Historical Military Events

Engravings capturing significant historical military events and troop movements across Europe and America, highlighting key battles and royal ceremonies.

The Roman Legion returns with drums beating to Rome, after taking Velletri. Date: June 1849

Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814). Sitio de Tarragona (1811). Enfrentó a las tropas francesas al mando del general Suchet con las españolas dirigidas por Juan Senen de Contreras, gobernador militar de la ciudad. Los hechos tuvieron lugar entre el 5 de mayo y el 29 de junio de 1811, finalizando con la ocupación francesa de la ciudad. Tarragona permaneció bajo poder francés hasta la retirada de Suchet el 13 de agosto de 1813. Asalto de Tarragona. Ilustración por Francisco Pérez. Grabado. Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

Grand Entrée of Her Majesty into Cologne, 1845. Crowds line the streets as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ride through the city during a royal visit to Germany. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

The Roman Legion returns with drums beating to Rome, after taking Velletri. Date: June 1849

The troop entrance ceremony in Dresden on July 11, 1871, woodcut, Germany, Europe

The Invasion of Maryland - Citizens of Baltimore barricading the streets, Monday Evening, June 29th, 1863. USA Civil War

Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831-1900). Spanish military and politician. He pacified Cuba and held the position of Spanish Prime minister. The peace in Cuba. Havana. Triumphal entry of Martínez Campos on June 14, 1878, after the end of the Ten Years' War (1868-1878). Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Ovejero. Detail. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish artist. Andrés Ovejero. Spanish engraver.

The Emperor Meeting the Crimean Troops on the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856. '...a triumphal arch was erected near the Porte St. Martin Theatre. The facades of the theatres were all admirably decorated, and large standards and wreaths of tricolored flags were displayed along the entire route....the Emperor was received by the army with an enthusiasm difficult to be described. His Majesty contemplated them for an instant with an earnest gaze, and then, urging his horse to the central point from which the mass of troops diverged in a fanlike form...said: "My emotion is great; for with

Arrival of freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland after the USA Civil War, 1865

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). France. Aspect of the city of Marseille on receiving telegrams with news of the disasters at Sedan. Engraving by Ovejero. ""Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia"" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

FUNERAL OF SIR JOHN BURGOYNE AT THE TOWER

The taking of the Bastille, 14th July 1789.Engraved by Pannemaker-Ligny after De La Charlerie. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

During the last days of the Commune, Communards are forced to abandon their barricade in the Chaussee d'Antin, among the big department stores.

THE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS

politics Poland oppression by the Russians Russian Cossacks attacking demonstrators Warsaw 8.4.1861 contemporary wood engraving,

The Irish Famine, aka The Great Famine, the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, 1845 to 1852. Scene at the gate of a workhouse. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England.

Defeated Austrian troops in Mestre, October 27, 1848. First War of Independence, Italy, 19th century.

Franco-Prussian War: the wounded entering Paris after the Battle at Chatillon. Wood engraving by C.J.S.

Spiking the Guns on Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson before its evacuation December 26 1861. USA Civil War.

Protest of May 23, 1880 in Paris, from the Itaian Illustration of June 13, 1880. France, 19th century.

Torture of the Girondins October 13, 1793. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

THE GERMAN AUTUMN MANOEUVRES, 1883: ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND STAFF AT MERSEBURG

Engraving depicting General José de Palafox y Melci (1780-1847) Duke of Saragossa was an Aragonese general who fought in the Peninsular War. Dated 1808

Abduction of a barricade (IT)

Street fight in Le Mans on January 12th, France , Franco-German War 1870/71 / Straßenkampf in Le Mans am 12. Januar, Frankreich , Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

España. Madrid. Vicalvarada. Defensa de una barricada en la calle Mayor. Grabado de 1854.

Spain (1869). Glorious Revolution. Barcelona. Street riots in September 1869. Assault on the convent of Capucines. Image published in 'L'Illustration, Journal Universel' after the work by M. Risotto. Engraving.

The International Rifle Festival in Strasbourg in 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

The Germans in Paris: the line of demarcation, French and Prussian sentries, rue du Colisée, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. 'The approaches to the Place de la Concorde from the streets on its eastern side, which traverse the heart of Paris, as well as that from the southern quarter of Paris, by the bridge which crosses the Seine nearly opposite the Palais du Corps Legislatif, and the northern outlets from the Place de la Concorde, beyond the line of the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore, were closed by barricades and double lines of French and Prussian sentries...our Illustration shows the barrier

DEPARTURE OF PRISONERS FROM THE ABBAYE, AT PARIS

At the totalizer on the Charlottenburg racecourse, Germany, betting offices at the racecourse, 1887 / Am Totalisator auf dem Rennplatz von Charlottenburg, Deutschland, Wettbüros an der Pferderennbahn, 1887, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

The Battle of Ningpo was fought between British and Chinese forces in Ningpo, China, on 10 March 1842 during the First Opium War. The Chinese army was led by the Chinese Emperor's cousin. The British tricked the Chinese into thinking the city was deserted. The Chinese attackers rushed into the city, only to find mines laid in the streets. The Chinese attackers retreated as a result, but were ambushed by the British. It was a decisive victory for the British. After the British captured Chinhai on 10 October 1841, they captured the nearby city of Ningpo unopposed three days later. On 10 March, the Chinese dispatched Prince Yijing to muster forces and recapture the city but their attack was repelled by the British.

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 a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

DETENCIONES EN MASA A CARLISTAS MADRILEÑOS - 1872. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

24-year old Naples fisherman Tomasso Aniello (ka Masaniello) leads a revolt against the Spanish occupation. Sadly, he will be over-powered and executed. Date: 1647

Parrocel, Joseph, Le Bivouac, Military camp, verso lower left - stamped, A group of soldiers bivouac on a square in a city., print, prints, engravings, verso lower middle - stamped, height 89 mm, width 163 mm, French, 1646-10-03 - 1703-03-01, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1703, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Crowd scene drawn by A. Forestier during the arrival of Prince Albert Victor at Sheffield in 1885. Date: 11th July 1885

Bruining, Tieleman Cato, Netherlands, Nunnink, Albertus Anthonius, 1482, Jan van Schaffelaar, Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the tower, Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the tower of Barneveld, 16 July 1482., print, engraving, historical print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 352 mm, width 525 mm, Dutch, 1816-06-07 - 1895-02-17, print maker, printmaker, 1853 - 1855, paper, lithography (technique), 1801-03-20 - 1877-12-07, intermediary draughtsman

Departure of the Guard Grenadiers from Paris, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

The various estates paid homage to Prince Frederick William IV on 15 October 1840, today Huldigung, was a ritualised pledge of allegiance in medieval feudalism, digital improved file of an original 19th century print

Insurrection of the day of 13 Vendémiaire, year III, 5 October 1795. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

OPENING OF THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: RETURN OF THE CZAR TO ST. PETERSBURG FROM KISCHINEFF, 1877

Liberal revolutions of 1848. In 1848 troops led by Garibaldi and Mazzini occupied the Vatican. Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) fled Rome with the help of the Spanish, French and Bavarian ambassadors. On 18 February 1849, after the declaration of the Roman Republic on 9 February, the Pope asked for military aid from Spain, France, Austria and Naples. The French military expedition set sail from Marseille on 18 April 1849, under the command of General Oudinot de Reggio (1791-1863), disembarking in Civitavecchia on 25 April. Entry of French troops into Civitavecchia. Engraving by E. Buxó. Histoire de la Révolution de Rome. Tableau religieux, politique et militaire des années 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 et 1850 en Italie (History of the Revolution in Rome. Religious, political and military overview of the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 in Italy), by Alphonse Balleydier. Volume II. Tomás Gorchs Polytechnic Printing and Bookstore, Barcelona, 1857. Author: Esteban Buxó. 19th-century Spanish engrav

REVIEW OF TROOPS AT MOROCCO

French Revolution (1789-1799). Paris. Freedom for people imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, 1794. Drawing by H. Renaud. Engraving by Jonnard. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Political prisoners are transferred from the prison of San-Severo to that of Gradisca. Date: 1866

THE GRAND PROCESSION OF THE WELLINGTON STATUE, TURNING DOWN PARK LANE, 1846

Armament of the National Guard of Madrid, 1869, Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Great Regatta of Sevres on 17 May 1869, suburb of Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

GRABADO - COMBATE DE MAMARIA - CARLISTAS EXPULSADOS - S XIX.

Spain. Revolution of 1854 (Madrid, July). Burning the furniture of the house of Salamanca. Image published in 'La IlustraciÑn. PeriÑdico Universal'. Etching. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Madrid. Revolución de julio de 1854. Entrada del general Baldomero Espartero en Madrid. Grabado de 1854.

Das Barackenlager für die schwer verwundeten Soldaten in Sulz, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg oder Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870-1871, Historisch, dig...

Estados Unidos de América. Nueva York. Represión por la policia, de los huelguistas empleados de tranvias de la ciudad, el 4 de marzo de 1886. Grbado de epoca.

The Reception of the King of Prussia in Homburg, Wilhelm I. Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, German: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, 1797, 1888, from the House of Hohenzollern was King of Prussia between 1861 and 1888, Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe, Hesse, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Russian revolution February 1917: female workers, surrounded the soldiers in a tight ring

The Civil War, The destruction of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and the massacre of its inhabitants by the Rebel guerrillas, August 21, 1863. Woodcut ca. 1863

REVUELTA DE 1895 EN LIMOGES (FRANCIA).

The destruction of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and the massacre of its inhabitants by the Rebel guerrillas, August 21, 1863

Presidential elections - the ballot-boxes are taken to the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to be counted. Louis Napoleon will be the outright winner. Date: December 1848

The conveying of Australian gold from the East India docks to the Bank of England, London, c1888. Artist: Unknown

Armament of the National Guard of Madrid, 1869, Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Georges Cadoudal (1771-1804) French politician and leader of Chouannerie during French Revolution. Arrest in Paris. Engraving by Cupbe.

RUE's RO contains. (TI)

Queen Marie-Antoinette publicly drives torture in a dumper

THE WAR IN THE EAST, WITH THE TURKS

1860s BARBARA FRIETCHIE AGE 90 WAVING UNION FEDERAL FLAG AS CONFEDERATE TROOPS UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON PASS IN FREDERICK MD USA

Franco-Prussian War

People's anger in Alkmaar during the Cheese and Bread Revolt, 1492, Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1785, Revolt of the Cheese and Bread People at Alkmaar, 1492. Plundering of the house of the steward Klaas Korf and the beating to death of his servant. Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (signed by artist), 1783 - 1785, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 90 mm

The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856-1860.

Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore Pennsylvania 1861. Artist F.O.C. Darley

The execution of Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw in 1661, from a contemporary engraving. The heads are labelled 1, 2 and 3, circa 1661

Franco-Prussian War. 1870-1871. Conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussian. French troops taking trains in Paris. Engraving by Yon. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1870.

Inauguration of Marochetti's Statue of Her Majesty, at Glasgow, 1854. Unveiling of a bronze equestrian sculpture of Queen Victoria in St Vincent Place. 'The value of such ornamental works in improving taste and elevating the minds of the people was universally felt and acknowledged...the covering was removed, and the Statue...presented to the thousands assembled, who testified their admiration of the noble work of art by loud and reiterated cheers. The band of the Queen's Own and the Veteran Battalion then struck up the National Anthem, which was performed amidst the waving of hats and handker

Engraving depicting the Spanish declaration of war against the French. Dated 1807

Imperial French Army lay siege to a Spanish town during the Peninsula War 1810

The engineers' strike at Newcastle: arrival of foreign workmen, 1871. Dispute between '...journeymen "engineers," or rather machine-makers, and their employers...relating to a proposed reduction of the ordinary amount of labour, for the regular week's wages, from fifty-nine hours to fifty-four hours...The men would be disposed in most instances to work more hours, but would then expect to be paid an additional sum for working over time...The case on behalf of the employers has been...set forth by Mr. George Robert Stephenson and Sir William Armstrong...On the other side, great effo

Police and strikers clashing, Scranton, railroad strike in the United States of America, illustration by Baude from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1801, Volume LXX, September 1, 1877.

The Feast of the Confederation, Fête de la Fédération, is a festival held on the Field of Mars, Champ de Mars, in Paris on 14 July 1790 to mark the fi...

1860s FEBRUARY 1865 ENTRANCE OF THE 55th MASSACHUSETTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGIMENT INTO CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA USA

The Admiralty illuminated in celebration of the triumphant conclusion of the war in the Crimea. 1856

events revolutions of 1848 in the German states barricade in front of a district town hall in Berlin street fighting wood engraving after drawing by Otto E. Ian,

Reform of franchise: Police officers confronting Reform League demonstrators at Marble Arch, London, and attempting to prevent them entering Hyde Park, 1866. Engraving c1880.

The Twentieth United States colored troops receiving their colors on Union Square, March 5, 1864. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 March 19, p. 189, bottom. African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Military parades & ceremonies, New York (State), New York, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Jäcklein Rohrbach in Flein. Jakob Rohrbach (died 20 or 21 May 1525) was a leader of the peasants in the Peasants' War...

Reception of King Wilhelm I of Prussia at the Royal Palais in Berlin, July 15th 1870, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France

United States Volunteers attacked by the mob, corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets, St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by M. Hastings, Esq.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 231 (1861 June 1), p. 349 (botttom). Riots, Missouri, Saint Louis, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, Missouri, Saint Louis, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Excerpt from Neue Illustrirten Zeitung, born , Volume , No, To the fire of the Vienna Ringtheater, The Corpse transport during the fire, After, Wilhelm Gause -, Drawer, Angerer , Göschl, Xylographer

Polish uprising 1830 - 1831 insurgents storming the prison in Warsaw November 1831 Russian illustration after Dietrich,

Spain (1884). Barcelona. Explosion of a grenade at0 Rambla Santa MÑnica, at the doorway of Mr. Mas' shop (5th June 1884). Etching.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Anarchist attack on the street. Explosion of a grenade in Rambla de Santa Mónica. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1884.

War of Spain. The battle of Fort Trocadero, August 31, 1823 enshrines the victory of a French expeditionary force over the Spanish liberal revolutiona

Intrede van de beide Prinsessen Douarières in Den Haag, 1814.The coach with the two princesses customs (Wilhelmina van Prusses, the widow of Prince Willem V and her daughter Princess Louise, the widow of Karel van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) runs about the Spui in The Hague where it is welcomed by a cheering crowd, 9 January 1814. Printed on the back with verse about the bivouac of the Cossacks and numbered 343.

Quartering of soldiers in Bohemia, historical wood engraving, c. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date...

The attempt on the Czar's life: the Soltykoff Doorway of the Winter Palace, within which the explosion occurred, 1880. 'The murderous conspiracy of the Russian Nihilists against the life of the Emperor Alexander II. by the explosion of a charge of dynamite beneath the dining-saloon in the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, continues to be a subject of painful interest...It is believed that...the dynamite was placed in or on the stove of the room in the basement...General Todleben calculates that 144 lb. was used, and that 10 lb. more would have destroyed the dining-room...The effect of the explo

From the window of the mairie of the 10th arrondissement, Paris, Berryer protests against Napoleon's coup - but there's not much he can do to stop the take-over. Date: 2 December 1851

Paris - Siege de Paris - Arrest of a Prussian spy Arrest of a Prussian spy at the Boulevard des Italians (1870) ".

Riot in Philadelphia - June 7th 1844

GRABADO - ATENTADO CONTRA EL GENERAL PRIM EN CALLE DEL TURCO 27/12/1870 - ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. Author: MANUEL MIRANDA Y CAPUZ (S XIX) PINTOR. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. CONDE DE REUS. GENERAL PRIM. GENERAL JUAN PRIM Y PRATS (1814-1870).

Street fight for the St. Denis Gate during the June Revolution in Paris 1848, woodcut, France, Europe

Illustration depicting the entrance of an Empress into Dieppe, a coastal community in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France. 1850

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