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Illustrations depicting significant historical events of conflict. Scenes of unrest, demonstrations, and societal turmoil in various locales.

The Siege of Calais, Departure of the Citizens, January 1558
The Siege of Calais, Departure of the Citizens, January 1558
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ASCOT RACES, ARRIVAL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS VISITORS
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The Conflict in Paris: massacre in the Place Vendôme, 1871. 'It seems that a pacific demonstration, in favour of the Versailles Government and National Assembly, and against the Montmartre and Belleville insurgents, was made by a large number of unarmed men, shouting "Long live the Republic!" "Long live Order!"...they called upon the insurgent National Guards to retire and allow themselves to be relieved by the National Guard belonging to the district. The insurgent National Guards refused...After some discussion, the persons forming the demonstration caused the tricol
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John Morgan's Highwayman sacking a peaceful village in the west, circa 1862
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The Siege of Calais, Departure of the Citizens, January 1558
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Attack against L.l. M. Imperials, before the Peristilla of the Opera, in the evening of January 14, 1858. (IT)
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Attack on the Quirinal in Rome, Italy, 16 November 1848, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Europe
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LORD SHAFTESBURY GOING TO OPEN THE COSTERS' HALL, HOXTON, 1875
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First French Republic (1792-1804). French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon reviewing the French army in Lyon for the Egyptian campaign (Armée d'Orient). The French Directory organised a military contingent, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, to be deployed in Ottoman Egypt in 1798. The mission consisted of blocking Britain's route to its colonies in India. Drawing by Karl Girardet. Engraving by Rouargue. "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume III. Published in Paris, 1845. Author: Emile Rouargue (ca. 1795-1865). French engraver. Karl Girardet (1813-1871). Swiss artist.
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Armament of the National Guard of Madrid, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unkno...
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Persecution and exodus of Jewish people from Odessa, Ukraine, Russian revolution, drawing by Gennaro Amato, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 47, November 19, 1905.
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The Army of the Orient: Comedy, 1855. Engraving
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España. Barcelona. Costumbres populares. Domingo de Carnaval. Grabado de 1860. Author: Ramon Puiggarí.
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Russian and Austrian flags doors triumphantly in the Senate, vintage engraved illustration. History of France  1885.
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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: ARRIVAL OF FRENCH WOUNDED AT THE QUAI DE LA MEGISSERIE, January 19, 1871
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Mr. Young describing his search for David Livingstone.
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Reception S.A.I. and R. Grand Duke Maximilian of Austria, in the port of Toulon, on 29 August 1855. Engraving
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France. Paris. July Revolution.1830. Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans going from the Royal Palace to the town hall, July 31, 1830. Engraving.
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Conte Felice Orsini, an  Italian patriot, tries to  assassinate Napoleon hoping it  will help Italian unity : and  so it does, but Orsini goes to  the guillotine nevertheless.
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Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). France. Aspect of the city of Marseille on receiving telegrams with news of the disasters at Sedan. Engraving by Ovejero. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.
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History of Spain. Madrid. Liberal Triennium. Defense of the Plaza Mayor, on July 7, 1822. On that date there was an uprising, promoted by Ferdinand VII, of grenadiers of the Royal Guard with the goal of overthrowing the constitutional government and restoring an absolutist regime. The National Volunteer Militia, which was defending the Plaza Mayor under the command of Francisco Ballesteros, fought the uprising and was able to suffocate the rebellion. Illustration by Miranda. Engraving by Rico. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853. Author: Miranda. Spanish chalchograph. 19th century. Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.
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European immigrants arriving at New York City's Castle Garden, America's first official immigration center in 1858. From 1855, until it was replaced by Ellis Island in 1890, Castle Garden sheltered newly arrived immigrants from exploitation and quarantined sick immigrants.
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The Second Republic is  proclaimed in the place de la  Bastille, Paris.
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A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. 'The popular agitation throughout France, caused by the Emperor's appeal to universal suffrage for the adoption of the new Constitutional reforms, has been greatly increased by the combined strikes of the workmen in several important trades, both in Paris and in the manufacturing towns. We have more than once referred to this subject in connection with the colliery, ironfoundry, and machine-factory of Messrs. Schneider, at Creuzot. The establishment of Messrs. Cail and Co., and others of the same kind in Paris, have been exposed to similar interruptions. The
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History of Spain. The Bourbon Restoration. Madrid. Arrival of the king Alfonso XII to the Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha, on March 20, 1876, to attend the Te Deum that was celebrated on thanksgiving, after the end of the Third Carlist War. That same day he entered the capital with the troops. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana. March 30, 1876.
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Celebrated demolition of the Atarazanas Fortress in Barcelona, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artw...
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The French Revolution, arrives under the repet of Louis XVI, dedieue to the Friends of the Constitution Dupplessis. "The French Revolution, arrived under the reign of Louis XVI, on July 14, 1789, dedicated to the friends of the Constitution".
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Sackville Street, Dublin,  during the rebellion.         Date: 1848
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Napoleon at Dresden, vintage engraving. Napoleon at Dresden, vintage engraved illustration. History of France  1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656339
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Arrival of wounded Saxons in Champs, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign
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Revolution of 1849 in Paris. Attack on the Barrire Fontainebleau (Juin 25, 1848). Litography. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).
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History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Manacor (Majorca Island). "Sa Llorençada" or "Es Rebumbori" (9 August 1835). The only violent episode that took place in the Balearic Islands during the civil conflict. Carlist insurrection following the burning of convents in Catalonia and Zaragoza. The civil governor of Majorca appointed a bursar who was not to the bishop's liking, and he resigned. On the day of Saint Christina, the doors of the militiamen and liberals were marked with crosses made of human excrement. This led to the arrest of several Carlists. The reaction of the Carlist citizens was to riot in front of the prison, and the guards gave in and the prisoners were released. Illustration by Villegas. Engraving by Aliot. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Volume III. Madrid, 1845. Author: Villegas and Francisco Aliot. 19th-century Spanish artists.
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Procession of the famous league against Henry IV in 1593. (IT)
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THE PRINCE OF WALES IN CEYLON, SRI LANKA, 1876: "UNDER DIFFICULTIES" GOING TO THE STATE BALL AT THE CLUB HOUSE, COLOMBO
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events revolutions 1848 - 1849 Austria March Revolution storming of the toll houses Vienna 13.3.1848 wood engraving 1892,
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Ham Market on Boulevard Bourdon, 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Illustration showing Prussian troops at Ville D'Avray hastening to resist a sortie by French forces.  Paris was besieged for four months, until January 28th 1871.     Date: 1870
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Engraving depicting the conflict at Porta Tosa during the Five Days of Milan. Dated 16th Century
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Spain. Madrid. 19th century. Cattle market on the outskirts of the Toledo's Gate. Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1872. Colored.
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6th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers returning fire from protesters in Baltimore, April 19, 1861. The mob of thousands, attacked their horse drawn railroad cars as they transferred stations. Three soldiers and twelve protesters were killed, April 19, 1861.  (BSLOC_2018_6_86)
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Spain (1810-1814). Cadiz Cortes. Defence of the Cadiz Constitutuion. Image published in 'la IlustraciÑn EspaÐola y Americana'.
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LAJOS KOSSUTH Hungarian patriot and  statesman on his arrival in  England in 1851, here leaving  the dock area at Southampton  to begin his visit     Date: 1802 - 1894
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1860s APRIL 1865 ENTRANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC UNION FORCES INTO RICHMOND VIRGINIA USA
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Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers passing through Berlin on their way to the Front. Dated 1870
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Robert I, Duke of Normandy, father of William the Conquerer, seized with illness during his pilgrimage to Jerusalem (1035), is carried in his litter by negroes.
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The royal family brought back to Paris by the people, October 6, 1789. Event of the French Revolution. (Title Title)
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Engraving depicting the Valencia uprising during the Peninsular War (18071814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Dated 1809
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The Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746, the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.  After an engraving from The New, Impartial and Complete History of England by Edward Barnard, published
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police Germany operation against demonstrators on the Schlossplatz in Berlin circa 1900,
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Parisians seeking to escape  from Paris are arrested by  Gardes Nationaux at the Gare  de l'Est.       Date: March-May 1871
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin to unlicensed premises. Engraving, 1751.
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The mob hunting blacks in Spingfield, Illinois. Achille Beltrame (1871-1945) from La Domenica del Corriere, August 1908.
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French fusiliers marins during a fight in Dixmude, Belgium, Europe
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France. Paris Commune. Popular revolutionary movement that took power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. The insurgents dragging the cannons to Montmartre. Drawing by García. Engraving by Ricord. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871. Author: Manuel Ricord. 19th-century Spanish engraver.
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WAR PREPARATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH
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Count Rossi assassinated, having had his throat slit.     Date: 1890s
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The Utrecht mayor Arnoud Loten attacked by furious citizens, Jacobus Buys, 1785 - 1801 drawing The Utrecht mayor Arnoud Loten is attacked on December 19, 1785 in front of his house on the Oudmunsterkerkhof by furious citizens,  paper. ink pen / brush historical events and situations. street-fights, riots Utrecht
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geograpyh/travel France Revolution 1789 - 1799 peasants burning documents of their lords engraving 19th century abolishion of feudalim 18th century politics,
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The Fort Mims massacre in 1813. The Creek warriors attacked the fort, and killed a total of 400 to 500 people.
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THE OPENING OF THE NEW ITALIAN PARLIAMENT BY VICTOR EMMANUEL ON THE 18TH ULT., 1861
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The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene - drawn by George Thomas, 1856. Londoners celebrate the end of the Crimean War. 'It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share, in the joy felt by the official mind that diplomacy had put an end to that very inconvenient and very troublesome war in which Great Britain was incurring such large expense, and reaping such small satisfaction...it was resolved to celebrate the auspicious birthday of the Queen and the inauspicious Treaty of Peace on the same evening...the illuminations that are customary to express the love and respect of t
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Death of the four sergeants of La Rochelle, vintage engraved illustration. History of France  1885.
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Leopold Count van Limburg Stirum (1758 - 1840); who was part of the Dutch triumvirate that took power in 1813 in order to re-establish the monarchy in the Netherlands.
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July 14, 1584. Execution by of Balthasar Gerards, in the Groote Market in Delft, who four days before shot Prince William I (of Orange) in Prinsenhof.   Balthasar Gérard (in Dutch, Gerards or Gerardts) (born c. 1557 in Vuillafans - died July 14, 1584 in Delft) was the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William I of Orange, also known as William the Silent.
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THE TOUR OF THE CZAREVITCH IN INDIA, HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS'S ARRIVAL AT BOMBAY
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Insurrection against the  government in Madrid -  insurgents set fire to the  palace of Christina, the queen  mother.       Date: July 1854
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Massacre At Narva Gate in St. Petersburg by Anonymous   / Russian National Library, St. Petersburg / before 1925 / Russia / Woodcut / History /
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Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). Irish nationalist politician. Parnell rallies his electors on the eve of his defeat in Kilkenny, Ireland. Engraving by Capuz.
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Japanese troops victorious at Asan, Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War 1894
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events War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797 enlisting of volunteers France 1792 engraving 19th century,
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1700S 1770S February 1775 Boys Of Boston Confront General Gage Asking That The British Troops Respect Their Rights To Built Snow Hills And Play In Commons
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Soldiers firing on rioters during the Malt Tax riots of 1725.  In 1725 a move to raise revenue by 3 pence on every bushel of malt, though half the rate in England, provoked severe riots in Glasgow.  F
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Amidst widespread confusion,  Robespierre and his supporters  are arrested : he himself is  wounded in the chin, his  brother jumps from a window.      Date: 26 July 1794
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British volunteers fighting with Garibaldi in Italy during the struggle for Italian unification 1860
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The funeral of Charles Stewart  Parnell, Irish statesman and  nationalist: the procession  going past the old parliament  house in Dublin, Ireland      Date: 11th October 1891
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Battle during the July Revolution of 1830 on Rue de Rohan, Paris.  From a print by Jean Pierre Marie Jazet  after the painting by Hippolyte Lecomte.
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Franco-Prussian War
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Departure of the Emperor Alexander Guards Grenadiers Regiment in Berlin, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France
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Arsenio Martinez Campos (1831-1900). Spanish military and politician. He pacified Cuba and held the position of Spanish Prime minister. The peace in Cuba. Havana. Triumphal entry of Martinez Campos on June 14, 1878, after the end of the Ten Years' War (1868-1878). Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Ovejero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.
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Entrance into Plevna, Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
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Explosion of the workshop for the manufacture of Chassepot cartridges, ammunition manufacture and ammunition depot in the arsenal of Metz, 1969, Franc...
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The Priestley Riots in Birmingham 14th to 17th July 1791 Black and White Illustration;
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Reinado de Carlos IV de España. En enero de 1807 el rey nombró a Manuel Godoy como Almirante General de España e Indias con el tratamiento de Alteza Serenísima. Entrada de Godoy tras el nombramiento de Almirante. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.
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French Revolution (1789-1799). Execution of nine young immigrants sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in 1792. Engraving. Colored.
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World War 1, Athenian street life during the war (original pictorial text from 1915, original colouring), Illustration, Reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, A crowd in front of a historical building, distributing newspapers, while excitement spreads through the crowd
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This scene shows the attempt against Henry IV on the Pont-Neuf. This deed is recorded in the memories of l'Estoile (1605). The author of this piece, a man by the name of Jacques de Iles, did not succeed in taking the king by his mantle; but, grasped the knife of a carrier he declared that he wished to kill the king. Despite that, by the express order of the king who wished to see in him a madman, he was not put on trial.
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events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Siege of Paris 19.9.1870 - 28.1.1871 camp of French cavalry in the park of the Tuileries contemporary wood engraving,
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French Revolution, event of January 8, 1791, fire of Buzet Castle, Buzet-sur-Baise, Lot-et-Garonn department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and assassination of Monsieur Descayrac, Colonel of the Royal Grenadiers of Guyenne., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Drill of volunteer ambulance corps at Guildhall, City of London, 1880. Display by '...members of the ambulance classes lately under the charge of Surgeon Farris, Army Medical Department; Dr. Norton, 4th Middlesex Rifles ; Surgeon Egan, 2nd Middlesex Rifles: Surgeon Daniels, 2nd Middlesex Artillery; and Surgeon Shepherd, Victoria Rifles...a number of volunteers were laid upon the ground, bearing labels stating the fictitious wounds from which they were supposed to be suffering, comprising compound fractures and wounds of the upper and lower extremities from either lance, shell, or bullet. To
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French troops firing at the Royal-Allemand regiment, on the boulevard of the Chaussee dAutin, 1789, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reprod...
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King Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fran篩s Ravaillac, who stabbed him to death as his carriage passed slowly through Paris, halted by traffic congestion for the Queen's coronation ceremony     Date: 14th May 1610
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French Revolution, event of 8 January 1791, burning of Buzet Castle, Buzet-sur-Baise, Lot-et-Garonn department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and assassination of Monsieur Descayrac, Colonel of the Royal Grenadiers of Guyenne., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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High life at midnight. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Social classes,England,1760-1770. , Robberies,England,1760-1770. , Fighting,England,1760-1770. , Adultery,England,1760-1770.
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On the night of July 5-6, 1791, the 's Lands Zeemagazijn, the arsenal of the Amsterdam admiralty, went up in flames. On the right in the foreground curious onlookers are watching the building from which the flames are raging and on the left the fire department is approaching, Fire in the Lands Zeemagazijn at Amsterdam, 6 July 1791 Fire of the Lands magazijn at Amsterdam, den 6e Julij, 1791 (title on object), print maker: Willem Kok, (mentioned on object), 1791 - 1796, paper, etching, h 218 mm × w 249 mm
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Les Fêtes de Rennes. La grande Cavalcade Romaine. Dated: 1883/1890. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Vierge.
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French Liberal Revolution (February 1848). The mob assaulted on the Tuileries on February 24, 1848 due to the refusal of the monarch to extend the right to vote. For this reason he had to abdicate and the Republic was established. Louis Philippe and his family out of the Tuileries Palace. Engraving by J. Ladmiral, 1881. Coloured.
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The children of Palermo  welcome the intervention of  Garibaldi in the popular  insurrection against the  Neapolitan rule.
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Military occupation of Saint Louis Street, United States of America, drawing by Jacques Deroche Valnay, from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 20, October 12, 1876.
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French Revolution. 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795). Royalist insurrection in Paris against the anti-monarchist policies of the Thermidorian Reaction. It was suppressed and quelled by French Republican troops commanded by General Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Napoleon crushing the royalist rebellion in front of the Church of Saint-Roch in Paris. Drawing by Renaud. Engraving by Jonnard. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879.
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Cavalry of General d'Allonville in the streets of Paris, the 2 December 1851.
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Greeting of King Wilhelm I of Prussia at the Royal Palace in Berlin on the evening of July 15, 1870, Germany  /  Begrüßung von König Wilhelm I. von Preußen im Königlichen Schloss in Berlin am Abend des 15. Juli 1870, Deutschland, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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