August Collection (page 81)

Umberto I Assassinated
Umberto I is assassinated by Gaetano Bressi, an anarchist, at Monza

Train-Bands Militia
Lord Essex leads the London train-bands militia out of London to relieve the Siege of Gloucester. The 15, 000 strong force stood firm against Prince Ruperts cavalry

Birmingham Sinks U-15
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, sinks the first German submarine of the war (the U-15)

London / Project / Blackfria
Builders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure

Siege of Tournai
SIEGE OF TOURNAI - Marlborough attacks the town, bravely defended by de Surville : after 56 days it is forced to surrender

Garibaldi on the March
Garibaldis men on the march in the neighbourhood of Partenico

Reggio, Calabria
Fighting in the streets of Reggio, Calabria : the capture of this town was the first step towards the fall of Naples and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Peschiera Abandoned
The Austrian forces abandon Peschiera to the Piedmontese. Date: circa August 1860

Battle of Luzzara
Battle of LUZZARA : the French under the duc d Anjou are defeated by prince Eugenes imperial forces

Strasbourg Dispute
A dispute over who should be prince-bishop of Strasbourg leads to conflict between Catholic Charles de Lorraine and protestant Johann Georg von Brandenburg

Marlborough at Blenheim
BATTLE OF BLENHEIM - Marlborough gives orders which enable him to win the decisive battle of the war, defeating a superior force of French under marshal Tallard

Battle of Belgrade
BATTLE OF BELGRADE - Prince Eugene with 40, 000 Austrians defeats the Turkish army of 180, 000 under Ibrahim Pasha, the Grand Vizier

Embarking for Italy
Following on the invasion by Garibaldis thousand. Missoris expedition embarks from the Faro Point, Messina, to invade the Italian mainland at Calabria

Fireworks London
Preparing for a firework display in the Park - but which park ? in London ? and what is being celebrated ?

GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICE
GUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flew from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon

Crimea Volunteers - 2
Sardinian volunteers for the Crimea war distinguish them- selves at Chernaia : their presence ensures their country will be recognised by other nations

Letter from De Gaulle
Writing from Algiers, De Gaulle praises the Resistance, promising that the end is near and they ll soon be weeping tears of joy

Kornilovs Coup Defeated
Kornilovs counter- revolutionary coup is defeated

Maria Josepha
MARIA JOSEPHA daughter of emperor Joseph I, wife of archduke Friedrich August II, archduchess of Aystria, qheen of Polish Lithuanian commonwealth

ST BARTHOLOMEWs 1572
Admiral Coligny was one of the first victims of the massacre of the Huguenots ordered by King Charles and his mother, Catherine de Medici

Buckingham Assassinated
The duke of Buckingham is assassinated by John Felton at Portsmouth

St. Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Built upon the site of a 6th century monastery, it has been a place of pilgrimage and Christian worship for centuries

Half a Mile to Egypt
A cyclist near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, pauses to contemplate a strange sign reading Egypt half a mile !

Cowdray Castle
A female cyclist admires the ruins of Cowdray Castle, Sussex, England, Henry VIII awarded the house to Sir Anthony Brown, Master of the Horse, in 1542

CYCLING BY WHITE HORSE
Young men on a cycling tour of Wiltshire, England, stop to admire the famous White Horse at Westbury

Whale Bone Pub Entrance
An archway made of whale bones outside a pub entrance at Great Wrathing, Suffolk, England

Bishops Palace
The drawbridge of the Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset. The palace dates from the early 13th century, when Bishop Jocelin Trotman received a crown licence to build it

Trinity Bridge, Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, is a unique 3-sided 14th century bridge

Clapper Stile
A clapper stile at Linton, Cambridgeshire, England

Thatching a Post Office
Thatching the village post office at Denton, Suffolk, England

Penelope Materialises
At a seance held at 20 Gannon Road, Worthing, Penelope, the mediums control, materialises, speaks to, and shakes hands with Mr James Bannister of Brighton

Russian Ships Pt Arthur
Russian ships break out of Port Arthur

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

August Krogh
AUGUST KROGH Danish physiologist Date: 1874 - 1949

Stratford Rd / 1910 / Photo
A photograph of Stratford Road, Plaistow, London showing market stalls

Strindberg / Morgan
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist

Johann August Sutter
JOHANN AUGUST SUTTER German pioneer in California, on whose land was found the nugget of gold which led to the California Gold Rush

Katzbach Blucher 1813
NAPOLEONIC WAR Von Blucher encourages his men before the battle of Katzbach

Soldier Liberates Village
LIBERATION SCENES A Soviet soldier is greeted in a liberated village

Franco-Pruss / Strasbourg
A Prussian bombardment of Strasbourg, across water, at night, firing with canons

Goethe with August
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE German writer with his patron Karl August of Weimar

W G Grace at the Oval
W G Grace during a match against Australia at the Oval

FULTONs CLERMONT
Robert Fultons Clermont, which steamed from New York to Albany and back, August 17-22 1807; the first economically viable steamboat

Klondike / Nome 1900
FRONT STREET, NOME, ALASKA during the Gold Rush

Strindberg / Self Photo
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888), seen writing at his desk

Sport / Climbing / Alps
MONT BLANC CONQUERED Alpine guide Jacques Belmont, after several unsuccessful earlier attempts, is the first to reach the summit

Napoleonic War / Prussians
NAPOLEONIC WAR Prussians fight with bayonets at Hagelberg

Events / Britain / 1745
Charles Edward Stuart ( the Young Pretender ) draws his sword as the Highland Clans gather to fight for his cause

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