March Collection (#71)

Volunteers at Tuileries
Departure of the volunteers who have been occupying the palais des Tuileries since the abdication of Louis-Philippe

War with Turkey
Serbian troops march out of Belgrade to fight the Turks

Gladstone Speaks 1894
Gladstone delivers his last speech in the House of Commons

Insurgents on the March
The Brzzezinski detachment of insurgents arrives at Pieskowa-Skala

Anniversary Parade
A grand march-past of the army and the Garde Civique marks Belgiums half-century of independent existence

Great Sheffield Flood
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield. Scene showing the wrecking of Coronation Bridge

Flooding Sheffield 1864
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield and surrounding areas and wrecking nearly all

Armand Carrel Honoured
At the cimetiere de Saint- Mande, a crowd pay homage to Armand Carrel, a fervent republican who died of his wounds after a duel with Girardin

Milan I King of Serbia
Milan I, previously ruling as prince Milan Obrenovich IV, is formally installed as king Milan I : seven years later to the day he will abdicate in favour of his son Alexander

Meeting the Brits
Napoleon meets a delegation of British businessmen : his encouragement of commerce gives France a period of stability and prosperity

Battle of Pas-De-Suze
Louis defeats Charles, comte de Savoie, at Pas-de-Suze, a significant victory for France over her Spanish/Austrian rivals

Fighting at Rachow
Cossack cavalry attack the insurgents who have invested the town of Rachow : they will be beaten back by a rebel counter-attack with many casualties

Count of Flanders
Charles (of Denmark) whose mother has fled to Flanders, becomes duc de Flandre, rules wisely and benevolently but is assassinated at Bruges by discontented townsfolk

Amazing Stories Plane
A stylised cover showing an aeroplane flying through circles of light

Henri IV before Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass and accepts the Catholic faith to gain support

Spanish at Amiens
The Spanish make a surprise attack on Amiens. For complicated reasons Spain is at war with France

Diet of Wislica
At the Diet of Wislica, Kazimierz (Casimir) III Wielki (the Great) introduces legal reforms

Government Session
Napoleon, noe Prince- President, opens the new legislative session of the Assemblee Nationale at the Tuileries Palace

Hungarian Sympathy
All Europe is in a state of revolution this year : the Hungarians express their sympathy with the French republicans, wishing they too could discard their rulers

Prince Oscar Weds
Prince Oscar of Sweden & Norway weds Miss Munck at Bournemouth, England

Rioting Miners - 3
Mademoiselle Gerard halts the revolting miners at the charbonnage du Hazard, at Charleroi : troops are called in and ten deaths result

Louis XVIII Flees - 2
At the news of Napoleons return from Elba, Louis XVIII hastily quits the palais des Tuileries amid much bowing and scraping

Napoleon Returns
Napoleon leaves Elba, travels to Paris and re-enters the palais des Tuileries, but 100 days later he ll have to vacate it again

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Proscenium of the English Opera House, in the Strand, formerly the Lyceum : with Walkers display of his EIDOURANIAN (showing the movements of the stars)

Battle of Ivry 1590
BATAILLE D IVRY Henri IV defeats the must larger Catholic army under the duc de Mayenne

Maillotin Riots, Paris
Paris rioters - calling themselves LES MAILLOTINS - attack tax-collectors and other perceived oppressors, looting and plundering in the name of reform

Riders in Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing a pair of cowboys on horseback, riding through a burnt forest, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

Joseph Chamberlain arriving in the House of Commons, 16th Ma
Illustration of Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary (centre with monocle), entering the House of Commons to loud applause from the Government benches, 16 March 1903

Elizabethan Warship, 1588
Illustration of an Elizabeth warship, circa 1588, from the Illustrated London News, 2nd March 1929. This image depicts a typical warship of 500 tons, mounting 28 guns

The blessing of the Rouen and Harve railway
Benediction of the railway in preparation of the opening of the Rouen and Havre railway

Mouth organ music
German troops being entertained by a comrades mouth-organ while they rest after a long march into Brussels in September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I

Golden Gate Road and Imperial Rock, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing the mountainous landscape of Golden Gate Road and Imperial Rock, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic car
The train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons

Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiner River, Yellowstone, 1874
Engraving of the spectacular landscape of volcanic rocks and springs at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, with some tiny tourists in the foreground to emphasize the scale, 1874

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945), speaking in 1932
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, taken during a speech to the Junior Liberal Club on the 16th March 1932

Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiners River, Yellowstone, 1874
Engraving, made from a photograph taken by Mr Serjeant Sleigh, of the Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiners River, Yellowstone, 1874

Womens Right-to-Serve march
A woman dressed as Belgium during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

Sikhs on the march
Indian troops on the march in September 1914. The Sikhs are identified by a stell quoit, the old-time national battlefield weapon of the Sikhs, in the Sepoys turbans

W. E. Gladstone in the House of Commons, 1894
Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) making his last speech in the House of Commons as Prime Minister, on the 1st March 1894. The speech was about the Parish Councils Bill Amendments

Madame Curie visiting a war hospital
Photograph showing Marie Curie, discoverer of radium, visiting the British field-hospital at Furnes where she took X-rays of all cases

The Allies - Right-to-Serve march
A woman representing the Allies during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

W. E. Gladstone, Cannes, 1898
Photographic portrait of William Ewart Gladstone, the English Liberal statesman, on holiday in Cannes, French Riviera, March 1898. Date: 1898

The Irresistible sinking
Photograph showing the loss of H.M.S Irresistible having struck a mine during the Dardanelles campaign on March 18th 1915

Easter Island stone heads
An illustration of the Moai stones found surrounding the coastline of Easter Island. The heads stand at 13 foot tall and are believed to guard the island from intruders

Mr De Morgan at Dahshur
Mr De Morgan lifting a golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit. De Morgan discoved many important tombs during 1894-1895

Portrait of Mr C Leonard Woolley
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, director of the British Museum Expedition in Mesopotamia. Born in London, 1880, he carried out excavations in Alubaid and Tell el-Armarna

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing a group of characters standing in the hall of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. The visage of the visitors hints a number of different nationalities

SS Ophir and the Royal Yacht Alberta at Portsmouth, Marc
Photograph of the Royal Yacht Alberta, with King Edward VII on board, leading SS Ophir, with the Duke of Cornwall and York, out of Portsmouth harbour, March 1901

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