1556 Gallery

Monastery of Santa Mari?a La Real. Royal Pantheon. Tomb of K

Monastery of Santa Mari?a La Real. Royal Pantheon, built around 1556. Renaissance style. On burial urns, made of white stone, houses the reclining figures of various personages with attributes of King and an epitaph. First, the tomb of King Bermudo III of Leon. Najera. La Rioja. Spain

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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David George, Fanatic

DAVID GEORGE Flemish religious enthusiast from Ghent who 1525 proclaimed himself the Messiah : he died at Basel vainly expecting to be resurrected in 3 days, Date: ? - 1556

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Captain William Avery Billy Bishop, air ace

Captain William Avery Billy Bishop (1894-1956), Canadian air ace in the cockpit of his No. 60 Squadron RFC Nieuport 17, serial no. B 1556. He survived WW1 with a confirmed score of 72. Date: circa 1917-1918

© Hugh W. Cowin Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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