Historic Conflicts and Chaos

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

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.

The Civil War In America

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 occupation of Paris a German officer on the Champs-Elysees ""A subject of curiosity"" contemporary wood engraving,

EMBARKATION OF THE BELGIAN' RIFLEMEN AT WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, UK, 1867

Revolutions of Paris - Death of Louis XVI The revolutions of Paris. Death of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793 ". Anonymous print.

Straße in Tripolis, Libyen, im Jahre 1870, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nich...

THE VISIT OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND TO BELFAST

Henry Roberts, c.1710-1790, An Exact Representation of the Burning, Plundering, and Destruction of Newgate by the Rioters, 1780. Hand colored engraving.

THE GORDON RIOTS The 'No Popery' rioters set fire to Newgate Prison

Death of a young woman in the The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution, Second French Revolution or Trois Glorieuses in French, saw the overthrow of King Charles X,

A Grand review of the army is held before the royal palace in Madrid. Queen Isabela watches from a balcony. Date: 1845

HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. REVOLUCION FRANCESA. 1789 - 1799. LA TOMA DE LA BASTILLA , 14 DE JULIO DE 1789. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Prisioneros alemanes en una iglesia. Grabado. Original de 1876 por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Pate's Assault on the Queen, 1850, (c1888).Artist: William Barnes Wollen

Boul e Vard of hell January 1871 (title registered) | The third invasion. War of 1870-1871. (title of all)

THE RIOTING IN THE WEST END OF LONDON, FEBRUARY 8TH, UK, 1886: LOOTING SHOPS IN PICCADILLY

Historic drawing, 19th century, scene from the history of Italy, the triumphal entry of Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples on 7th September 1860, Italy, Europe

Engraving of the high life at midnight. Print shows a street scene: five upper class men and women returning home after an evening of entertainment are attacked by a group of lower class men armed with staffs intent on robbery. Dated 1769

Embarkation of convicts for French Guiana, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Illustration showing a crowded railway scene with Prussian Dragoons leaving Berlin for the front at Mayence, 1870. Refreshments were handed round by women wearing cross armbands. Date: 1870

Historic drawing, the execution of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 1593 - 1641, Tower Square, on 12th May 1641 in London, a British politician and Lord Governor of Ireland

Colonialism. 19th century. Holland. Rotterdam. Troops destined for the Dutch colonies in India. Kellenbach Engraving for "The Artistic Illustration", 1886.

Randulph defending himself against Philip Frewin and his myrmidons. Date: C18th

Jerez de la Frontera, province of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. Transfer of prisoners from the prison of Jerez de la Frontera to the Cadiz jail. Jerez prison had been a former convent of friars. Converted into a jail, it housed hundreds of prisoners in poor conditions, alleged perpetrators and co-perpetrators of crimes attributed to the anarchist and secret organization called La Mano Negra (The Black Hand). This criminal gang acted in Andalusia in 1882 and 1883, amidst class struggle in the Andalusian countryside. The authorities decided to transfer the most dangerous prisoners to the prison of Cadiz. Drawing by Comba. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

King George V and Queen Mary ride in a carriage through Trafalgar Square on Armistice Day at the end of World War One while crowds of soldiers and civilians celebrate. 11th November 1918

Departure of the court carriages after congratulating the Emperor on his 90th birthday, Wilhelm I, Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia, 22 March 1797 - 9 March 1888 / Abfahrt der Hofwagen nach der Beglückwünschung des Kaisers zum 90. Geburtstag, Wilhelm I., Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Preußen, 22. März 1797 - 9. März 1888, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at Trafalgar, 1805, engraving. Napoleonic Wars, Spain, 19th century.

ESPARTERO, BALDOMERO. MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. GRANATULA DE CALATRAVA1793-1879. " SUBLEVACION DE BARCELONA, AÑO 1842 ". EL BRIGADIER VILLALONGA EN LA CALLE DUQUE DE LA VICTORIA. GRABADO. IMPRENTA ROGER. BARCELONA 1843.

The English Volunteers at Ghent: open-air festival in the Place d'Armes, 1872. British Army soldiers in Belgium. 'In the evening the town was illuminated, especially the Place d'Armes, a large open square, where a grand concert was given by the Royal Society of Mélomanes, under M. Edward Nevejans, the music being by the band of the Guides and the singers of the different societies, with the pupils of the commercial schools. The great feature was an ode to the foreign riflemen. This was sung in Flemish, and it gave welcome to "Britons, vigorous offspring of the Queen of the Seas,&quot

Marsch der norddeutschen Landwehr durch die Gemeinde Pont-a-Mousson am 11. September, Frankreich, im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870-1871, Historisch...

'L'Art de la Retouche; La composition de "L' Illustrated London News" re-naniee par "L'Illiustrirte Zeitung", le 17 septembre 1914. Le journal allemanda change totalement is significationdu tableau consacre au sac de Louvain, en effacant bouteilles et boites de cigares qu'officiers et soldats se passaient de main en main dans le dessin anglais. Un article accompagnait cette publication truquee et affirmait que les soldats avaient sauve le contenu des caves de l'hotel de ville sans derober un flacon', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustr

Experiment of the Marquis de Jouffroy on the Sa»ne at Lyon, July 15 1783

PROCLAMACION DE LUIS I COMO REY DE ESPAÑA EL 15 DE ENERO DE 1724. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. LUIS I DE ESPAÑA. FELIPE V DE BORBON HIJO.

Fire from the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772; Burning from the Amsteldamschen Schouwburg. View of the blazing fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on May 11, 1772, seen from the opposite side of the Keizersgracht. From the roof to the right, an attempt is made to extinguish the fire. Many spectators on the street.

The Siege of Rhodes in 305-304 BC by Demetrius Poliorcetes. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Spanish-American War. Military conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898, after the US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. United States. War preparations following the blowing up of the "Maine". Recruiting office in New York by means of posters illustrated with vignettes. Photoengraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

A railway accident at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) on the Great Northern Railway. It happened when the Flying Scotsman express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a double collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train and another passenger train. Seen here is the scene on the night of the accident. Thirteen passengers were killed, and 59 people injured. Date: 21 January 1876

Fire-fighters attempt to put out the blaze at a lodging house in Glasgow, but 39 people lose their lives in the disaster Date: 19 November 1905

Riots following the arrest of Francis Burdett in 1810 for breach of parliamentary immunity. when he was ordered to be imprisoned in the Tower of London until the end of the parliamentary session. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

The sans-culottes. radical members of the lower class of the revolutionary army during the French Revolutionary Wars. dance the Carmagnole. the title of a French song that became popular during the French Revolution. and a wild dance. France. digital reproduction of a historical original

China (1901). The Boxer Rebellion. Execution in Pao-Tin-Fou. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal' (January 20th, 1901). Engraving.

Schoenfeld/Napoleon I., From Soldier To Emperor - Napoleon Bonaparte, the nouveau, at the military school of Brienne. From a painting by Realier-Dumas.From a single soldier he shall succeed to the supreme command, From a short gown he shall come to a long one, Brave in arms, hostile to the church, He shall vex the priests as water does the sponge.Napoleon's sectacular rise from corporal to Emperor, his valor in battle and anti-clerical described by Nostradamus. May 17, 1941. (Photo by Camera Features).

Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - dispute between the strikers and workers who refuse to join the strike. Date: January 1870

Harper's Ferry. The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. April 18, 1861. sketched by D.H. Strother. Woodcut, ca 1861

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Fireworks at Blackheath near London,England, celebrating the fall of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), 11 September 1855. From The Illustrated London News (London, 22 September 1855). Engraving.

Mass feeding for soldiers at the Leipzig International Exhibition for the Red Cross, ca 1890, Germany / Massenspeisung für Soldaten bei der Leipziger Internationalen Ausstellung für das Rote Kreuz, ca 1890, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

The conflagration, Mexico -- firefighters at work. Date: circa 1900s

Garibaldi and his men enter Naples, to general acclaim. Date: 7 September 1860

French prisoners of war at the railway station in Munich, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

405 / PEACE FESTIVAL IN GERMANY.(TI)

The Life of a Fireman: The Ruins. - Take Up.” - Man Your Rope.”. Artist: Louis Maurer, American, 1832-1932 Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907

A very crowded scene at Boulogne as the Folkestone packet arrives Date: circa 1870

In Millwall Docks: Fight between Russian and British seamen on the dockside. In the background are the masts of moored vessels which have sailed up the Thames to London. From Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1892. Marine, Trade

Austrian army running the gauntlet, at the time of Maria Theresia, historic engraving, about 1888

The defence of Bologna.

VIÑETA DE UNA HOJA DE ALELUYAS DEL SIGLO XIX QUE ILUSTRA LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA EN ARAGON, CONJUNTO 204256 -. Author: JUAN CARRAFA (1787-1869) GRABADOR. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Cincinnati Riots of 1884: Destruction of The Courthouse Artist Unknown

New York City police are attacked by a drunken group of Irish-American men celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the corner of Grand and Pitt Streets in 1867.

CIVIL WAR AT PARIS: EXPLOSION OF A COMMUNIST SHELL AT SURESNES.(TI)

US Civil War. Siege of Charleston, 1863. A shell bursting among civilians in the streets of Charleston, SC. The Union siege and blockade of Charleston and its harbor began in August 1863, only ending in Feb. 1865, when Confederates evacuated the city and it was occupied by the Union Army. Wood engraving from Illustrated London News, Jul-Dec. 1863 (BSLOC_2018_8_111)

Firefighter exercises using a Philipps extinguisher, Champ-de-Mars, August 24, 1851, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 444, Volume XVIII, August 28 -September 4, 1851.

Damage in the House of Commons, London after Fenian bomb attack in January 1885. From a 19th century illustration.

Beerdigung von Karl, Karl Friedrich Alexander, König von Württemberg, 6. März 1823, 6. Oktober 1891, war vom 25. Juni 1864 bis zu seinem Tod 1891 Köni...

The morning after the Battle of Torgau on 3 November 1760, the last major battle in the Seven Years' War, Hans Joachim von Ziethen or Ziethen, 1699 - 1786, a Prussian cavalry general, and Frederick II or Frederick the Great, 1712 - 1786, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from the royal house of Hohenzollern, historical painting from the 19th century

The life of a fireman: the new era, steam and muscle, circa 1861, New York City

Flood, rescuing people from a house, Saxony, Germany, 1854, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, E...

Spain. Barcelona. Working demonstration outside the Captaincy General. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored.

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Fire in a house of the taxes' collection (fielato) in the outskirts of the Portal de San Carlos in 1872. Violent acts due to the unpopularity of the consumption tax. Engraving by Capuz. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1872.

after victory at the Battle of Carabobo, Simon Bolivar triumphantly entered Caracas on 29 June 1821. Simon BolÌvar (1783 ñ 1830), was a Venezuelan military and political leader in the establishment of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.

Fire in the police guardhouse, Place de la Bourse, Paris, 1830, during The French Revolution of 1830, aka The July Revolution, Second French Revolution, or Trois Glorieuses, a second French Revolution

A Thrilling scene in east Tennessee--Colonel Fry and the Union men swearing by the flag | Library of Congress

Nationalists celebrating a visit by Paul Deroulede the exiled leader of the Ligue des Patriotes, in Tournai 1900

12/31/1916. Lenin in a drawing from the time says goodbye to the Red Army units that would leave for the Polish front.

Russian Revolution (1917). Rally by Lenin and Leon Trotsky in St. Petersburg after the October Revolution of 1917: the extremists socialists have managed to secure the support of the proletarian masses and thereby gain power.

World War 1, Zeppelins at work, bombing, panic in the streets of an English town (original picture text from 1915, original colouring), Illustration, Reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, Night street scene with explosion, people in panic, flown over by zeppelins

Wall Street, Half Past Two, October 13, 1857 1857 James H. Cafferty. Wall Street, Half Past Two, October 13, 1857 10353

End of the Paris Commune, the army entering Paris, May 21, 1871. France, 19th century.

The First Mississippi Negro Cavalry bringing Confederate prisoners into Vicksburg, 1864

Scenes of the Late War in France: the main street of Garches, 1871. View of '...the ruins of the village of Garches, near St. Cloud, which was a spot where much fighting took place, especially in the last great sortie, when the neighbouring redoubt of Montretout was captured and recaptured'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Voting at Trogen, a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland, historical illustration, 1880, Schweiz

French infantry on furlough passing Notre Dame, Paris.1917

Northern Netherlands, Soestdyk attacked by the so-called Patriots from Utrecht, dog manmoedig Verdedigt, 26 July 1787, Attack on Soestdijk, 1787, verso - stamped, The Palace at Soestdijk attacked by patriots from Utrecht but defended by a detachment of German troops, July 27, 1787. On the ground the body of the shot soldier Christoffel Pullman. Plate belonging to the letter S from an ABC book., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 120 mm, width 130 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1787 - 1790, paper, papier, etching, etsen

España. Guerra de la Independencia Española. El 31 de mayo de 1808 una muchedumbre de ciudadanos de Valladolid, salpìcada de soldados, se concentró en las calles y plazas de la ciudad vitoreando a Fernando VII y exigiendo, frente a las Casas Consistoriales, el alistamiento general, la entrega de armas para luchar contra los franceses y la proclamación de Fernando VII. "Pronunciamiento de Valladolid". Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine. c. 1857

War of the Fourth Coalition, the defense of Danzig in spring 1807, historical illustration, Germany, Europe

Joseph Stalin Speech, 1917.

The old Philadelphia fire department, putting out a blaze. Period of 1850

French Revolution: Execution of Louis XVI, 1754-93, 21 January 1793, Louis making his final address to the crowd, Coloured print,

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