bay, 1652
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Sir Henry Sidney returns in triumph to Dublin Castle , April 1576. Sir Henry Sidney (1529 5 May 1586), Lord Deputy of Ireland was a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, Sidney suppressed a rebellion headed by the earl of Clanricarde and his sons in 1576.
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Engraving showing a display of trick bicycling, put on in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris watched by a large audience of fashionable Parisiens. Date: 1875
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The ill Roman Emperor Henry VI (1165-1197), on his way to Capua, 1196, historical illlustration, about 1886
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La Liberte guidant le Peuple, by eugene Delacroix, 28th July 1830. Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Painting, oil on canvas 2.6 x 3.25M. Louvre Museum.
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Russia. October Revolution, 1917. Assault on the Winter Palace. Saint Petersburg. Color Illustration.
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Execution of members of Amboise conspiracy. Abortive Huguenot conspiracy against Catholic House of Guise, 25 March 1560. Engraving by Hogenberg, late 16th - early 17th century. Colored.
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Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Battle in Saragossa. Saragossan women facing up to French dragoons (15th October 1808). Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
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Philip of Valois, Philip VI of France, assumed the disguised of a seller of fish to enter the French camp during the Hundred Years' War, a series of conflicts fought between 1337 and 1453. The battle was between the House of Valois (French) and the House of Plantagenet (English). The House of Vaois won said they had the right to rule France, and the Plantagenets laid claim to the thrones of England and France. Philip was king of France from 1328 to 1350. The illustration dates to 1916.
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Archduke Charles of Austria (1771-1847) rallies some of 115,000 Austrian troops he commanded to victory at Aspern Essling 21-22 May 1809. First major personal defeat for Napoleon. Copperplate engraving 1832.
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Historic drawing, Antwerp citizens fleeing from the Spaniards, Spanish Netherlands, 16th century
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events War of the Secon Coalition 1798 - 1802 conquest of Naples by the French under general Championnet 25.1.1799 contemporary copper engraving of C. Schleich by drawing of Berteaux,
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Trumpets used by natives in warfare against the Romans
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Caravan of the Saracens, 11th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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M. Flourens released from prison by the insurgents in Paris, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. 'The insurgents...assembled on the Saturday evening, and thronged to the prison of Mazas, where M. Gustave Flourens, a leader of the Ultra-Democratic faction, had been confined since the former attempt, early in November, to upset the Government at the Hotel de Ville. Five or six hundred men, armed with chassepots, among whom were many of the mutinous battalion of National Guards that M. Flourens had commanded, arrived at the prison about midnight, and sent in three delegates to speak with M. Bayet, the sup
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Event of October 6, 1789: Massacre of a bodyguard at the door Jean-Fran�ois Janinet (1752-1814). "Event of October 6, 1789: Massacre of a bodyguard at the door of the Queen's apartment".
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The arrival of the ruthless duke of Alva to govern the Netherlands is marked by renewed persecution of any who oppose Spanish rule : Spell is one of the earliest victims. Date: 1567
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German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, dispatch of the imperial commissioners at Rotenburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original document from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Looting in The Thirty Years War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown
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Entry of the 55th Massachusetts Coloured Regiment into Charleston, West Virginia, 21 February 1865, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Joan of Arc at Orleans. In 1429, the future Charles VII of France was still the Dauphin. His father had died seven years earlier, but Charles had still not been crowned. Charles asked God for guidance and direction as to his being the true heir, a message that a French girl named Joan (1412-1431) would bring to him and say was from God. In April 1429, Charles gave Joan of Arc (as she came to be known) permission to lead French troops to free the city of Orleans from English control. Joan (seen here at Orleans) was wounded by an arrow as she helped her fellow soldiers set up a scaling wall for the assault on Les Tourelles (towers at the southern end of the Orleans' bridge. Joan then stayed behind for much of the day's battle but returned at the end of the day to encourage the French soldiers. The French won.
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Engravings depicting the process of gathering seaweed which was used as fertiliser in Holland. Dated 19th century
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The Siege of Saguntum (219 B.C.). The battle took place between the Carthaginians, leaded by Hannibal Barca (247-183 B.C.) and the Saguntines at the Roman Hill town of Saguntum. This battle triggered the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.). Colored engraving.
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Louis II the Younger, 825 - 875, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor, attacked by Adelchis, prince of Benevento, in August 871
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Sueleiman Pasha, 1838 to 1892, an Ottoman officer who took an active part in the Serbian-Turkish War in 1876 and in the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-1878...
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At the Hotel Imperial, Lans- le-bourg, teams of horses and mules haul carts and carriages through the Alpine pass which links France and Italy. Date: 1865
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Ancient Age. Roman victor thanking the army. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.
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Victories over opponents were celebrated in savage fashion, assembling in designated place, men and woman would bring legs, arms, scalps of enemies and attach to tall poles
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French forces rescue diplomats and families during the Boxer Rebellion 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Yihequan Movement was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty. It was initiated by the Militia United in Righteousness (Yihetuan), known in English as the 'Boxers', and was motivated by proto-nationalist sentiments and opposition to imperialist expansion and associated Christian missionary activity.
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Burning of a witch in Holland. Woodcut 1544
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Méjico. Veracruz. Ataque a la casa del general Mariano Arista por el ejército francés al mando del príncipe de Joinville en Noviembre de 1838.
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En route to the west, Christopher Columbus's crew mutiny, but he manages to reassure them. Date: 1446 - 1506