Historical Civil Conflicts

Dramatic scenes of civil strife, featuring troops, barricades, and civilians in chaotic urban settings, showcasing historical insurrections and military responses.

When Parisians riot, the cavalry are sent in to clear the streets. Date: 10 June 1869
When Parisians riot, the cavalry are sent in to clear the streets. Date: 10 June 1869
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George Brinton McClellan's presidential campaign in New York, 1864, United States of America, illustrations from the Illustrated London News.
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Jubilant demonstrations in front of the Mansion House, London, celebrating the liberation of Ladysmith in South Africa, Second Boer War (1899-1902), drawing by R Salvadori, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVII, No 10, March 11, 1900.
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Homage of the Prussian Estates at Koenigsberg in Prussia on 18 October 1663, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Sudamérica. Guerra entre Chile, Perú y Bolivia. Bombardeo de Iquique por la escuadra chilena el 16 de julio de 1879. Grabado de 1879.
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An engraving depicting men paving the streets of London with Scottish granite setts. Dated 19th century
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Opening of a new graving-dock at Jarrow, on the Tyne, 1865. 'A large graving-dock, in connection with Messrs. Palmer and Co.'s iron shipbuilding establishment at Jarrow, was opened...by Mrs. Hutt...The work of constructing the dock has extended over about three years, and the cost is estimated at £50,000 or £60,000. It is the largest dock of the kind in any of the ports on the east coast of England, and possesses sufficient accommodation for the largest vessel in the British Navy. It will be a great advantage to the trade of the port, especially as it will be thrown open for the use
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Arrival of Napoleon III and the imperial prince in Metz on July 28th 1870, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France
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Rebels leaving Mechanicsville. Union batteries shelling the Village. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military retreats, Confederate, United States, Virginia, Mechanicsville
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The Haymarket Riot, May 4, 1886, Chicago. Beginning as a strike rally, an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb that killed eight police and a number of civilians.
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The accidental explosion of a bomb at the Hotel Bristol, St Petersburg, is at first thought a deliberate plot, but is found to be an insuffic- -iently careful terrorist. Date: 1905
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A Prussian Uhlan contemplates the Arc de Triomphe : though the Parisians feel humiliated, the Prussians remain in the city for only three days Date: 1-3 March 1871
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Barrikadenkampf vor dem Koellnischen Rathaus in Berlin, Deutschland, 1848-1849, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage au...
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Historical scene, US-American history, 19th century, Inauguration of Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808 - 1889, in 1861, an American politician, president of the Confederate States of America and leader of the southern states during the American Civil War
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Rioting during the Reform League demonstration in Hyde Park, London: the mob pull down the railings while the police struggle to maintain order Date: 1866
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Barricade fight at the town hall, Berlin uprising on March 18, 1848, street, protest, fighting, riots, barricades, shooting, explosion, destruction, revolution, stones, beams, barrel, flag, soldiers, constitution, victims, people, Berlin, Prussia, history, Germany, historical illustration 1882
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España. Cárcel de Jerez. Salida de una cuerda de presos anarquistas de La Mano Negra hacia la cárcel de Cádiz. Grabado de 1883.
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The Opening of the States General, Versailles during the French Revolution Date: 5 May 1789
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The Last Moments of the Girondists on the Way to the Guillotine, Execution, French Revolution, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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Killing of Father Giuseppe Carafa, July 10, 1647, by Domenico Gargiulo (ca 1609 or 1610 to 1675). Masaniello Revolt, Italy, 17th century.
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ENTRADA DEL GENERAL ESPARTERO EN MADRID EN JULIO 1854 - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. JOAQUIN BALDOMERO FERNANDEZ-ALVAREZ ESPARTERO. GENERAL BALDOMERO ESPARTERO (1793-1879).
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The funeral procession of the Duke of York in 1827. Wood engraving.
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The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Disaster at a coalmine on the South Yorkshire Railway, belonging to Taylor and Co. '...a fearful explosion occurred, which shook the ground for a great distance around...The interior of the pit was set on fire by the explosion, and the flames spread with such rapidity as to cut off all chance of reaching that part of the pit where the rest of the men (about 170) were supposed to be...the flames ascending the air-shaft, 220 yards deep, reached more than twenty yards above the top, illuminating the country for a distance around...Mr. Webster g
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Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Jay Cooke & Companys office 1873.
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Inglaterra. Escena de la bolsa de Londres durante una sesión del mercado americano. Grabado de 1892.
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Communards executed
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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 1914 Artist Unknown
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In front of McClellans house. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Homes & haunts, Blenker, Louis, Military service, Military parades & ceremonies, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)
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Grand procession to the electric light in New York on October 31, 1884. Experiment Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Colored engraving. USA.
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Scene of the explosion at the Cartridge factory, Greenwich Marshes, 1872. Artist: Unknown
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Engraving showing the Artist's Volunteer Corps marching past the Royal enclosure, outside Buckingham Palace, London, 1887. Date: 9 July 1887
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Lenin reviews Red Army in Moscow 1918
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A mass meeting outside Fort Vigilant, Sacramento, California, 1856 (1937).Artist: Britton & Rey
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Sack of Ctesiphon by the Romans, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894
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Attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by Roderick Maclean at Windsor Railway Station 2 March 1882
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Great Fire of New York, December 16, 1835, Burning of the Merchant Exchange by unknown artist
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The ruins of Richmond, Virginia at the end of the Civil War, 1865, from Leslie's Weekly
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A bomb in Barcelona, June 7, 1896, planted by anarchists, exploded amidst a religious procession in Cambios Nuevos, killing a drummer corporal and several bystanders.
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The stone street in Strasbourg after the surrender, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign
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THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCESS OF WALES VISIT TO GLASGOW THE REVIEW ENGRAVING 1876 UK
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Coal mining accident: Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when roof fell in are brought to the surface. A few men survived 24 days underground by eating carrots and oats they found in the pit pony stables. Courrieres Mines, Pas de Calais, France. From 'Le Petit Journal' Paris March 1906.
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Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities.
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Insurgents manning the barricades in the streets of Paris.
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Black and White Illustration; Funeral of President Carnot, President of France, 1894. The Procession Leaving the Elysee Palace, Paris
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Explosion of a cartridge factory at Dunkirk, France, 1871. Engraving showing 'The disaster which happened on Tuesday, the 7th February, by the explosion of gunpowder in a temporary factory of cartridges for the use of the French troops during the Franco-Prussian war. The building in which this dangerous manufacture had been established was the Casino, the hall for promenades, concerts, and entertainments, which in ordinary times and in the season of sea-bathing has usually been frequented by visitors...we are assured that not a few English families have chosen their summer holiday retreat
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The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. April 18, 1861 / sketched by D.H. Strother.. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293. Armories, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry, 1860-1870, Fires, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry, 1860-1870, Campaigns & battles, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry, 1860-1870, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military tactics.
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The 1896 caption reads: "Anti-Chinese Riot 1880 in Denver Colorado." The publication of the Morey Letter stirred up a general anti-Chinese feeling, particularly in the West. On October 31, 1880, a mob attacked the Chinese quarter in Denver, and were only driven back when the firemen turned the stream from their hose on them.
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Germany Berlin municipal services winter road maintenance unemployed removing snow after drawing by E. Haeseler wood engraving 1893,
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The final stand of the Communards - defending the last barricade against the government forces in the rue du Four-St-Germain.
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Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration, March 4th, 1861, illustration
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King Humbert's entry into Berlin to consolidate good relations with Wilhelm II, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, King Humbert's entry into Berlin to consolidate good relations with Wilhelm II, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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The American Civil War
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The inauguration - night scene near the White House - 1885 Inauguration of Grover Cleveland
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Street fighting in the rue de Rivoli between Communards and government forces. Date: May 1871
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Falangist's commandeer vehicles in the Spanish Civil War. By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.
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Engraving showing a panoramic of a banquet for Crimean war veterans in Stack A, a warehouse in Dublin's Docklands, held on October 22nd 1856. Organised by the Irish government to honour the 3,600 troops who had recently returned from the Crimea, the tobacco warehouse, which was transformed with furnishing and floral arrangements, was found to be the only venue big enough to hold such a large number of people. Banners celebrating the various battles were hung around the wall. Date: 1856
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King Albert I of Belgium in Antwerp in 1914, Belgium, Europe
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Illustration depicting a demonstration in Dublin in 1899, against Joseph Chamberlain (1836 1914). Chamberlain was a senior British politician who opposed Home Rule for Ireland.