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.
Thebans and Macedonians at the Battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.
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US. Old West. Men looking forwar to a more prosperous future in railroad tracks. Engraving. Harper's Weekly, 1874.
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Highlanders northern Afghan rebels fighting the British in the mountains of Hazara, Pakistan during British rule, India. Trip to Punjab and Kashmir by
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Illustration showing several families hiding in a cellar to escape from the civil war raging outside in Paris during the Paris Commune of 1871. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards. Date: 1871
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France, Paris, Insurgents Execute Hostages at La Roquette prison on May 24 1871
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Ferdinand III (1199/1201-1252), called the Saint. King of Castile (from 1217), Leon (from 1230) and Galicia (from 1231). Ferdinand III entered as a conqueror in Seville, on 22 December 1248. Engraving before a composition of Andres Parlade.
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SIEGE OF MAGDEBURG Catholic general storms Magdeburg, overcomes the Protestant garrison, slaughters thousands of its unarmed inhabitants Date: 20 May 1631
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The Germans arrive , Soldiers, Arrivals & departures, Punishment & torture, World War, 1914-1918. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
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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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'The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering.' British 1774 print depicts the Sons of liberty as violent bullies, attacking a loyalist customs collector, John Malcolm, Jan. 27, 1774. Malcolm's assailants forced him to drink enormous quantities of hot tea, under a Liberty Tree with a noose hanging from a branch. In the background, men are throwing tea from ships into water, as was done at the Boston Tea Party (BSLOC_2019_3_57)
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Augsburg, Will, Johann Martin, Die unvermuthete Ankunft der Prussians in die patrioten Wachtstube, Patriots chased from their guardroom, 1787, verso - stamped, Prussian soldiers surprise the patriots when they raid their guardroom, 1787. At the time of the raid, the members of the Freikorps are busy eating, smoking pipes, sewing clothes and doing carpentry. In the foreground is a rack with guns., print, prent, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 215 mm, width 328 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, 1727 - 1806-05-04, publisher
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Revolt of the Comuneros. War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). Conflict between citizens of Castile against Charles V. The Holy Assembly of the Communities wich held its first session in A_vila and declared itself the legitimate government deposing the Royal Council. Padilla was named Captain-General. Colored engraving. 19th century.
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Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Sieges of Saragossa (1808-1809). The local hero Jos_ de la Hera. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.
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French Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July, 1789.
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Robespierre wounded, the French Revolution
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Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War (1853-1856): Battlefield on the night after Alma, 20 September 1854, tending the wounded and recovering the bodies of the dead. Engraving.
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The re-enactment of a naval battle - or naumachia - by gladiators in ancient Rome. After a 19th century print.
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This illustration dates to the 1890s and shows James Ewell Brown Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires. Srtuart, known as Jen, was a U.S. Army officer and later a majorgeneraland cavalrycommanderfor the Confederate States of America during theCivil War(1861-65). Here, his troops cutting telegraph wires
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Engraving depicting the interior of a Russian military hospital, Sebastopol, during the Crimean War. Dated 19th century
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France (1901). Soldier saving a couple. Illustration by Domani from 'Le Petit Journal' (March 3rd, 1901).
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The Revolt of the Comuneros or War of the Communities of Castile, 1520-1521. Uprising by citizens of Castile against the rule of Charles V and his administration. Juan Lopez de Padilla (1490-1521), Juan Bravo (c. 1483-1521) and Francisco Maldonado (1480-1521), leaders of the revolt, executed in Villalar de los Comuneros in 1521. Execution of the Comuneros of Castile. Illustration after a painting by Gisbert. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume III. Madrid, 1890.
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"You will die!, said the bandit, because you are a spy for the Squadrons of Catalonia" (Mossos d'Esquadra). Engraving. Historia de las Escuadras de Cataluña, 1876.
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Heimkehr der Bürger von Bernau nach dem Sieg über die Hussiten im Jahre 1432, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus 19. Jahrhund...
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A FRIENDLY POWER IN EGYPT' The Welsh Regiment (Late 41st) marching through the Metwali Gate in the Main Street of the native part of Cairo
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Tuileries in 1792, Paris, France, National Guard and Federe / Tuileriensturm 1792, Paris, Frankreich, Nationalgardist und Federe, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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1800S 1850S October 1859 Colonel Robert E Lee'S Marines Breaking Into Engine House Harper'S Ferry Wv Capturing John Brown And Insurgent Abolitionists
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The arrest of Francis Rakoczi II, Chief of Hungary and Voievode of Transylvania
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ENTRY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES INTO JAMMU WITH THE MAHARAJAH OF KASHMIR, INDIA, 1876
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Warriors from SAMNIUM, in central Italy (roughly today's Abruzzi) ; they were enemies of the Romans until conquered circa 290 BC, and frequently figure in Roman history
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Middle Ages. Judgement of God. Trials by means of duels and combats to elucidate who was the possessor of the truth or to be right. Each side chose a champion to act on their behalf. The winner was proclaimed the possessor of the truth. Both sides out of their pavilions, ready to do their duty at the voice of the marshal who received the gauntlet. Duel between two knights using handled swords. Engraving from a miniature of "Cérémonies des Gages de Bataille", 15th century. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à L'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.
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François Joseph Westermann (1751-1794). General de Brigade during the French Revolution. He played a leading role in the overthrow of the French monarchy on 10 August 1792, where he commanded a unit of fédérés (federates) in the attack on the Tuileries Palace. Rejoining the army, he accompanied General Charles François Dumouriez in his campaigns with the Army of the North and the Army of the Ardennes, and assisted him in his negotiations with the Duke of Brunswick. He served under Dumouriez in the invasion of the Netherlands, although he was arrested for treason as an accomplice after Dumouriez's desertion in April 1793. Denounced by Jean-Paul Marat to the National Convention, Westermann succeeded in proving his innocence and was sent with the rank of brigadier general to quell the revolt in the Vendée. Westermann striking Marat's back with his sabre, an incident that took place in the streets of Paris. Chromolithography by Vicente Giné. "Los Girondinos" (Revolucion Francesa) (The Giro
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Nelson wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October, 1805. A naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy.
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The departure of Willem V to England, January 17, 1795..
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Engraving depicting Green's balloon landing in the sea. Dated 19th Century
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A side street after the surrender at Sedan, France, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign, Europe
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Gambetta proclaims the end of the Empire and the birth of the Third Republic.
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France, 1575-1650. Henry III, Henry IV, Louis XIII. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France
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Turkey, 1821-25. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Turkey
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French wounded receiving medical attention at the rear, 1915. World War I, France, 20th century.
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German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Plundering of St. Blasien/German Peasants' War, sack of St. Blasien, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored
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The general of the Spanish army Arsenio Martinez Campos (1821-1910) reading to the Moroccan sultan the bases of the new treaty between Spain and Morocco in 1894. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894
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Nobles renounce their privileges Date: 4 August 1789
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General Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko entering the city of Sofia, 1878. Detail. Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, 19th century.
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The king and his army come out to admire Gulliver. Date: First published: 1726
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Columbus refuses to take orders from the Portuguese admiral. Date: 1493
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The Quidam Association of old Royal Navy sailors meeting in a pub. Wounded veterans drunk on punch in The Jolly Sailor, some with wooden legs, crutches, eyepatches. Jack Rattlin stands on the table recounting Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by George Cruikshank from Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by An Old Sailor (Matthew H. Barker), published by James Robins, London, 1826.
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Italian troops protecting Christian women disembarked in Chania, Crete, Greece, drawing by Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIV, No 25, June 20, 1897.
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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'Visions de guerre sur le front russe; tout le monde ne dort pas dans notre petite chambre….', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".
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Irish Soldiers in the Service of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, 1631; Black and White Illustration;
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The messenger of love, a monk and a soldier meet, and the soldier asks the priest to pass on a letter / Der Liebesbote, ein Mönch und ein Soldat treffen sich, und der Soldat bittet den Pater, einen Brief weiterzugeben, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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A game of chess using people (dressed as soldiers) as pieces, is played at the home of the American millionaire George J. Gould. Date: 1904