January Collection (page 57)

Davout in Egypt
Marechal Davout in action against the Mamelukes

Belfort Conspiracy 3
Stationed in Paris, officers of the Belfort regiment conspire to overthrow the restored Bourbon monarchy. Capitaine Valle is one of those arrested

Belfort Conspiracy 2
Stationed in Paris, officers of the Belfort regiment conspire to overthrow the restored Bourbon monarchy. But colonel Caron, one of the leaders, is arrested

Belfort Conspiracy 1
Stationed in Paris, officers of the Belfort regiment conspire to overthrow the restored Bourbon monarchy. But the leaders will quickly be arrested

R Strauss & Associates
RICHARD STRAUSS with Hofmannsthal and other associates at the first production of Der Rosenkavalier at Dresden, 26 January 1911

Passage of Sierra-Morena
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Passage of the SIERRA MORENA Joseph Bonaparte invades Andalucia, forcing a passage through the mountains against fierce resistance

Visited on St Helena
Admiral Taylor is but one of many distinguished visitors who call on Napoleon during his exile on Saint Helena

Winter Palace Event
How the Tsar deals with complaints - demonstrating workers gunned down by the Army outside the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

1905 RISING
Government troops fire on workers demonstration outside the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, led by Father Gapon

Spion Kop - Anon
At SPION KOP, the British are initially successful, but are compelled to retreat from the hilltop they have captured, failing to break through the Boer lines

Spion Kop / Warren Bath
At SPION KOP, Sir Charles Warren insists on his morning bath before the battle, in which his division performs well though the action is ultimately unsuccessful

Spion Kop - Bordeaux
At SPION KOP, the British take the hill, but are unable to hold it and have to retire with heavy losses

Spion Kop - P. Journal
At SPION KOP, Buller and Warren fail to break through the Boer lines despite taking Spion Kop; they have to retire with heavy losses

Ufos / Alore / Canada
At Prince George, British Columbia, Kirk Alore is motoring at night when he nearly collides with a UFO

Kamala Walking
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala, five years after living with wolves 1912-1920, sometimes walks on her two legs [photo double-exposed]

Month / January
Le plus fort de toute l annee [the lustiest month of the year]

Ufos / Mantell / Godman
Captain Thomas Mantell of the U.S. National Guard encounters a huge UFO in his P-51, but crashes while attempting to pursue it (picture 2 of 2)

Masonic Ticket / Glasgow
Ticket for a Freemasons assembly in Glasgow

Charles I / Five Members
Charles I attempts to seize the Five Members whom he had accused of treason

Opium Wars / Ansons Bay
War junks destroyed in Ansons Bay

Combustion / Human
Mrs E. M, a Widow who died on 29th January 1958. Was she burnt by the Fire her remains were found by?, or did she Spontaneously Combust?

Burial of King Edward
The burial of king Edward the Confessor in the church of Saint Peter (Westminster Abbey)

Cornation of Harold
Harold, earl of Wessex, is crowned king of England despite the claim of William, duke of Normandy

Halleys Comet 1066
At the coronation of Harold, astrologers are dismayed by the appearance of Halleys Comet, which they interpret as an evil omen

Hebrides Riots, 1888
The crofters of Lewis, in the Hebrides, riot against enclosures by landowners : police and Marines seize the leading rioters

Edward VII at Kempton Park races
At Kempton Park, King Edward VII watches his horse Ambush II before the Stewards Steeplechase. Sadly the horse comes fourth after a mishap at the water jump

Paranormal / Alchemy
Dunikowski, a Polish engineer, demonstrates his process for changing base metals to gold in the laboratories of the Ecole Centrale, Paris

Events / China-Japan War
As the Japanese bombard Shanghai, residents flee in panic

Events / Asia / China / Hong K
The British take over the island, occupied by them since 1839 but now formally ceded by the Chinese and confirmed by the Treaty of Nanking 1842

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