Historical Military Conflicts

Depictions of significant historical battles and events, illustrating military actions, troop movements, and historic figures in dramatic scenes.

Thebans and Macedonians at the Battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

After the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted in the infamous 'dragonnades'.

History of Spain. Battle of Covadonga, 722. It was the first victory won by Christian military forces in Iberia after the Islamic conquest of Hispania. Illustration by Fernando Miranda. Engraving by Ricord, 19th century. Detail. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.

Antonio Tempesta, Triumphal Entry of Margaret of Austria, 1612 Triumphal Entry of Margaret of Austria

Execution of the communards at Segovia 1520 During the war of the comunidades (1520-1521), Segovia rose against Charles V, resisting the imperial troops for six months in the fortress under the command of Diego de Cabrera, preventing the fortress being taken by the comuneros who had become powerful in the walled enclosure of the city. The Romanesque Cathedral in front of the fortress was destroyed as a consequence of this.

Lynch mob grabbing the de Witt brothers, Johan and Cornelis de Witt, August 20, 1672. From an anonymous engraving after a work by Romeyn de Hooghe.

Siege of Gerona (Girona) (27 June to 10 September 1285). Acommplished by the French during the Crusade called by Pope Martin IV (1220-1285) against the Crown of Aragon, whose king was Peter III the Great (1240-1285), in retribution of his intervention in Sicily. Girona was defended by Ramon Folch VI of Cardona (1259-1320). As he did not receive reinforcements from King Peter III to break the siege, he had to surrender. The town was taken by Eustache Beaumarchais (ca. 1235-1294). After signing the capitulation, the troops of Ramon Folch VI of Cardona evacuated the city. Engraving. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Thebans and Macedonians at the Battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

An engraving titled 'The Black Hole of Calcutta'. In 1756 the Fort at Calcutta was overwhelmed, and 146 of the British garrison were crammed into a dungeon, and only 23 emerged alive the next morning. Dated 19th Century

Conrad V of Germany. King of the Germans, Sicily and Jerusalem. Scene of his Execution. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

Reign of Charles IV (1788-1808). Departure of the French troops from Spain. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

The procession of Landsknechte at the unveiling of the war memorial in Tölz, Bavaria, Germany, 1887 / Der Zug der Landsknechte bei der Enthüllung des Kriegerdenkmals in Tölz, Bayern, Deutschland, 1887, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Historia de España. Entrada en Burdeos del ejército anglo-hispano-portugués en febrero de 1814, después de haber cruzado el Bidasoa y haber puesto sitio a la ciudad. Grabado de 1880.

Citizens of Dordrecht force Cornelis de Witt to withdraw the eternal edict, 1672, Jacobus Buys, 1789 drawing A group of angry citizens of Dordrecht forces Cornelis de Witt, who is in bed, to withdraw the eternal Edict, June 30, 1672. Northern Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush Dordrecht

War of Peter The Cruel in Castile

The meeting General Outram, Havelock and Colin Campbell at the 1st relief of Lucknow July 1857 following the Indian Mutiny.

Engraving depicts the fortifications being worked on throughout the night. Dated 1870

Engraving depicts the arrival of Uhlans into a French town. Uhlans were Polish light cavalry armed with lances, sabres and pistols. The title was later used by lancer regiments in the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian armies. Dated 1870

Pierre de La Ramée (Peter Ramus) is held down and stabbed by soldiers with a halberd and a sword. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edmond Morin.

Entrance to Charles Martel in Paris, after the battle of Poitiers (732) (IT)

Chartist riots at Newport, Wales, 1839. The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rising in Wales, by Chartists whose demands included democracy and the right to vote with a secret ballot. C

The execution of Admiral Byng. Admiral John Byng, 1704 - 1757. Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. From The History of England, from the earliest records to the

Charles Martel makes a triumphant entry into Paris, after repelling the Saracens at Tours by Charles Martel : they lost their commander Abderrahman ibn Abdillah.

Hundred Years' War. Battle of Aljubarrota (14 August 1385). Confrontation between Portuguese and British troops under the command of John I of Portugal (John of Aviz) and his constable Nuño Alvares Pereira, who defeated the Castilian army of John I of Castile. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853.

The Camp de Grenelle is the name given to the camp of the 21st regiment of dragoons, which camped at Grenelle in May 1796, at the time of the arrests of the main Babouvist leaders. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Charles V, German emperor, receives the keys to the gates and the rod of justice of Utrecht. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys (signed by artist). Dating: 1787 - 1789. Measurements: h 149 mm × w 90 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Leaving the Capitol, president Andrew Jackson is assaulted by Richard Lawrence

During the uprising of 1808 in Valencia, Spain, Canon Baltasar Calvo takes control of the Citadel but is arrested when the French restore control

HENRY V. RECEIVING THE KEYS OF HARFLEUR.

death of Bayard 1524. Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473 ñ 30 April 1524) was a French soldier, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been known as 'the knight without fear and beyond reproach'

The Prince Imperial of France was an impetuous and impulsive young man and had insisted on fighting in the Zulu war, after attending the Royal Military Academy. He had been given orders to observe the fighting , not to take part, but his desire for military glory took him into dangerous situations and this one proved fatal. Date: 1879

David Slays Goliath by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, (1794-187)

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Eitel Hans Ziegelmüller with his satellites. Eitelhans Ziegelmüller (born 15th century, died 16th century) was a peasant leader in the German Peasants' War / German Peasants' War, Eitel Hans Ziegelmüller with his satellites. Eitelhans Ziegelmüller (born 15th century, died 16th century) was a peasant leader in the German Peasant War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

The hundred days and the second invasion. The thirst for revenge of new arrivals emigrated to France is terrifying. These scattered soldiers feed the

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Civil war that confronted Carlists, supporters of the Infante Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, against the Isabelinos (Elizabethans), defenders of Isabel II and the regent María Cristina de Borbón. Skirmish at Hernani. Illustration by Zarza. Engraving by Pedro Celestino Maré. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842. Author: d. ca.1880). Spanish engraver. Eusebio Zarza (1842-1881). Spanish artist. Pedro Celestino Maré (fl.1842-1862.

Murder of the De Witt brothers, 1672, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 112 mm × w 156 mm

Massacre at Cawnpore 1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

Engraving depicting executions of rebels during the Rise of Valladolid, during the Peninsular War (1807ñ1814) 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

The Eastern Question. Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876-1878). Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876. Thessaloniki. Recruitment of Turkish volunteers. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, August 15, 1876.

Charles Martel imprisoned on the orders of Plectrude to prevent an uprising on his behalf in Austrasia. Charles Martel, c.688 -741, illegitimate son of Pepin of Herstal. Frankish political and milit

The betters occupy Dam Square, 1535. The betters occupy Dam in Amsterdam, 10 May 1535. Burgemeester P. Colijn is killed on the right. Without the verse. No text on verso.

Europa. Guerras de las religiones (1524-1697). Escena de tortura por sus creencias protestantes.

events War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797 Peace of Campo Formio 17.10.1797 festivity in honour of general Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris receiption by Paul barras wood engraving 19th century,

Johan de Witt attacked and seriously injured, 1672, 1788 print Council pensioner Johan de Witt is attacked on the street by a group of armed men and is seriously injured, June 1672. Netherlands paper etching fighting

Reproduction of drawing: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), On the day before the battle of Kirchholm 1605; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, publisher

Drawing of the death bed scene of President Abraham Lincoln, with a man holding Lincoln, April 1865

Victims of the explosion of the Express steam in the hospital courtyard to identify them. The tragic inident succeded in the port of Barcelona on August 17th, 1875, because of the fire in the ammunition that was loaded with destination to the site of La Seo. Drawing by Enrique Serra, engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, September 8th, 1875.

Lesser Antilles. Grenada. French occupation. 17th century. Uprising of the colonists against the tyranny of the governor, sentenced to death by hanging. Engraving, 1807.

Guerra de la Independencia Española (1808-1814). El 24 de junio de 1808 fué asesinado en Villafranca del Bierzo, Antonio Filangieri Montalto, capitán general de Galicia, el cual era considerado afrancesado por su amistad con Murat. Su misión fué asentarse en la Capitanía de La Coruña para apaciguar la rebelión ciudadana. La Junta de Galicia, ante la imposibiliad de contener el alzamiento contra los franceses el 30 de mayo de 1808, formó un ejército con el objetivo de luchar contra las tropas napoleónicas, al frente del que se puso Filangieri rumbo a León. Estableció el cuartel general en Villafranca del Bierzo mientras realizaban operaciones en el Puerto del Manzanal. Un sargento al mando de un piquete de soldados, todos ellos del Regimiento Navarra, se dirigió a la habitación en la que residía Filangieri para asesinarle. Filangieri huyó, cayendo al suelo, siendo capturado por sus atacantes quienes lo mataron. Su cuerpo fué arrastrado por las calles de la población y abandonado hasta e

This 1890 illustration shows the discovery of LaSalles ruined settlement. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. ed an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the region watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries for Louis XIV of France, naming the region Louisiana. A few years later, in a luckless expedition seeking the mouth of the Mississippi, he was murdered by his men.

Illustration titled 'The Black Hole of Calcutta'. In 1756 the Fort at Calcutta was overwhelmed and 146 of the British garrison were crammed into a dungeon and only 23 emerged alive the next morning. Dated 19th Century

Allied forces enter Paris after the defeat of Napoleon 1815

The Battle of the Field of Mars, the Morava Field, near Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen took place on 26 August 1278. Rudolf I also known as Rudolf of Habsb...

Accident from Count Johan Maurits on the Bridge of Franeker, 1665. Accident from Graaf Johan Maurits on the Franeker bridge, January 6, 1665. The drawbridge where the count with its consequence drives down over and the count falls into the water.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Betrayal at Zabern, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, ex...

The Edinburgh mob carrying Captain Porteous to execution. Captain John Porteous, c. 1695 - 1736. Scottish soldier and Captain of the Edinburgh City or Town Guard. He was lynched by a mob during the

A Breton royalist is arrested by the revolutionaries.

Battery at Lucknow defenders on lookout, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Great tumult caused at the assembly, national, by Abbe Maury, the 9bre. 1790. (IT)

THE ASHANTEE WAR

Murder by the Spaniards in the streets of Naarden, 1572. Murders by the Spanish troops under Don Frederik in the streets of Naarden, December 1, 1572. A soldier is about to cross a kneeling man, a priest with a cross in the background . Printed on the back with text in Dutch.

Historical Background for Franklin's Commemoration. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

At a Banquet given by Harold, he receives the News of the Invasion of the Normans, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Memories of the municipality. - Types of insurgents. (IT)

Engraving depicting the taking of Rheinfelden by French and Swedish troops. Dated 1633

Historia de España. Prisión de los caudillos árabes Abdallah, Ahmed y Sahed al Ward en el año 950. Grabado de 1872.

Loss of iron paddle-steamer troopship 'Birkenhead' off Simon's Bay, S Africa 26 February 1852. The order 'Women and children first' given by the commanding officer Colonel Seton was obeyed and troops stood on deck waiting their fate. Of 638 on board 184 saved by boats. Wood engraving 1887

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Boston. Citizens hostile with the British soldiers. Engraving. 19th century.

Victor Dupleix, born in the Vendée, aged 27, officer in the Régt d'Infie de line (...) (IT)

Assault of Jean de Jauregui on Prince William I, 18 March 1582 in Antwerp. Interior showing the prince sitting wounded in a chair, with family and others around him. To the left on the floor is the body of the slain Jean de Jauregui. Maurice asks the soldiers to examine him., Attack of Jean de Jauregui on Prince William I, 18 March 1582, print maker: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), after: Nicolaas Pieneman, Amsterdam, 1853, paper, etching, engraving, h 415 mm × w 490 mm

Queen Victoria and family receiving the Guards at Buckingham Palace on their return from the Crimean War Engraving

Wat Tyler, for his insolence, is killed by Sir William Walworth in the presence of Richard II, who then puts himself at the head of the rebels. Date: 1381

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Battle of Oosterweel, 1567, Two soldiers fighting each other during the battle of Oosterweel, March 13, 1567., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 129 mm, width 99 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1795, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Day of 18 Fructidor, the year 5, the French Republic / No! We will not go out from here. (IT)

Washington Greets Virginia Regiment

Comment Panurge feut faict chastellain de Salmiguondin et Dipsodie et mangeoit son bled en herbe, livre III, ch. II., 1854 - 1884, 1872., State noted with standard reference number

Engraving depicting Henry Hudson (1556-1611) being pushed by mutineers into the small boat in which, with his son and a few companions, he was set adrift. Dated. 19th Century

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: frontispiece to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) refusing to accept the crown, c1902. Artist: Unknown

General Bonaparte Surrounded by members of the Council of Five Hundred, during the Coup of 18 Brumaire. Engraving, 19th cent.

1844 lithograph by Johann Peter Nepomuk Geiger depicting Carl V after capturing Tunis, showing him as liberator of Christian slaves.

In 1657. Parliament offered Cromwell the crown as part of a constitutional reform. This presented him with a dilemma. as he had been instrumental in abolishing the monarchy. Cromwell agonized over the offer for six weeks. The stability it offered appealed to him. but in a speech on April 13. 1657. he made it clear that God's providence was against the kingship. England. digital reproduction of a historical original.

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Destruction of a Germanic village by Roman troops, depicted at the Victory Column of Marcus Aurelius at Rome, Italy, historical, digitally restored re...

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Hiring Guides at Grahovo, 1876. 'A pause seems to occur just now in the military conflict between the insurgents and the Turks in Herzegovina; while another insurrection and war, of much greater apparent magnitude, has broken out in Upper Bulgaria, demanding an army of 18,000 Turkish troops'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Francois I 1494 to 1547 knighted by Captain Bayard after the Battle of Marignano from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Dircksz, Barend, Northern Netherlands, The Anabaptists occupy the Dam, 1535, May 10, 1535. On the right, mayor P. Colijn is killed. Image cut out of the book. Without the verse below the image., print, picture, historical print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 214 mm, width 173 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1612 - 1614, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1500 - 1566

The alliance of Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Balinghem, 1520

Harold Godwinson swearing his support to William of Normandy in 1064. Harold's oath before William, Duke of Normandy. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

Cromwell proposed the Self-Denying Ordinance. a bill introduced on December 9. 1644. to deprive members of the English Parliament of command of the army or navy during the English Civil War. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Turkey. Ottoman Empire. Turkish army troops. From left to right: Chatir, Pasha, militiaman, Harbagi, Egyptian soldier and another militiaman. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Photo reproduction of an engraving: the execution of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 13 May 1619 ..

Turkey. Ottoman Empire. Turkish army troops. From left to right: Chatir, Pasha, militiaman, Harbagi, Egyptian soldier and another militiaman. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Military and other subject Vernet, Emile Jean Horace (1789 1863)

The release of political prisoners from the Castlemare, Palermo, on June 19th. From a sketch by artist Frank Vizetelly. 1860

Democratic Representative Preston Brooks, beating Radical Republican Senator Charles Sumner, May 22, 1856. Two days earlier, Sumner delivered a provocative anti-slavery speech which insulted Senator Andrew Butler, Preston's cousin. In left background, Rep. Lawrence Keitt, raises his cane to prevent fellow Senators' coming to Sumner's aid. In this pro-Sumner depiction, Senate Democrats stand by smiling (BSLOC_2018_5_164)

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Entry of the Peasants into Stuttgart, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original...

TREATY OF HENGIST AND HORSA WITH VORTIGERN

Loyalist captured by the Sons of Liberty, United States of America, engraving by Vernier from Etats-Unis d'Amerique, by Roux de Rochelle, L'Univers Pittoresque, published by Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1837.

Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey a zealous protestant magistrate strangled by five Roman Catholic Assassins. Engraving from c 1780 edition of The New Book of

White van Haamstede shows itself in Haarlem in armor, 1304.White from Haamstede Shows ItSELF in Haarlem in Armor, 1304. Design for a print in cook, patriotic dictionary, dl. XIX1. Design for a print.

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