April Collection (page 69)

Thunder at Chartres 1360
A thunderstorm at Chartres encourages Edward III to make the Peace of Bretigny

Battle of Redempcion
PARAGUAY-BRAZIL WAR Brazilian colonel Willagram- Cabrita repels a Paraguayan attack at the island of Redempcion, in the Parana

Maximilian Captured
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, defeated by patriotic troops, is captured at Queretaro

Food / Dinner / 1356, France
Mealtime at the chateau de Rouen; Charles, duc de Normandie, is at table when his father Jean II arrives unexpectedly

Pedestrian Hobby
THE PEDESTRIAN HOBBIES or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill

Francis Drake Knighted
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE English admiral knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Deptford on 4 April 1581, on board his ship, Golden Hind after his round the world voyage

Contrary Mary / April Baby
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

Chartist Meeting
The Chartist demonstration : the meeting on Kennington Common, London

Storming of Badajoz
The storming of Badajoz

Month / April
L herbe croist et l arbre florit [the grass grows and the trees blossom]

Battle of Copenhagen
The first battle of Copenhagen - Nelson disobeys order to retire ( I see no ships... ) and wins the day

Events / Culloden / Cumberld
A scene from the Battle of Culloden - the Duke of Cumberland in action on his white horse

Events / Culloden / Cassells
A scene from the Battle of Culloden

British Banner Serpent
Marine creature sighted from the British Banner; the Master reported that the creature shook the bowsprit with its mouth and seemed about 100 metres long

San Fran Quake / Refugees
San Francisco - Refugees and their belongings, which they saved from the fire, April 18th 1906

Raining in the Country
April showers

Events / Pacific / Cook
He commemorates their landing in Botany Bay by inscribing a record on a tree

Events / Spain
The unpopular minister Godoy is arrested by Fernando VII, and sent into exile in France

Earthquake / San Francisco
The city devastated : the scene at 9th and Brannon streets

Giuliano Di Medici Kille
Supported by pope Sixtus IV, the PAZZI family conspire against the MEDICI at Firenze - Giuliano di Medici, brother of Lorenzo, is murdered in the Chiesa del Riparata

Pazzis Fight the Medicis
Supported by pope Sixtus IV, the PAZZI family conspire against the MEDICI at Firenze - fighting breaks out in the Chiesa del Riparata

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

Titanic Stokers Wait
Stokers wait on the deck hoping to board lifeboats

Ww1 / 1915 / Gallipoli Clyde
The steamer River Clyde, at beach V, one of five points at Cape Helles where British forces were landed on 25th April

Edward VII at Epsom races
King Edward VII watches the racing at Epsom from the Grand Stand

Baptism of Humabon in the Philippines
Humabon, King of Cebu in the Philippines, is baptised when Magelhaes (Magellan) visits his island

Events / Asia / China
Hong Kong : hoisting the British flag at Taipo, in the Kowloon hinterland

Anglo-French War
Rodney defeats De Grasse off Dominica during the Anglo-French War

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