Massacre Collection (page 2)

Massacre at Glencoe
MASSACRE OF GLENCOE Scottish troops flee back along the Eastern Pass of Glencoe. Date: 13th February 1692

Innocents Massacvred
The massacre of the innocents

1798 Scullabogue Massacr
Massacre at Scullabogue : Irish rebels trap prisoners in barn at set it on fire Date: 5 June 1798

Brazilian Massacre 1500
Franciscan missionaries massacred Date: 1500

Monarchs of the Glen of Weeping, Scotland
Monarchs (male stags) of the Glen of Weeping, the romantic name for the site of the massacre of MacDonald tribesmen by the Campbells at Glen Coe

COLIGNY, Gaspar II de Chatillon, count of (1519-1572). French statesman and military man. Down a scene to Saint Bartholomews Day massacre in Paris (24th August 1572). Engraving. SPAIN

China - Tien Tsin Ruins
Lantern slide of Tien Tsin Ruins. The Tientsin Massacre (Tianjin Religious Case), one of the most important missionary incidents of the late Qing Dynasty

The well at Cawnpore(Kanpur), 1860
The well at Cawnpore at Lucknow, India, pictured as it was in 1860. The dried up well was used to dispose of the bodies of British women

The Cawnpore(Kanpur) Memorial, 1874
The Cawnpore(Kanpur) Memorial, near the site of the massacre by Nana Sahibs forces in 1857. An angel of pity, sculpted in white marble by Baron Marochetti, covers the site of the well

Suttee Chowrah Ghaut, 1860
The Suttee Chowrah Ghaut(Satichaura Ghat), later known as massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore, India, pictured as it was in 1860. The site is associated with the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Date: 1860

Scene of the massacre, Cawnpore, India
Scene of the massacre which took place during the Mutiny of 1857, at Cawnpore (Kanpur), India. Date: circa 1890s

Morning St Bartholomew Massacre Whistler
The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew by J.M. Whistler in Once a Week 1862, depicting Catherine de Medici sitting pensively behind her writing desk in a window alcove Date: 1925

Roman massacre of Druids
Roman forces led by Suetonius Paulinus massacre the druids on the island of Mona (Anglesey) Date: 61 A.D

Funeral of Victim
At the funeral of a victim of the massacre of 22 January, a speaker swears that the people will be revenged on the killers. Soldiers watch without interfering. Date: January 1905

Massacre of Perugia
Swiss soldiers in the service of pope Pius IX massacre supporters of the risorgimento at Perugia. Date: 20 June 1859

Pierre Dumoulin
PIERRE DUMOULIN French protestant churchman, saved from the Bartholomew massacre by a servant, found refuge in England and Holland. Date: 1568 - 1658

Herero Warriors - Namibia (at that point German South West Africa). The Herero are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa

VILADOMAT i MANALT, Antoni (1678-1755). Massacre of the Innocents. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts

Massacre of the Innocents. 1490s. Work of Lorenzo Zaragozas school (late 14th c.). It was a part of the Main Altarpiece. International gothic. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. Zaragoza

France. Saint Bartholomews Day massacre in Paris (24th August 1572). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Second Boer War. Massacre of Tugela (2nd January 1900). Engraving

CARON, Antoine (1521-1599). The Massacre of the Triumvirate. First triumvirate. The fights for the power that confront Pompeius

Massacre of the Innocents. Right-hand lower

Massacre of the Innocents. Breugel, Pieter, The Elder
Breugel, Pieter, The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). Massacre of the Innocents. Upper central detail

Lower central detail depicting some scenes of the massacre. Work belonging to Rudolf II art collection. Flemish art. Oil

Events / Syria / Massacre
Continual harassment of Christian Maronites by Druses leads to their taking refuge in the French Consulate at Damascus, but the Druses break in and massacre them Date: summer 1860

The massacre of the trees. Illustration shows a man labeled Land Grafter chopping down a tree in a forest where other trees have been cut down; scattered on the ground are doll-like figures labeled

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. Print shows British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts

A representation of the massacre of American prisoners in Dartmoor Prison, April 6, 1815. Keyed diagram of prison. Date c1845

Ethelfrid massacres monks
Ethelfrid, King of Bernicia (a region covering south east Scotland and north-east England), has the monks of Bangor-Is-Coed massacred for the reason that they offered prayers in support of the army

Scotland / Glencoe
Scotland/Glencoe

HENRY HUNT Radical statesman, known as orator Hunt : he presided over the meeting which precipitated the Peterloo massacre. Date: 1773 - 1835

St Bartholomew Massacre
Protestants are stabbed, shot, trampled and thrown from windows in a Paris street - just some of the 3000 murdered in Paris, and many more in other parts of the country Date: 24 August 1572

Site of the Glencoe Massacre at Glencoe Pass, Argyllshire, Scotland, where the Macdonald clan were defeated by the treacherous Campbell clan in February 1692

The infantry parade-ground at Cawnpore, India
The infantry parade-ground at Cawnpore, the scene of the recent massacre

St Bartholomews Day
From the windows of the English ambassador, the English watch as French protestants are massacred by order of Catherine de Medicis and her son Charles IX

France Beziers
General view of the town in south-west France, notorious for its massacre of protestants in 1209

Russian Jews Massacred
Massacre of Jews at Berezowka

Jewish Purim
Amsterdam Jews celebrate PURIM, commemorating the defeat of Hamans plot to massacre the Jews

Indonesia Moluccas
General view of Amboina, scene of a notorious massacre during the period of Dutch occupation

Madagascar Massacre
Massacre of a huge number of people outside the town of Diego Suarez in northern Madagascar, possibly by the Portuguese. It would be nice to know more

Medici / St Bartholomew
Catherine de Medicis urges her 22-year old son Charles IX to massacre all the Huguenot leaders in one fell swoop. He reluctantly agrees, and a blood-bath ensues

Massacres at Lyon
Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities

Clan Macdonald of Glenco
Clan MACDONALD OF GLENCO [spelt thus] - his mournful face shows he is remembering the 1692 massacre of his clan by Campbell of Breadalbane, and perhaps plotting revenge

Catherine Praying
Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henri II of France, at prayer (possibly asking forgiveness for authorising the massacre of the Huguenots, but probably not)

ST BARTHOLOMEWs 1572
Admiral Coligny was one of the first victims of the massacre of the Huguenots ordered by King Charles and his mother, Catherine de Medici

Burning of Limoges
The Burning and massacre of Limoges

Massacre of Hurons
Betrayed by the false promises of the Jesuits, the Hurons protect their escape from Canada, but are themselves massacred by the Iroquois, their traditional enemies

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