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Woman who Lived in ShoeThe old woman who lived in a shoe, had so many children she didn t know what to do. Luckily, the shoe was the size of a house
Julie (Clary) BonaparteJULIE BONAPARTE, daughter of Francois Clary, wife of Napoleons elder brother Joseph, sometime king of Naples and of Spain. Lived in America 1815 - 1832
Achille Bazaine (Holl)ACHILLE-FRANCOIS BAZAINE French soldier in Crimea, Mexico, Italy, but defeated in war with Prussia, court- martialled, imprisoned : escaped, lived in exile
Faust in Auerbachs Wine CellarFaust in Auerbachs wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century
Empress EugenieEUGENIA MARIA DE MONTIJO Wife of the French Emperor, Napoleon III and mother of the Prince Imperial. Renowned beauty and arbiter of taste. Lived to a ripe old age
Hotspur Tower AlnwickThe Hotspur Tower (known locally as The Bondgate Tower), once part of the town walls, supposedly dating from the 14th century, when Henry " Hotspur" Percy lived
Steam horse & carriageAn example of a steam horse attached to a traditional carriage, exhibited by De Dion and Bouton, Paris. This horseless arrangement was relatively short-lived
Elizabeth Alexander 106ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Oxford-born resident of Hanway Street, Tottenham Court Road, London : she had 9 children and was supposed to be the oldest woman in England
Elizabeth Kerry (105+)ELIZABETH KERRY resident of Needham Market, Suffolk : this drawing was made when she was 105, we are not told how much longer she lived
BEGUINEA BEGUINE from the Dutch/Belgian Netherlands : they were not a formal order, but communities of pious women, who kept their property and sometimes lived at home
Old Woman Lived in ShoeThere was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn t know what to do
Balzac / Home / Passy / ParisHONORE DE BALZAC French novelists home in Passy, Paris, where he lived from 1840 until 1847
Balzac / Home / Ville DavrayHONORE DE BALZAC French novelists home, the Villa of Les Jardies, Ville d Avray, where he lived from October 1837 until December 1840
Hungary IndependenceAustrian dragoons rout Hungarian hussars as the Hungarian Diets short-lived bid for independence is crushed by Austria with Russian aid
Captain Blighs HouseIn this house, 100, Lambeth Walk, Lambeth, London, lived Captain William Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame
Peace of Amiens, 1802The PEACE OF AMIENS is proclaimed at the Royal Exchange, bringing hostilities with France to a short-lived truce
Thackerays HomeWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY In this feudal-looking house, at No 16 Young Street, lived the famous novelist William Thackeray for several years
Wordsworths HouseThe English poet WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770 - 1850) lived in this picturesque cottage beside Ullswater, English Lake District, Cumbria, for several years
Thomas Parr Lived to 152THOMAS PARR Londoner who lived to the age of 152
Newton / Kensington HomeSIR ISaC NEWTON Orbells Buildings, Kensington (later Bullingham House), where the English scientist and mathematician lived in 1727
School Play 1930SChildren put on a play of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe at Seapoint School, Birchington, Kent, England
Abd-El-Krim InternedAbd-el-Krim, the rebel Riff leader is interned by the French on Reunion Island, signifying the end of the national struggle for independence
G Stephenson / Glebe FarmGEORGE STEPHENSON Glebe Farm House, Benton, where the engineer lived
Samuel Johnson / Gough SqDR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers home at 17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, where he lived while compiling his Dictionary
Caligula & Horse / V AdamGAIUS CAESAR CALIGULA Roman emperor with his horse, Incitatus, who shared meals at his table, and whom he would have made consul if the animal had lived long enough
Margaret PotterMARGARET POTTER She was born in Glasgow in 1596, and lived to a great age - but we are not told when she ultimately died
Walther Von KlingenWalther von Klingen, a German minnesinger, thought to have lived between 1240 and 1286
Dietmar Von Eist 12CDietmar von Eist, German poet, generally thought to have lived between 1139 and 1171
Rousseau / CharmettesJEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Les Charmettes, near Chambery, where Rousseau lived with Mme de Warens
Opening session of the First State Duma, RussiaThe opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws
Tourist and ToutsVisiting Paris during the short-lived Peace of Amiens, an English traveller is beleaguered by people offering every kind of merchandise or service
Native Indian Myth / 1914Feather-woman gazes down from Sky Country, where she is trapped for digging up the sacred turnip & sees the camp of the Blackfeet where she had once lived
William Henry DaviesWILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A Welsh poet who lived the life of a tramp in England and the US
Woman Lived under HillThere was an old woman lived under a hill and if shes not gone she lives there still
Woman Lived in Shoe (EjaA little girl with her arms full of dolls: her two puppies fight over a doll which has fallen to the floor, while her cat drinks milk from a bowl
Little Tommy Tittlemouse lived in a little house, he caught fishes in other mens ditches
There was a Little BoyThere was a little boy and a little girl lived in an alley. Says the little boy to the little girl, Shall I ? Says the girl What shall we do ? I will kiss you !
Zoroastrian FireworshipFIRE WORSHIP of the Zoroastrians (Zoroaster lived 6th century BC)
Shakespeare / BirthplaceWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The House at Stratford in which Shakespeare lived
Poe Home, RavenswoodEdgar Allan Poes home at Ravenswood, Long Island, where he lived while working in New York as magazine editor
Lionel Duke of DorsetARTHUR MAYNWARING statesman and wit, continually getting into hot water with his political writings : he lived with the celebrated actress Ann Oldfield
Haus Surenbergs C18ThMoated mansion 27 miles north of Munster. Bought in the 18th century by Carl van Zuydtwyck, a Dutch aristocrat and is still lived in by his descendants
Dresden InsurgentsRebel forces in Dresden overthrow the government and form a short-lived provisional government of their own
Salisbury North GateThe North or High Street Gate of the cathedral precinct: on the right is the College of Matrons, where Mary Evanss mother-in-law lived for many years. (Her window is facing)
Dhuleep SinghDHULEEP SINGH as a boy Briefly the Sikh Maharaja of Lahore; after annexation by the British, he became a Christian and lived in England
Caligula & Horse / CraigGAIUS CAESAR CALIGULA fed his horse Swift at his table from golden tableware, whom he made priest and would have made consul had the animal lived