Historical Military Events

Engravings illustrate significant historical military events, including the French Revolution and British treatment of POWs, depicting the evolving nature of warfare.

British "Civilization" - How the English treat Prisoners of War - Blowing Sepoys from guns in India, 1857

French Revolution. Flight to Varennes (20-21 June 1791). King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family were arrested at Varennes on 21 June 1791 as he tried to reach the Royalist stronghold of Montmédy. Back from Varennes the royal family was brought back to Paris on 25 June 1791, escorted by the National Guard and armed people. The royal family returning to Paris after their arrest in Varennes. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Hebert. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1867). Belgian artist.

French Revolution. Flight to Varennes (20-21 June 1791). King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family were arrested at Varennes on 21 June 1791 as he tried to reach the Royalist stronghold of Montmedy. Back from Varennes the royal family was brought back to Paris on 25 June 1791, escorted by the National Guard and armed people. The royal family returning to Paris after their arrest in Varennes. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Hebert. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

British "Civilization" - How the English treat Prisoners of War - Blowing Sepoys from guns in India, 1857

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). The Germans at Courcelles, according to a sketch by O. Fikentscher. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

On the artillery cup, warehouse discussion in leisure time, maneuver around 1898, Germany, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated 1f-4898401

DESFILE ANTE EL CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS - 1869. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Franco-Prussian War. Napoleon III surrendering to King Wilhelm I of Prussia after being defeated. 2 September 1870. Illustration by T. Padró. Engraving by Sadurní. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Padró (1840-1877). Spanish artist. Celestino Sadurní (c. 1830-1896). Spanish engraver.

Historia de España. Disturbios en el país vasco en contra de la firma del Tratado de Valençay en diciembre de 1813. Grabado de 1880.

Attack on the Quirinal in Rome, Italy, 16 November 1848, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, E...

Spain. Madrid. Uprising of May 2, 1808. Murat ordered Don Antonio, president of the Junta, to move to Bayonne with Infante Don Francisco de Paula. The citizens flocked to the Palace Square to prevent the march of the Infante. A French battalion cleared the square causing several casualties. Illustration by Vierge, engraving. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869.

España. Barcelona. Costumbres populares. Fiesta de San Antón. Grabado de 1860. Author: Ramon Puiggarí.

Arrival of Napoleon at the Tuileries on the evening of 20 March 1815, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

GUERRA CARLISTA. TERCERA GUERRA CARLISTA. ( 1872 - 1876 ). REINADO DE AMADEO I O AMADEO DE SABOYA. " SORPRESA DE REUS POR LA PARTIDA DE FRANCESCH , AÑO 1872 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Escape of the inhabitants during a bombardment of Ruse, also transliterated as Rousse, Russe or Rustchuk, Bulgaria, military officers revolted in Ruse, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical, 1886, Reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical, Europe

Arrival of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Portsmouth from the Ashanti expedition. The second Ashanti War fought between,1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Date: 28 March 1874

Auguste Marmont, Duke of Ragusa (1774-1852) funeral, Chatillon-sur-Seine, France, illustration by Janet Lange, engraving by Best, Hotelin and Co, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 485, Volume XIX, June 12, 1852.

Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orleans, acclaimed by the people of Paris as he rides through their streets on his way to the Hotel de Ville. History of France,

Binger, Charles, Springer, Cornelis, Netherlands, Kesteren, Christiaan Lodewijk van, Attack by the Anabaptists on Amsterdam, 1535, Soldiers and militia storm the Anabaptist-occupied city hall of Amsterdam, May 11, 1535., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical Plates, height 156 mm, width 234 mm, 1832-08-09 - 1897-06-25, print maker, printmaker, 1853 - 1861, third quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Dutch, 1817-05-25 - 1891-02-20, after a design by, 1830-02-25 - 1916, printer, drukker

Street fight in Le Mans on January 12th, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

THE FENIAN TRIALS AT MANCHESTER

Francois Henriot (1761-1794) dispersed the crowd with sabers, Paris. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Barricade in the boulevard Montmartre, Paris, erected in the course of the rioting. Date: June 1869

Eugene Collache being led to his execution, Japan. An adventure in Japan by Eugene Collache, 1868-1869

French Revolution, an armed uprising or rebellion against the existing civil or political authority, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century...

Illustration depicting a bare-knuckle fight between two young men, held on the bank of the Thames below. Dated 19th century

Entry of French commanders to Rzmu by Porta Pia; Janet, Ange Louis (1815-1872); 1870 (1848-00-00-1848-00-00);The French, Porta Pia (Rome), Risorgimento, Event, Rome (Italy), Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, barricades, women, men, officers, carriages, French drawings, entrances, soldiers

Burning of Jaques de Molay, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878). King of Sardinia and Italy. Entrance of Victor Emmanuel II in Naples. From a sketch by M. Secchi. Engraving by Carbonneau in Univers Illustre, 1863.

Arrest of the conspirators of the Queen-Blanche Street.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: GERMAN CAVALRY ATTACKED BY THE FRENCH, AT NIEDERBRONN, 1870

Crusade against the Cathars (1209-1244). Entrance into Avignon of King Louis VIII of France (1187-1226) and the papal legate, Cardinal Romanus of Sant'Angelo, on 12 September 1226. The city had just capitulated after a three-month siege. Engraving after a miniature in "Chroniques de Hainaut", 1446-1448. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

The triumphal procession of the Emperor and his troops through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on 16 June 1871, Franco-Prussian War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not known

The Prince Consort laying the foundation-stone of the new General Post Office at Edinburgh, 1861. 'The route from Holyrood Palace to the site of the Post Office, immediately opposite the Register House, was lined by the military and several companies of volunteers...The principal streets were gaily decorated with flags...and densely thronged with spectators...his Royal Highness was received with the utmost enthusiasm by the assembled crowd...His Royal Highness said: "I rejoice with you on the increased facilities of communication by letter which have rendered necessary the erection of

Alfonso XII (1857-1885). King of Spain (1875-1885). Madrid, 25 October 1878. First attempt on Alfonso XII's life. Juan Oliva Moncusí (1855-1879), a young cooper, fired a pistol shot at the king in calle Mayor (Main Street), as he was parading through the streets of Madrid when he returned from his journey to the North of Spain. The King was unharmed by the attack. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1878. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish painter and illustrator. Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

Arrival of Royal Family in Paris on June 25, 1791

'The coup d'etat, lancers charging the crowd in the boulevards of Paris', 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Garibaldi's march through Calabria.

Engraving depicts an attack on the banking house of MM. Leon and Dreher, Paris. Dated 1870

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 refugees from Neuilly in Paris contemporary wood engraving,

The barrack camp for the heavily wounded soldiers in Sulz, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe

THE TURKO-SERVIAN WAR, PRINCE MILAN AND STAFF SALUTING THE SACRED FLAG OF RUSSIA, VILLAGE OF SEMENDRIA, READING ACCOUNTS OF THE LAST BATTLE, ENGRAVING 1876

Vigilantes in San Francisco hang John Jenkins, accused of unacceptable misbehavior. Date: 1851

Capture of Pont-Noyelles at the Battle of Querrieux on December 23rd, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Procession of the League of Sixteen, 25 January 1588, The Sixteen, also called the Council of Sixteen and the Faction of Sixteen, is the name of a cou...

English goods sold or burned, vintage engraving. English goods sold or burned, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656372

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, depiction of the arrest of Adamites in the 16th Century

PROCLAMATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SEINE, AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE, PARIS

General Chanzy is assaulted by the crowd and imprisoned by the Communards ; hoever, he will be released after a few days and survive the Commune. Date: 1871

General McClellan taking leave of his Army, November 10, 1862

Land League demonstration at Limerick is broken up by the police.

The Entry of King Henry IV into Paris, 29 March 1594, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

'BRAVO, ETON!'

The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: officers returning from the banquet at the Hotel de Ville - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865. 'On the Thursday night the festivities were brought to a close by a ball at the Hotel de Ville...The supper was on a profuse scale of hospitality, though certainly not more than half the visitors partook of it, for most of the officers, English and French, were anxious to get on board early, not knowing at what hour next day the fleet would sail. Fortunately, the night was still and calm, and all were enabled to reach their ships with ease and sa

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Raid of Schladming, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Entry of King William I of Prussia in Versailles on 5 October, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Parade of Dutch military and political leaders, 1650-1675, 1826 - 1863 print Dutch greatness. Procession of Dutch military and political leaders, ca. 1650-1675. Procession through the streets of a Dutch city of a procession with in front soldiers with the flag of the VOC followed by sea heroes including De Ruyter and Tromp, other drivers, soldiers and riders. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Utrecht paper military parade, pageant. festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities)

Interior of the Napoleon barracks, April 23, at the time of the departure of the 84th for Toulon. (IT)

Street fighting breaks out in Geneva between the independents and the authorities in regard to the city's religious status.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: THE DEPARTURE, 1870

HISTORIA DE FRANCIA , SIGLO XIX. NAPOLEON I BONAPARTE. EMPERADOR FRANCES. 1768 - 1821. LECTURA DE LA CONSTITUCION EL 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1848. GRABADO DE L lILLUSTRATION.

Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by 'petroleuses' - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Daniel Defoe is standing in the pillory while soldiers have to restrain crowds from throwing flowers at him. Wood engraving.

Days of 1848 (TF)

Plevna, now known as Pleven, Bulgaria. Recovering the dead after the Siege of Plevna, 1877, during the Russo-Turkish war 1877 to 1878. From a 19th century illustration.

geography/travel Russia Decembrist revolt 14.12.1825 decembrists at Senate Square St. Petersburg drawing after painting by Karl Kohlmann (1786 - 1846),

Procession with the liberated prisoners of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, French Revolution, Paris, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction o...

The Invasion of France Plate 1' cartoon engraving by William Hogarth 1756.

Osman Nuri Pasha, also Gazi Osman Pasha (1832-1900). Ottoman Turkish field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877. Osman Nuri Pasha is received at entering at the Ministry of War. Constantinople, 1862. Engraving. 19th century.

Els Tres Tombs. Grabado siglo XIX. Biblioteca de Cataluña.

Spain. Catalonia. Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814). The city of Manresa opposed much resistance to French occupation. Between 1810 and 1812, the French Imperial Army carried out five incursions on the city. From 16 March to 4 April 1810, a significant French contingent under the command of General Schwartz entered Manresa. On 5 November, they carried out a punitive operation in the town, setting fire to and looting houses. On 30 March 1811, the most serious events occurred in occupied Manresa. General Macdonald's troops ransacked houses, set fire to around forty buildings and executed six citizens. French excesses in Manresa. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

Taking a barricade, rue Saint-Maur (...) (IT)

The Imperial Durbar at Delhi, India, on 1 January 1877 (1908). Artist: Unknown.

Monsieur de la Fayette camp help in the middle of bullets to fulfill his mission with the king 5th event of October 5, 1789: Monsieur's camp aid from La Fayette passed through the bullets to fulfill his mission to the king ".

Burying the dead at Plevna or Pleven after the taking of the city during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

Execution of Gordon the slave-trader. Execution of Nathaniel Gordon.. Prints. 1862-03-08. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Slavery, Slave trade, Executions, Slave traders

ALFONSO XII. REY DE ESPAÑA. MADRID 1857 - 1885. OVACION A LOS REYES AL DIRIGIRSE A LA BASILICA DE ATOCHA EL DIA SIGUIENTE DEL ATENTADO , ( 26/10/1878 ). GRABADO COLOREADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Illustration depicting the entrance of French soldiers into Madrid during the Peninsular War (18071814) 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

Her Majesty's return - Weedon Station, 1844. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert return to London by train after their stay at Burghley House. 'At the town and station of Weedon great numbers of people had collected. The military...lined the road, and there was a guard of honour...under the command of Captain Gordon. The Marquis of Exeter, who had arrived previously, and Sir Henry Dryden, the high sheriff of the county, were at the station to receive her Majesty. At a quarter past two the approach of her Majesty to the station was announced by the elevation of the Royal standard, and in a fe

Inspection of the Royal Sappers and Miners at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, by Sir John Burgoyne, 1856. 'More than ordinary interest attached to the occasion, from the presence of Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.B., R.E., Inspector-General of Fortifications, who directed in person the military evolutions of the day. After reviewing the troops on the lines above St. Mary's, the whole of the Royal Corps of Engineers were paraded in the Barrack-square, Brompton; when their kits and accoutrements underwent a minute inspection by the gallant General, attended by his staff, Colonel Savage, a

PRIMERA REPUBLICA 1873-1874. ESPAÑA. LEVANTAMIENTO CANTONAL 1874. " LOS SOLDADOS DE IBERIA CONFRATERNIZAN CON LA MARINERIA EN CARTAGENA ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Residents hail the government troops as they advance through the streets of Paris. Date: end of May 1871

Entry of Louis VIII, King of France, and of Cardinal St. Angelo, the Pope's Legate, upon the 12th of September, 1226, into Avignon, which had just capitulated after a three months siege

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of Buzenval (Mount Valerien) near Versailles 19 Jan 1871. Garde National marching to the battle and defeat. From a series of lithographs by Clement August Andrieux on the Gardes Nationales.

On January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace. Victorious Prussian soldiers on horseback enter Paris. Date: 1871

Revolutionary soldiers attack council offices in Kaluga southwest of Moscow. Painting by V. Shcheglov.

THE RIOT AT STOCKPORT

Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) meeting with Francisco Pizarro (1487-1541) in Toledo (1529), after returning from his first expedition to Peru. Engraving by Vela after a painting by Angel Lizcano. La Ilustracion Espan~ola y Americana, 1881.

The return of the French King Louis XVI. from Varennes to Paris on June 25, 1791, woodcut, France, Europe

AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES

Looting the house of Libry-Bagnano, 1830; La Maison de Mr. Libry-Bagnano, Dans La Nuit du 25 au 26 août 1830; Prints added to the EVÉTELENS series de Bruxelles, Anvers (...) (1831). Plundering the Publisher's House George Libry, Count of Bagnano, in Brussels In the night of 25 on 26 August 1830. Part of a group of prints from various other series related to the records in recueil about the events during the Belgian revolution In Brussels, Antwerp and other cities in the period 25 August 1830 to 27 March 1831.

Battle on the Confederate ironclad floating battery during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12-13, 1861. The scene shows the soldiers handling the cannon balls and propellant powder bags (BSLOC_2018_6_108)

General Pavia (1828-1895) Dismissing the Cortes, Spain, 1874. Coup D'Etat which led to the First Republic

Arrival of French Prisoners of War in Berlin, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Bread riot at the entrance to the House of Commons, London, England, 1815. Public uprising against the Corn Laws which were taxes on imported grain introduced in 1815. From Cassell's Illustrated Hi

Betters at the regatta in Le Havre, France, illustration by Jules Worms from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 705, Volume XXVII, August 30, 1856.

Franco-Prussian War: soldiers using the new army filter-van. Wood engraving.

THE RENDEZVOUS AT HORGHEIM, UNDER THE TROKTINDER, NORWAY

THE IRISH LAND AGITATION, 1881: Going out to dinner, irritation, Irish landlords at peace

Second Event of July 14, 1789 - The Governor of Bastille Delaunay after having lowered the 1st Pont-Levis and lets you enter a large number of citizens in the first yard makes them shooting Jean-Fran�ois Janinet (1752-1814). "Second event of July 14, 1789 - The Governor of Bastille Delaunay after bringing down the 1st deck-levis and let in a large number of citizens in the first courtyard makes them shoot". Engraving.

Brother Warren, an American Mason, is killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June, and is subsequently treated to a Masonic funeral, processing through the streets of Boston Date: June 1775

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