29 Collection (#15)

L C Braund - Cricketer
Len C Braund - Somerset and England Test cricketer and Test official (umpire) 1926-29

Legitimists Arrested
Arrest of opponents of the new regime, Paris

Rioting in Rome
Angered by Pius IXs encyclical, Roman liberals demonstrate outside the popes palace

Pilgrims Progress 29
The Shepherd Boy singing his song - He that is down need fear no fall

Gracie Fields / Nerman 29
GRACIE FIELDS English singer and actress

Fighting, Louvre
Insurgents attack the royal residences of the Tuileries and Louvre

Rooftop Insurgents
In the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, insurgents hurl anything they can lay hands on at the government troops

Wall Street Investors
Hearing news of the crash, worried Wall Street investors pour out of the church on Wall Street

Danish-Prussian War Guns
Prussians bring up guns for the battle of the Sonderburg windmills, during their taking of the Insel Alsen Date: 29 June 1864

Jean Bart Threatens
NAVAL BATTLE OFF TEXEL In the course of his victory over the Anglo-Dutch fleet, Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel and threatens to blow her up unless she surrenders

Chopin Prelude 29
Prelude number 29, allegro apassionato

Louis XVI & LA Perouse
Louis XVI discusses his plans with navigator La Perouse, who will make important discoveries in the southern hemisphere (we have his book)

Umberto Assassinated
In retaliation for the brutal suppression of a workers demo at Milano, anarchist Gaetano Bresci travels from America to Italy and shoots Umberto I at a sports meeting at Monza

Towton Battle Monument
The Battle Monument, Towton, Yorkshire, England, which marks the site where the Yorkists gained victory over the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses

Polish Insurrection 1830
Peter Wysocki during the Warsaw insurrection against the Russians

Battle of Long Island
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND Superior in numbers and skill, the British defeat the Continental Army on Long Island, forcing them to retreat in disorder. Date: 29 August 1776

Costumes Catch Fire / 1392
Charles VI of France is nearly involved in a fatal accident when dancers costumes catch fire after a practical joke goes horribly wrong. All four die

Triumph of Augustus
The triumph of Augustus Caesar, after his victories in Egypt

Court of Louis XIV
Cardinal Chigi, on behalf of his uncle pope Alexander VII, apologises to Louis XIV for ill-treatment of some French at Rome; the interview takes place in Louis bedroom

Stanley Meets Pasha
Emin Pasha relief expedition : Stanley meets the German explorer Emin Pasha who had been isolated by his enemies

1848 / Anti-Papal Protest
Demonstrations in Rome against Pope Pius IX dissociating himself fromthe movement for Italian unification

Empress of Ireland Sinks
Following the collision with a a Norwegian collier, passengers below decks of the listing Canadian liner struggle up stairs in the dark

Loudun / Surin and Demon
Pere Surin, sent to exorcise the demons plaguing the nuns of Saint-Ursule, is himself assailed by the nasty creatures

Naval Battle, Texel 1694
NAVAL BATTLE OFF TEXEL A French fleet commanded by Jean Bart defeats a Dutch and English fleet, under Admiral de Frise

Battle of Moucron
BATTLE OF MOUCRON The combat among the windmills

Battle of Rosebecque
The French assist the Count of Flanders in battle against the rebel forces at Rosebecque during the 100 Years War

Revolutionaries Attack
Revolutionaries attack the Louvre, Paris

A G Bell in 1876
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL in 1876, at the age of 29 American inventor

Royal George Sinks 1782
While this fine warship is refitting at Spithead, near Portsmouth, she keels over and sinks, taking 600 or so men with her

Louis Xiv / Fontainebleau
Cardinal Chigi, on behalf of his Uncle Pope Alexander VII, apologises to Louis XIV for ill-treatment of some French at Rome; the interview takes place in Louis bedroom

Coronation Procession
A birds-eye view of the march, which was attended by 29 Suffrage societies & ended with a meeting in the Albert Hall

Battle in Montenegro
BATTLE OF THE LOWSEN MOUNTAINS French troops come to the aid of the Montenegro forces, fighting against Austria

Chesapeake and Shannon
A famous frigate action between the Shannon, under command of British Captain Broke, and the Chesapeake under the American Captain John Lawrence

Whittaker Star Map 29
Stars visible in Great Britain (if the sky is clear...) Date: 1822

Triumph of Marat 1793
The triumph of Marat - he is borne aloft by enthusiastic fellow-revolutionaries. But pride cometh before a fall - he will soon be murdered by Charlotte Corday

Cross Channel Swim Race
Four swimmers - Mew, miss Kellermann of Australia, Burgess and Holbein - try to swim the Channel but adverse weather forces them one by one to abandon the race

Jean Bart in Action
The French admiral Jean Bart, threatened by a superior Dutch fleet, cries Comrades, no more cannon-shots, use your sabres ! and wins the day with hand-to-hand fighting

Crimean Peace Festival
The Peace Festival held at Salisbury, Wiltshire, to celebrate the end of the Crimean War. To Abraham Jackson, Esq. Mayor of Salisbury this is inscribed

Sunbathing Foundlings
At the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London, is a sunbathing centre for tiny Londoners, where many babies enjoy sunbathing

Sea Battle 1877
Sea battle in the Chile-Peru war. The Shah and the Huascar send cannonballs back and forth

BLUNT / ANDROMEDA / 29 / 1849
The constellation of Andromeda is that of a woman unclothed to the girdle, her arms extended, and each attached to a fragment of rock by a chain

THE KENT ABLAZE
East Indiaman Kent, bound for Bombay, weathers storm in the Bay of Biscay but catches fire; luckily the Cambria passes near and rescues nearly all before she blows up

Becket Assassinated / 1170
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated in the cathedral by four knights who believed they were carrying out Henry IIs wishes

Calvin Coolidge 20C
JOHN CALVIN COOLIDGE 30th US President (1923-29)

Virgil / Tityrus Meliboeus
TITYRUS & MELIBOEUS

Moeris & Lycidas / Virgil
Moeris tells Lycidas how he has been dispossessed of his family estates

Pan, Sylvanus & Apollo
Gallus (Virgils patron), unhappy in love, is comforted by Pan, Sylvanus & Apollo

Menalcas & Damaetas
Palaemon asks to judge the song contest between Menalcas and Damaetas

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