Events Collection (page 7)

Xenophon Reaches the Sea
Xenophon, retreating in Persia, reaches the Black Sea

Battle of Bull Run / Jahn
The first of two battles of Bull Run was the first major clash of the Civil War. Both were major victories for the Confederate forces

Victoria / Disraeli / Tog
Queen Victoria with Benjamin Disraeli at Hughenden

Prince Rupert at Oxford
Prince Rupert and his troops march confidently through Oxford

1857 Mutiny / Rebel Sepoys
Rebel sepoys

1888 Matchgirls / Besant
Annie Besant and the committee of the Matchgirls union, formed during the successful strike action against Bryant & May, in response to poor pay and working conditions

Rebecca Riots / 1843
REBECCA RIOTS during which toll gates were attacked in South Wales. Many of the male rioters dressed as women & called themselves Rebecca & her daughters

Scott at Amundsens Tent
Scotts team arrive at the South Pole to find that Amundsens crew have beaten them to it; frozen and demoralised, they perished weeks later

Jonah Released by Whale
Jonah is released by the Whale

Captain Oates 1912
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip

Black Prince & Jean II
Jean II of France yields himself prisoner to Edward, the Black Prince, after the English forces defeat the French at the battle of Poitiers

Evacuees on a Train
Its goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train

Fairfax and Council
Fairfax and the military council

Richard Dies at Bosworth
Richard III is killed at the Battle of Bosworth, and the crown passes to his enemy, Henry, Duke of Richmond (Henry VII)

British Troops Gallipoli
British troops advance on mass up the cliffs at Gallipoli off the Dardanelles straits. " Short of ammunition but still they press on, the true bulldog rush of our troops"

WW1 / 1917 / BRITISH TANK
A British tank in action in France

Constantine and Cross
The emperor Constantine defeats his co-ruler Maxentius outside Rome : a cross in the sky tells him In hoc signo vinces (In this sign you will win), and he later converts

Peninsula War: Badajoz
PENINSULA WAR British troops under Wellington and General Picton, storm the garrison at Badajoz

WW1 / 1918 / AIR / DOG FIGHT
German and Allied aeroplanes in a dog-fight over the Western Front

Robert Lindsay at Alma
Lieut. Robert Lindsay of the 1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards leads a charge against the Russian Batteries. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Siege of Lucknow
Lieutenant Macpherson leads a a charge by the 78th Highlanders to capture enemy guns at Lucknow. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Caesar in a Storm at Sea
Julius Caesar, sailing from Marseille to Epirus in northern Greece, behaves with great courage during a storm at sea

Porteous Riots 1736
The Porteous riots, Edinburgh

Events / Exploration / Polar
Sledge party planting British flag. Shackleton, Scott and Wilson Discovery exploration of the Antarctic

Edward I removing the Stone of Scone
King Edward I of England removing the legendary " stone of destiny" from Scone in Scotland

Last Supper / Disciples
Jesus last supper with his disciples

Battle of Lansdowne
BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE The Royalists under Hopton, advancing on Bath, are halted by the Parliament army under Waller : the Royalists win the day, though with heavy Date: 5 July 1645

Royal Flying Corps Made
The Royal Flying Corps is created as a new branch of the British Armed Forces Date: 1914

Remember the Alamo
Mexican army take the Alamo, San Antonio Date: March 1836

Unveiling of the Menin Gate
Unveiling of the memorial, Menin Gate, commemorating the 56, 000 British soldiers who died fighting at Ypres during the First World War. Date: 1927

Penguins & Gramophone
Penguins listening to the gramophone, during the summer. Date: 1908-1909

Two Heralds and a Pursuivant (L. to R.) Rouge Coix Pursuivant, Mr. J. R. Bromhead Walker, with Somerset Herald, Major M. R. Trappes-Lomax, and York Herald, Mr. A. J. Toppin

The Queen as Captain-General
In her role as Captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company, the Queen presents new colours to Lieutenant F.H.B Layfield, right (Queens Colour) and Lieutenant J.S. Teakle (Regimental Colour)

Fanny Blankers-Koen hurdling, 1948 London Olympics
Fanny Blankers-Koen, a Dutch housewife, taking the victory in the 80 metres hurdles and setting a new Olympic record. Maureen Gardner of Britain took the silver

Silesia Plebiscite
In Silesia, with a mixed German and Polish population, residents of Kattowitz/ Katowice await the results of the plebiscite which will divide the region

Library of Alexandria
Ptolemy I Soter inaugurates the great library at Alexandria Date: circa 370 BC

Independence Declaration
The signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

Nelson Sends Signal
Before the battle, Nelson orders his famous signal : England expects every man to do his duty

Awarding Victoria Cross
His Majesty King George V investing 2nd Lieutenant C.L. Cox of the 150th Field Co. R.E. with the Victoria Cross at the 2nd Army Headquarters, Blendecques, France

Battle of Salamis
A Persian admiral, the bravest of the brothers of King Xerxes, is killed by the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis

De Gaulle Declaration
De Gaulles declaration to occupied France that France has lost a battle but has not lost the war, reassuring his country that victory will eventually restore France

Edward VIII Hunting
EDWARD VIII, When Prince of Wales, photographed in India with some of the Bag after a successful days Pig Sticking (hunting wild boar)

Edward VIII & Patailas
EDWARD VIII When Prince of Wales, meeting Pataila soldiers who lost limbs whilst on active service during World War One

Last Supper / Holiday
He has supper for the last time with his disciples

Battle of White Mountain
Two views of the Battle of the White Mountain. Bohemians under Christian of Anhalt were routed by combined armies of Ferdinand II and the Catholic League at Czech Hord - Prague

Viking on British Shore
A formidable Viking warrior stands on a British shore, with a longship behind him

CAGLIARI AFFAIR
A diplomatic row between Britain & Piedmont, and the Naples government, is occasioned by the steamship Cagliari, anchored at Naples

Richard III at Bosworth
Richard III fights on horseback during the Battle of Bosworth

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