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

Group of Student Deputation at the Monument to Frederick the Great in Berlin, Germany, on March 16, 1888 during the convict celebrations for Wilhelm I, original drawing by A. v. Roessler, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, Europe

The shooting of journalist Victor Noir by Pierre Napoleon sparks off popular unrest : the people cheer the National Guard in the Champs Elysees. Date: January 1870

The Carnival in Cologne, Germany, the carnival procession on Maidmarkt / Der Karneval in Köln, Deutschland, der Karnevalsumzug auf dem Maidmarkt, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

First Fire on the People by the Gendarmerie Place du Palais Royal on Wednesday, July 28

On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Siege of Plevna (20 July to 10 December 1877). Combats that took place between the joint army of Russia and the Kingdom of Romania against that of the Ottoman Empire. Recovering the dead after the siege. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume III. 1878.

Spanish Civil War: 19th July 1936, Republican soldiers defend the mountain headquarters near Madrid, by J. Valverde

Riots in Montreal, Canada, 1849, (1900). Artist: Unknown

MADRID. EXPLOSION DE UN ARMON DE ARTILLERIA A SU PASO POR LA PUERTA DEL SOL EL 19 DE JUNIO DE 1879. DIBUJO DE JUAN COMBA. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. MADRID PINTADO.

Guerra del Rosellón, también llamada Guerra de los Pirineos o Guerra de la Convención, (1793-1795). Conflicto entre la España de Carlos IV y la Primera República Francesa. Derribo de la Pirámide de Roncesvalles tras la ocupación de las tropas francesas. Se trababa de un antiguo monumento que la tradición de aquellos lugares reverenciaba por la derrota, verdadera o fabulosa, de los franceses en aquel valle bajo el emperador Carlomagno. En memoria de aquel suceso, los españoles habían levanatdo una pirámide en el campo de batalla. El ejército de los Pirineos Occidentales, conseguida una victoria sobre los españoles, vengaban esa antigua humillación. Grabado. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

This 1899 illustration shows: Burning of Chicago - Greatest Fire in History. The Great Chicago Fire wasa conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 810, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.

Samurai Train for Rebellion

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Murder in a church in Naarden, 1572, below - handwritten, Massacre by the Spanish troops under Don Frederik in a church in Naarden, December 1, 1572. Elaborate representation with a standing Spanish nobleman on the left, and soldiers with banners streaming into the church building on the right. Below the image a handwritten caption in French., print, image, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, Massacre que les Espagnols firent a Narde le 1.er decembre 1572, height 267 mm, width 332 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1677 - 1679, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, second quarter 18th century, tweede kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, ink, inkt, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), pen, Work conception, after own design by, 1730 - 1730

The Boston Massacre March 5 1770 After Alonzo Chappel from Life and Times of Washington Volume 1 published 1857

In return for French help in freeing Italy of the Austrians, Savoie and Nice are passed to French hands : French troops parade in the streets of Chambery,in Savoie.

The members of the fire companies drawing the Prince of Wales through Carleton; a suburb of St. John; New Brunswick.

Massacre of the Dominicans of Arcueil by the French troops, May 26, 1871, during the attack on the Paris Commune

Fleeing the French from Le Mans on the evening of 12 January, France , Franco-German War 1870/71 / Flucht vor den Franzosen aus Le Mans am Abend des 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.

Magistrate Anne de Bourg, a protestant, protests in parliament against Henri II's repression of protestants. He is arrested and executed on the place de Greve, Paris. Date: 23 December 1559

The March to Finchley Engraved by T E Nicholson after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

This 1899 illustration shows: Burning of Chicago - Greatest Fire in History. The Great Chicago Fire wasa conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8-10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.

Bengal lancers parading in front of Jeanne d'Arc statue in Orleans, France, Europe

Revolutions of Paris - Death of Louis XVI The revolutions of Paris - Death of Louis XVI, January 21, 1793 ", Anonymous Print.

anarchy and mayhem carried out by republicans during the Spanish Civil war. Propaganda illustration by Carlos Sáenz de Tejada

ESCENA DE LA REVOLUCION DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1868 - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the defending force concentrating at King William's Gate, 1869. View of a 'sham fight' - military exercises by British soldiers. 'The enemy then, uniting his entire force, prepared to assault the fortress, and attacked it throughout the whole length of its defences, his fleet redoubling their fire upon the seaward face of the defences...All engaged - the regular troops as well as the volunteers - seemed to enter into the afternoon's work before them in the best possible spirit'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.

GENERAL SCHENCK INSPECTING THE BLUE COAT BOYS AT CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, 1872 engraving

To Henry Hunt, Esquire, as chairman of the meeting assembled in St. Peter's Field, Manchester, sixteenth day of August, 1819, and to the female Reformers of Manchester and the adjacent towns who were exposed to and suffered from the wanton and fiendish attack made on them by that brutal armed force, the Manchester and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, this plate is dedicated by their fellow labourer, Richard Carlile:1 a coloured engraving that depicts the Peterloo Massacre (military suppression of a demonstration in Manchester, England by cavalry charge on August 16, 1819 with loss of life) in Manc

The disbanding parade of the Union Army - they march in triumph down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. Date: 24 May 1865

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT PORTSMOUTH

Discovery of the land mine buried by terrorists in Sadowaia Street after the assassination of Alexander II, St Petersburg, March 1881. Russia, 19th century.

Spain. 16th century. Revolt of the Comuneros (1550-1521). Maria Pacheco (1496-1531). Spanish Noble woman of the House of Mendoza. When her husband, the chief commoner Juan Lopez de Padilla, fell in the battle of Villalar, she took command and leaded the defence of the city of Toledo against the royalist forces of Charles V until the arrangement of a peaceful surrender of the city six months later. Engraving. 19th century.

Taken of the Babylon Barracks (July 29, 1830) (IT)

HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. REVOLUCION FRANCESA. 1789 - 1799. ARRESTO DEL SEÑOR LAUNAY , GOBERNADOR DE LA BASTILLA EL 14 DE JULIO MDE 1789. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Spain. Third Carlist War. Departure of a free corps bataillon against the Carlists from Barcelona. Picture from 'La IlustraciÑn espaÐola y americana' (8th April 1873). Engraving.

History of Spain. Liberal Triennium (1820-1823). First liberal government of the Triennium (April 1820). The liberal deputies of different factions (moderate and radical) José Canga Argüelles (1771-1842) and Antonio Alcalá Galiano (1789-1865) are carried in triumph by the people of Seville, after a session of the Cortes, held in the church of the Jesuit College of San Hermenegildo. Both politicians had prioritised patriotic sentiment over political party confrontation and were honoured by the people. This is how the revolutionary people responded to the threats of the Holy Alliance. Due to the advance of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, the Cortes moved to Seville (from April to June 1823). Illustration by Serra Pausas. Chromolithography. Historia de la Revolución Española (desde la Guerra de la Independencia a la Restauración en Sagunto), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1891. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

Memories of the common. Defense of the Palace of the Elysée by the insurgents.

SAVING THE HORSES, A SCENE AT THE FIRE AT SOUTHWARK, LONDON, UK

French Revolution, the end of the Convention, fight at the Church of St. Roch on October 5, 1795 Paris, France / Franzoesische Revolution, Schluss des Konvent, Kampf bei der Kirche St. Roch am 5. Oktober 1795, Paris, Frankreich, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Franco-Prussian War

Peninsular War (1808-1814). The French occupied the citadel of Motjuic on February 20, 1808. Catalan people angry. Engraving.

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (1848-1912). "Reception at the Villette barrier, troops returning from Poland, after the campaign of 1806-1808". Sketch for the budget hall of the Paris City Hall, 1901. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 25646-2 Army, Barriere Villette, Napoleonian campaign, sketch, hotel city paris, military, first empire, reception, budget room, troop

The National Holiday on 15 August 1868, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Mamelukes were members of a regime that formerly ruled parts of the Middle East. Descended from slaves, they ruled Syria (1260-1516) and Egypt (1250-1517), and continued as a ruling military caste in Ottoman Egypt until massacred (pictured here) by the viceroy Muhammad Ali in 1811.

LABOUR RIOTS IN HUNGARY

Arsenio Martinez Campos (1831-1900). Spanish military. Arrival in Barcelona of General Martinez Campos after the pacification of Catalonia. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875.

1860 - Artists sketch of the Shoemakers' Strike of 1860 in Lynn, Massachusetts, showing a parade by 800 women shoemaking employees in the middle of a snow storm.

Military Alarm Exercise, in the Cavalry Stables, Prussia, 1880, Germany, Europe

Engraving showing a night scene on the lake in Central Park, New York, during the winter of 1864-5. New Yorkers were able to skate in the darkness with the help of artificial lighting. Date: 1865

The Great Fire of the City of New York, Dec. 16, 1835. The fire started at a Hanover Square warehouse and destroyed 17 city blocks in what is now the Financial District, but fortunately, only 2 lives were lost. (BSLOC_2019_8_168)

Anti-Semitic riots in Moravia. Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La domenica del Corriere, November 12, 1899.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: GAMBETTA PROCLAIM THE REPUBLIC, PARIS, SEPTEMBER 4 1870

A military coup in the streets of Berlin. Date: 1920

A petroleuse - a woman supporter of the Commune who set fire to buildings - is cornered at the Louvre and executed on the spot by government soldiers. Date: June 1871

The Spanish September Revolution of 1868, triggered by Topete y Carballo together with the generals Juan Prim and Francisco Serrano, by which Queen Is...

Taking Tarragona, vintage engraving. Taking Tarragona, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656563

Italy - 19th century, Expedition of the Thousand - Giuseppe Garibaldi in Pretoria Square in Palermo, June 1860.

Baxter-Brooks War of Arkansas, 1872-74. The beginning of the conflict took place in front of Anthony House, Little Rock. At one point, each side had 1,000 armed men who engaged in small battles, with some deaths. US troops led by Col. Thomas E. Rose, 16th US Infantry, attempted to keep the militias separated (BSLOC_2019_6_18)

Army suffocating a popular demonstration in Barcelona. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', May 26th 1901. Engraving.

Engraving depicting the English landing in Spain by boat. Dated 18th Century

Celebrations bestowed on Gutenberg by the city of Strasbourg, June 25, 1840. France, 19th century.

ARRIVAL OF COLOUR-SERGEANT BATES AT THE GUILDHALL, 1872 engraving

Distribution of medals on the Palace Square in Versailles by the Crown Prince of Prussia, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Strikes in Paris. Illustration from the Petit Journal, October 1898.

The mining town of Leadville, Colorado in America in 1882 / Die Bergmannstadt Leadville in Colorado in Amerika im Jahre 1882, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA AMERICANA (1775-1783). Ocupación de Nueva York por las tropas americanas el 25 de noviembre de 1783. Grabado coloreado.

The interior of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, after a continuous bombardment by the Federal batteries on Morr's Island. Fort Sumter provided the first engagement of the civil War and its ownership was hotly contested by the Federals and the Confederates throughout. Date: 1863

The Great War of 1892. English troops at Verte Square, Antwerp. Engraving in The Artistic Illustration, 1892.

Army, celebration of the Italian Republic Day

Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), The Fire in the Warehouse in Amsterdam, Fire in the National Maritime Warehouse, 1791, verso - stamped, Major fire in the National Maritime Warehouse in Amsterdam on 6 July 1791. Marked top right: XXIII.D.Pl.VI., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical Plates, height 98 mm, width 63 mm, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1791 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

The golden Bremme near Saarbruecken, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, The golden Bremm near Saarbruecken, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

The Reinach Trial, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle

Guerra de la Independencia Española. En julio de 1812 los franceses se apoderaron de Montserrat. Ante el ataque de Manso, las tropas francesas que guarnecían el Monasterio lo abandonaron y se retiraron a la ermita de San Dimas, capitulando el 29 de julio por falta de víveres. Cuando los franceses se retiraban volaron el edificio, convertiéndolo en un montón de ruinas. Destrucción e incendio de Montserrat por los franceses. Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1863.

The Emperor being escorted by the Maidens of Honour as he enters Berlin, 16 June 1871, at the Brandenburg Gate, Germany, digital enhanced file of an original 19th century print, Europe

Racism. Italian students at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, attacked in the streets by Austrian students, published in the newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, 1902

Funeral of Karl, Karl Friedrich Alexander, King of Wuerttemberg, 6 March 1823, 6 October 1891, was King of Wuerttemberg from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century document

French Revolution: Last victims of the Reign of Terror being taken to the guillotine in a tumbril. Engraving.

The French entering Mulhouse, November 17, 1918, print. World War I, France, 20th century.

World War I (1914-1918). Take of Gorizia on August 9, 1916 by the Italian troops. Illustration in La Domenica del Corriere.

Illustration showing crowds of German officers looting the Belgian town of Louvain during World War I. The city was devastated by the German invasion in September 1914, but its medieval town hall was saved from fire. Date: September 16th 1914

AGUINALDO , EMILIO. MILITAR DE FILIPINAS. 1869 - 1964. GRABADO DE L `ILLUSTRATION FRANCESA , AÑO 1899.

Press ambulance in Joinville during the siege of Paris, 1871, by Alfred-Charles-Ferdinand Decaen (1820-after 1893) and Jacques Guiaud (1811-1876), oil on canvas. Detail. City of Paris, France, 19th century.

King Frederick the Great, Frederick II., Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712- 1786, Seven Years' War, global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763, The ruins of Kuestrin, strucked by the Russians, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Emperor Franz I of Austria meets Francesco I, king of the two Sicilies, in Milano, to discuss matters of mutual interest such as who should rule Italy.

Guglielmo Marconi assists in Milan to the test of the first Stazione Radio Mobile. Illustration by Achille Beltrame for 'Domenica del Corriere' (1906). Engraving.

Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-street, Boston, March 5th 1770, by Paul Revere, 1735-1818, American, colored etching

At the Arc de Triomphe during the occupation of the Germans in Paris on 2 March 1871, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Boston Massacre. Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887. Conjectural works. 1873-07-20. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Boston Massacre, 1770, United States , 1770-1779, Men , Massachusetts , Boston , 1770-1779, Soldiers , British , Massachusetts , Boston , 1770-1779, Wounds & injuries , Massachusetts , Boston , 1770-1779, Bayonets, Shooting

Illustration showing rival gangs of French indo-Chinese in a street fight in Paris, 1900

Vintage Photograph. Depiction of the Battle of Troy.

Tent and railway wagon Hospital on the Esplanade on Metz, after the surrender, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Catholoic students of the National Union laying wreaths at foot statue of Saint Joan (Joan of Arc - c1412-1431) The Maid of Orleans, French national heroine of The Hundred Years War. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, February, 1894.

Italian unification (1859-1924). Conquest of Sicily (1860). Neapolitan troops embark on the Milazzo dock after the capitulation. Engraving in "L'Illustration" (1860) as a picture of M. Fonvielle. Colored.

The Boston Massacre. March 5, 1770. Part of the American Revolution. Color engraving. 18th century.

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