Historical Military Events

Dramatic scenes from pivotal battles like Yorktown and Waterloo, depicting military leaders, soldiers, and intense battlefield action with vibrant colors and historical attire.

Siege of Yorktown, 17th October 1781 c1837 Auguste Couder (1790-1873 French) Gallerie des Batailles. Versailles

American Revolution. Siege of Yorktown. Generals Rochambeau and Washington give the final orders to attack the strongholds, Redoubt #9 and Redoubt #10 held by British army at Yorktown, Oct. 14, 1781 (BSLOC_2019_3_183)

The Battle of Waterloo, Jan Willem Pieneman, 1824 painting The Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. View of the battlefield when the English commander Wellington hears that Prussian help is on the road. The wounded Willem, Prince of Orange, is taken to the left in the foreground. The commanders and other officers on horseback are in the middle, in the foreground injured and dead soldiers. The fights are raging on the battlefield in the background. Furthermore (including): Lieutenant-General Lord Uxbridge, Sir Rowland Hill, Staff Colonel Sir William Delancey, Major-General George Cooke, Colonel Harvey, Colonel Campbell. Lieutenant General Don Miquel de Alava, Lieutenant-Colonel F.C. Ponsonby, Major William Thornhill, Jean Victor, Baron de Constant de Rebeque, Colonel Sir John Elley, Lieutenant-Colonel Abson, Major General A.K.J.G. d'Aubremé, captain ABERSON, Captain H. Repel, Colonel H. Detmers, Major J.L.D. van der Smissen, Colonel J. Colborne, Lieutenant Colonel Jhr. W.F. Boreel. Lieute

Siege of Yorktown, 17th October 1781 c1837 Auguste Couder (1790-1873 French) Gallerie des Batailles. Versailles

LLEGADA DE NAPOLEON AL GOLFO DE JOUAN EL 1ºMARZO DE 1815 CON SU EJERCITO TRAS EMBARCAR EL 26 FEBRERO. Location: MUSEE CARNAVALET. France. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) NAPOLEON I.

Entrance of the Allies into Paris - March 31, 1814

The left wing of the British Army in action at the Barrle of Waterloo - June 18, 1815

The Rebels executing their Prisoners on the Bridge at Wexford'

Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo: June 18th 1815

Military Scene: Landing Troops and Guns., 1801. (1914). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

French Army. Dragoon regiment (armoured calvary) and infrantry. Engraving, 19th century.

George Washington at the Battle of the Monongahela, July 9, 1755, during the French and Indian War, when Colonel Washington was under the command of British General Edward Braddock. The British and A

Siege of Yorktown on September 19, 1781 1840 Auguste Couder (1790-1873 French) Palace of Versailles, France

Napoleons army pulls off again, 1815; That Grosse Nation Hat Ihren Gross Kaiser Wieder und hides auf grosse eröberungen aus. Cartoon in which his army travels after the return of Napoleon in France. Napoleon standing on a hill, with globe in hand, gives orders to his adjutant. On the left, Napoleons Mameluke bodyguard Roustam Raza pulls his saber. In the foreground a more conventional procession of general marches with donkeys. In the caption two verses of seven rules in German, spoken by the emperor.

General Miguel Visiting the Barricades in Madrid, in July 1854. Madrid, private collection. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. DUQUE DE SAN MIGUEL. EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL (1785-1862). EVARISTO FERNANDEZ SAN MIGUEL (1785-1862). EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL (1785-1862) GENERAL SAN MIGUEL.

Battle scene: Wincenty Krasi Polkowski, Józef Tadeusz (1820-1895); 1857 (1857-00-00-1857-00-00);Kozietulski, Jan Leon (1778-1821), Kozietulski, Jan Leon (1778-1821)-iconography, Krasiński, Wincenty (1782-1858), Krasiński, Wincenty (1782-1858)-iconography, Somosierra, Battle of Somosierra (1808) , battles, horses, copies, uniforms, Napoleonics, romanticism (style), battle scenes, scenes against the background of landscape, multi -stone scenes, Napoleonic wars, soldiers

General Charles Cornwallis' surrender after the Battle of York Town, 1781, 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.

Running the gauntlet, Anonymous

France, 1810 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

The Death of General Colbert, c. 1809/1810. Victor Schnetz (French, 1787-1870). Oil on fabric; unframed: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.).

Execution of Marie Antoinette, on the place of the Revolution. (IT)

Taken of the Babylon barracks in July 1830 Attributed to Jean-Victor Adam, says Victor Adam (1801-1866). Taken from the Babylon barracks in July 1830. Drawing.

Washington as Captain in the French & Indian War Junius Brutus Stearns (1810-1885/American)

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson(1758-1805)is struck and killed on board the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Date: 21st October 1805

The Battle at Bunker Hill near Boston, June 17, 1775 by John Trumbull (1756-1843). Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War

Charles Benazech (1767-1794). "Execution of Louis XVI", (January 21, 1793), around 1793. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 23809-10 Bourbon, Confessor, Echafaud, Execution, crowd, Revolutionary guard, guillotine, climb, dead pain, people, place, French revolution, king France

Battle of Liepsic, October 29, 1813

LA ARMADA WELLINGTON EN WATERLOO - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. LONDON. ENGLAND. ARTHUR COLLEY (1769-1852) DQ DE WELLINGTON.

unknown artist, The Victorious Battles of the Immortal Prince, John Duke of Malborough. The Battle of Blenheim... Hand-colored engraving on laid paper.

France (1815). Napoleon returning from the Elba Island on 5th March 1815. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus_e Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

The Imperial Parade on Longchamp near Paris on March 3, 1871, France / Die Kaiserparade auf Longchamp bei Paris am 3. März 1871, Frankreich, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Battle of Gujrat, Second Anglo-Sikh War, 21 February 1849 Battle of Gujrat, Second Anglo-Sikh War, 21 February 1849 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21664854

Cossack Bivouac, 1813, Louis Moritz, c. 1813-14, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. Resting soldiers and horses, with few soldiers around a kneeling woman who begs for mercy (BSLOC_2016_2_218)

William III (1650-1702), King of Great Britain, The Protestant William at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland where he defeated supporters of the deposed Roman Catholic James II, John Leech, (1817-1864 British) , Hand-coloured wood engraving

The return of the royal family from Varennes, June 25, 1791, engraving. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26,1776. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Napoleon's army goes back to battle, 1815, Johann Michael Voltz, after Gottfried Schadow, 1815 print Cartoon in which after the return of Napoleon in France his army goes to battle again. Napoleon standing on a hill, with globe in hand, gives orders to his adjutant. On the left Napoleon's Mamelukse Lijfwacht Roustam Raza pulls his saber. In the foreground, a ridiculous procession of General with donkeys is marching. In the caption two verses of seven lines in German, spoken by the emperor. print maker: Germanypublisher: Neurenberg paper etching marching away (troops). slavery; serfs and the enslaved

King George III inspecting the regiment of the Prince of Wales, George III. William Frederick, George William Frederick, 4 June 1738 to 29 January 1820, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1801, then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death, Painting by James Ward, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The Night of 9 to 10 Thermidor An II - Arrest of Maximilian Robespierre, 1794 Jean-Joseph-Fran�ois Tassaert (1765-1835) and Fulchran-Jean Harriet (1765-1805). The night of 9 to 10 thermidor year II. Arrest of Maximilian Robespierre, 1794. Water-strong in color.

Przeszoc Przyszoci unknown

Watercolor and pen drawing by Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kobell showing Austria-Hungarian hussars in front of their tent, executed in black-gray pen with white brush highlights over pencil, dated 1794.

battle of Vitoria, engraving, Álava Armory Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain

The Recruiting Sergeant; Watercolour. 1770. painted by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, born 1733 - died 1794

ZYNE Royal Highness Willem Prince of Orange in the Romanians Battle of Waterloo, on the 18th Junij 1815, injured at the moment of victory / Son Altesse Royale Guillaume Prince d'Orange (...). The Prince of Orange is injured during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Central the prince on horseback that grabs his shoulder, his staff rushes. On the left a dragonder comes with the conquered French standard on which the Namur Austerlitz, Jena and Wagram. In the foreground on the right an injured Scottish soldier.

Battle of Maida - July 4th, 1806

Italy. Modena, 1625-1765. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Guerra de la independencia. Año 1808. Saqueo e incendio de Montserrat en julio de 1812.

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856: Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854. 26,000 troops under Raglan, 24,000 French under St Arnaud. French command with advancing infantry. Lithograph published Paris c1860

Imperial hunting in Gödöllő. Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), painter

American Revolution. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Winter 1777. George Washington and Lafayette stand by troops huddled together for warmth near an outdoor fire at Valley Forge, Winter 1777-78 (BSLOC_2019_3_128)

Battle of Lawfeld, 2 July 1747

Three Armed Riders Escorting Prisoners near Reims. Dated: 1825. Dimensions: sheet: 27.9 x 33.7 cm (11 x 13 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and gray ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite, wiht borderlines in pen and black ink, on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PETER VON HESS.

The battle of Solferino took place on June 24, 1859, in the town of Solferino in Italy. The Austrian army, under the command of Francisco José I

France, 1810 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

CASADO DEL ALISAL, Jos_ (1832-1886). Surrender of Bail_n. 1864. Central detail. Surrender of the French troops (19th July 1808) to the Spanish ones whose leader was General CastaÐos. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

French Revolucionary Wars. Advance of French general Jean-Charles Pichegru army. 1973. Rhine front. Engraving, 19th century.

WASHINGTON Y ROCHAMBEAU PREPARAN BATALLA FINAL EN YORKTOWN EN 1781 - PINTADO EN 1836 - ROMANTICISMO FRANCES. Author: AUGUSTE COUDER. Location: MUSEO PALACIO. Versailles. France.

Cup of State of 18-19 Brumaire An VIII: Bonaparte threatened by the members of the Council of Five Hundred, Saint Cloud, November 9, 1799 Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). 18-19 Brumaire An VIII COUP: Bonaparte threatened by the members of the Council of Five Hundred, Saint Cloud, November 9, 1799. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

CANADA : FRENCH RESISTANCE Le chevalier de Levis, Montcalm's successor, defies the English and refuses to surrender, but eventually the French agree to British terms Date: summer 1760

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military and political. Emperor of French from 1804-1815. Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1814. Engraving.

Russia, 1843. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Norway and Sweden, 1864. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Norway, Sweden

Hunting Scene: The Meet The Belvoir Hunt: The meet, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British

Cortes' Victory Over the Indians of Tepeaca & the Foundation of Segura de la Frontera 18th C. Artist Unknown Oil on canvas Museo de Americas, Madrid, Spain

William I., in German - Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27 September 1781 - 25 June 1864, was King of Wuerttemberg and Vincent, Count Benedetti, 29 April 1817 - 28 March 1900, was a French diplomat, both in Ems on July 13, 1870 / Wilhelm I., auf Deutsch - Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, 27. September 1781 - 25. Juni 1864, war König von Württemberg und Vincent, Graf Benedetti, 29. April 1817 - 28. März 1900, war ein französischer Diplomat, beide am 13. Juli 1870 in Ems, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Capture of General La Vega by the gallant Captain May, at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, May 9th, 1846 during the USA Mexican War

Kristian IV of Denmark & Norway defeats the Swedes at Femeren, leading his men in the thick of the fighting despite terrible wounds.

Catalonia, Spain. Peninsular War (1808-1814). Siege of Tarragona (1811). It confronted the French troops under the command of General Suchet against the Spanish troops led by Juan Senén de Contreras, military governor of the city. The fighting took place between 5 May and 29 June 1811, ending with the French occupation of the city. Tarragona remained under French control until Suchet's retreating on 13 August 1813. "She struck him a terrible blow to the head". Chromolithography. El Grito de Independencia (The scream for independence), by Carlos Mendoza. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Francia. Cuerpo de bomberos de la ciudad de París. "Más rápido que esto, las bombas!... Ilustración a color de la "Armeé Française, Nos Soldats" (Ejército Francés, Nuestros Soldados). Autor, Eugene Hennebert (1826-1896). París, h. 1890. Ilustración firmada por Hussenot y Pallandre. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona, Cataluña, España.

Italian Unification (1859). Meeteng between Francis Joseph I and Napoleon III before the Conference of Villafranca. Litography.

Louis XVIII threatens to attack Spain, 1823, William Heath, 1823 print Cartoon in which the French king Louis XVIII threatens to attack the Spanish king Ferdinand VII, 1823. print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper etching challenging the enemy. political caricatures and satires Spain

Netherlands, 1821 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

NAPOLEON VISITA EL CAMPO DE BOLONIA 1804. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) NAPOLEON I.

Taking the door St Denis, July 28, 1830. (IT)

French and Indian War. The Death of French General Louis-Joseph Montcalm at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Sept. 13, 1759 (BSLOC_2019_3_27)

American Revolution. 'The Death of General Mercer at Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777.' by John Trumbull. Scottish born Hugh Mercer was a veteran of the French and Indian War and a friend of George Washington. Unhorsed in the battle, he was mortally wounded after drawing drew his sword to resist capture. Behind Mercer, Washington enters the scene to lead the final charge of the victorious battle (BSLOC_2019_3_126)

Peninsular War. Battle of Bailen. 1808. Belligerents: France, Spain. Tiles. Square of Spanish. Seville. Spain.

The Prince of Orange Changing His Wounded Horse During The Engagement at Boutersem; The Prince of Orange, later King Willem II, Changing His Wounded Horse During The Battle of Bouterem, 12 August 1831. The replacement of the wounded horse of the Prince of Orange, the later king William II, during the fight at Boutersem, 12 August 1831. The prince stands in the midst of officers and soldiers with a leaving white horse. On the left a cannon, right a drum. Preliminary study for the painting from 1839, now in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

George Washington with his officers and his General Staff, December 1783. Drawing. American War of Independence, the United States, 18th century.

Austrian Soldiers. Artist: Wilhelm von Kobell (German, Mannheim 1766-1853 Munich). Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 19 1/2 in. (39 x 49.5 cm). Date: late 18th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

EDWARD III (1312-77), king of England from 1327. Shown here at battle of Crecy, 1346, during the HUNDRED YEARS WAR between England and France refusing to send aid to his son the Black Prince. Colour printed wood engraving circa 1860.

INFANTERIA AUSTRIAS SIGLO XVII L34. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Battle of Springfield (Give'em Watts) by John Ward Dunsmore, 1856-1945

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Soldiers Embarking, undated. Watercolor with pen and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Captain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage. Other midshipmen in wigs as Naiads blow horns. Another holds a rough iron hoop used as a shaving razor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitfords Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819.

Napoleon with his Staff, Charles Rochussen, c. 1840-50, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Napoleon I on horseback surrounded by his generals (BSLOC_2016_2_215)

Cavalcade of princes of the House of Orange and Nassau; 1. Front Row: Maurice (1567-1625); Philip William (1558-1618); Frederick Henry (1584-1647); 2. Second Row: William Louis (1560- 1632); Ernst Casimir (1573-1632) und Johann Ernst. after a painting from A. P. van de Venne By a follower of Adriaen van de Venne (circa 1660)

Battle of St Jean de Luz - December 10, 1813

Assault in Montevideo, 1807, print from a drawing by Lieutenant Jorge Robinson. British invasion of Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, 19th century.

The surrender of British General John Burgoyne to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, October 17, 1777, lithograph by Nathaniel Currier after painting by John Trumbull, 1852

The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19,1781. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

American Civil War 1861-1865: Raising the flag May 1861. US flag raised in Washington by Union patriots near the statue of Andrew Jackson. Union soldiers on the march led by two drummer boys. Coloured lithograph 1864.

John Trumbull (17561843) American painter (1756-06-06) The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunkers Hill, June 17,1775. Dated 1786. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breeds Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary

American Revolution. British General John Burgoyne's surrender after the Battlle of Saratoga on 17 October 1777. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amrique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Charles II's Halting at the Estate of Wema on the Rotte during his Journey from Rotterdam to The Hague, 25 May 1660, Johannes Lingelbach, 1650 - 1674

John Singleton Copley (1738 1815), The death of Major Peirsons, 1782-1784. France invaded Jersey in 1781. The garrison commander, Major Peirson, rejected led a successful counter-attack but was killed

Return of the royal family from Varenne, June 25, 1791. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Execution of Admiral John Byng, March 14, 1757, following defeat at the Battle of Minorca. Seven Years' War, England, 18th century.

The Dress Rehearsal, Military, Exercise and Manoeuvre in front of Convocation, 1787, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Meeting of Tsar Alexander I and Field Marshal Kutuzov in Płock after the seizure of Warsaw. unknown, graphic artist

A camp during the time of the 30 Years War. The painting is by PH Wouvermann (1619-1668) and is housed in the Royal Art Gallery in Dresden, Germany. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) began as a religious war, fought between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany. It developed into a political struggle between the Catholic Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire. Philips Wouverman (also spelled Wouwermann) (died 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes.

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