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David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

The Moss Gear Company of Birmingham
The Moss Gear Company finds its origins, in Aston Manor, Birmingham, in 1910. Those engineers who established the company were not named Moss, but Duckitt

Serbian Crown Prince Alexander (1888-1934) photographed upon a arrival to London in 1916. The Prince was the second son of King Peter I whose elder brother Prince George renounced his claim to

FALL / KEESHOUND / OWNER
KENDRIK and CHAMPION KONSTANT VAN ZaNDAM. Mrs Wingfield Digby was one of the first importers of Keeshounds into the UK and played a part in establishing the breed here. Date: 1934

The Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code), aka Libro de las Leyes or Libro de las Posturas, was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252-1284)

Ethiopia Adwa
The former capital of Abyssinia, it will be the scene of a decisive defeat of the Italians on 1 March 1896, establishing Ethiopian independence

Apollo and the Python
He slays the dragon Python, who guards the sacred site of Delphi, establishing his own sanctuary there, angering Zeus who exiles him for several years

Francisco de Almeida (1450-1510). Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. Governor and viceroy of India. Establishing Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean. Portrait. Engraving. Colored

Parry / Hecla / Beechey
Edward Parry and his crew with establishing themselves into their winter quarters at Winter Harbour, on the south side of Melville Island. Date: 20 September 1819

BREE, Mathieu I. Van. Portrait of Cuvier
CUVIER, Georges (1769-1832). French zoologist. He was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Oil on canvas

Israel Tel Aviv
Rothschild Avenue, named in honour of the banking family who did much to further the establishing of a Jewish state in Palestine. Date: 1925

From left: Lionel Peter Twiss OBE DSC* 1921-2011
From left: Lionel Peter Twiss, OBE, DSC*, 1921-2011, is congratulated after establishing a new world air speed record in a Fairey Delta 2 by Robert Lockley, chief engineer, Fairey Aviation

Lionel Peter Twiss OBE DSC* 1921-2011 leaving the Fairey
Lionel Peter Twiss, OBE, DSC*, 1921-2011, leaving the Fairey Delta 2 after establishing a new world air speed record. Date: 1921

Establishing nose-wheel lift of the English Electric P1 WG7
Establishing nose-wheel lift of the English Electric P1, WG760, at Boscombe Down. 24 July 1954. Date: 1954

Psalter of Saint Louis and of Blanca de Castilla. beg. 13th c. Fol. 1v. The astronome with an astrolabe and the mathematician establishing the liturgical year calendar. Late Byzantine art

DW Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fairbanks at the signing of the contract establishing United Artists motion picture studio. Date 1919, printed 1959?

Boileau Despreaux
NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX An elaborate design celebrates this writer who is generally considered as establishing the principles of classical French verse. Date: 1636 - 1711

Magnus II Ladulas
The tomb at Stockholm of Magnus I Ladulas, who is credited with establishing regular government in Sweden

Louis XVIII returns triumphantly to Paris, re- establishing the monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty : but Napoleons return will make him flee again

Louis XVIII Satire
Louis XVIII returns somewhat less than triumphantly to Paris, re-establishing the monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty for a while

Merchant Charter 15C
Philip of Burgundy presents a charter to the Merchant Adventurers, establishing a treaty between England and Flanders

Marconi on Phone
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian inventor, in the cabin of the Electra, establishing the radio link to Australia, 1930

Nic. Francois Mansart
NICOLAS FRANCOIS MANSART French architect with one of the Perrault brothers, possibly the architect Claude Perrault. Mansart was important for establishing classicism in French baroque

Yoritomo, First Shogun
The decline of the Imperial court during the Fujiwara era leads to the rise of the Minamoto clan, Yoritomo establishing himself as the first Shogun (generalissimo)

Diocletian Retires
After establishing a degree of stability in the Empire thanks to the tetrarchy system, emperor Diocletian retires to Split in Croatia, building a huge palace which survives

Henri Lasserre
HENRI LASSERRE author of one of the earliest and most comprehensive books on Lourdes, establishing the Lourdes myth in its widely accepted form

Faraday / Figuier
MICHAEL FARADAY - English scientist establishing the fundamental law of electrolysis

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