October Collection (page 72)

Opium Wars / Ting-Hae 1841
Ting-hae captured by the British

William Receives Crown
William, duke of Normandy, receives the crown of England from church and state

Events / Britain / Norman
BATTLE OF HASTINGS William, duke of Normandy, defeats the English army led by Harold

Battle of Lepanto 1571
BATTLE OF LEPANTO Don Juan of Austria defeats the Turkish fleet and ends Turkish naval supremacy in the Mediterranean

Rail / Locomotive
The Sans Pareil of Timothy Hackworth, taking part in the Liverpool & Manchester Railway competition

Ww1 / Oct 1916 / French Gas
French soldiers using gas masks during combat near Combles

Meteor above the Champs Elysees, Paris, France
A meteor seen above the Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France

Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire
The Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire

Columbus lands on Watling Island (San Salvador)
Columbus lands on Watling Island (now San Salvador), in the Bahamas

Religious Debate 1529
Two protestant churchmen, Luther and Zwingli, engage in a religious debate

Spanish attack on Gibraltar 1704
The British beat off a Spanish attack on Gibraltar in 1704

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