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Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066
Never mind... flakes provided they have drinkA drunken couple after a night out celebrating the New Year. Date: 1928
Frans Hals the Elder (c. 1582-1666). Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Portrait of Jaspar Schade, 1645. Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic
The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of GCornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c.1577-1633). Dutch painter. The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, c.1621. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Skeleton of Myotragus balearicus. SpainMyotragus balearicus. Small mammal like antelope feeding on bark and lichens. He lived in Majorca and Minorca until about 5000 years ago. Skeleton. Museum of Paleontology. Sabadell. Spain
Finland. Helsinki. Johan Ludvig Runebergs memorial. By WaltFinland. Helsinki. Monument dedicated to the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877). Statue by his son Walter Runeberg (1838-1920). Erected in 1885. Esplanadi Park
Jose Zatrilla y Vico (1648-1720). Colored engravingJose Zatrilla y Vico Dedoni y Manca (1648-1720). Sardinian poet. Engraving at 37 years old. Colored
Skull of a young girl. 16 years old. 3500-3400 BC. Sigersdal Mose, Northern Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
Trepanned skull of a man. 3500-3400 BC. DenmarkTrepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban WarHistory of Cuba. Ten Years War or Great War (1868-1878). The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban War in the Port of Barcelona, 1870. Painting by Ramon Padro Pijoan (1809-1876)
Jose Zatrilla y Vico (1648-1720). EngravingJose Zatrilla y Vico Dedoni y Manca (1648-1720). Sardinian poet. Engraving at 37 years old
Jaw of Australopithecus anamensis. Pliocene. Located in Kanapoi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom
Skull of Homo sapiens. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom
Skull probably from Homo sapiens. From Laetoli. Tanzania. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom
Joan of Arc (1412-1431)Charles VII of France receiving Joan of Arc at the Castle of Chinon. 1429. German tapestry. Episode of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Museum of Orleans. France
Allegory of the beginning of the Seven Years War. 1756-1763. Maria Theresa and Frederick II playing chess with Mars, god of war, in the center. Copperplate engraving of the time
Frederick II the Great (1712-1786). Troops before the kingFrederick II the Great (1712-1786). King of Prussia (1740-1786). PARADE OF TROOPS BEFORE FEDERICO II. Engraving by CHODOWIECKI Daniel (1777)
Queen Victorias Jubilee CelebrationsView of two illuminated buildings on the evening of Queen Victorias Jubilee Celebrations, 20 June 1897. The Junior Constitutional Club (above)
Cover design, London Magazine, April, sixpence, depicting a woman in an orange raincoat and a man in naval uniform, with a battleship at sea in the background
Group photo, CF Paris football teamGroup photo, CF (Club Francais) Paris football team, founded 1890, seen here celebrating their 25th anniversary. Date: 1915
Queen Victoria, Jubilee CelebrationsArchbishop of Canterbury doing homage to Queen Victoria after the service at St Pauls Cathedral during her Jubilee Celebrations on 20 June 1897. Date: 20 June 1897
Queen Victorias Jubilee Celebrations, view of LondonView of London illuminated, with St Pauls Cathedral in the distance, for Queen Victorias Jubilee Celebrations on 20 June 1897. Date: 20 June 1897
Edward III refusing to send aid to his son (Edward, the Black Prince) at the Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346. His response was " Let the boy win his spurs"
Greetings card with kitten, 2nd birthdayNostalgic greetings card for a two year old featuring a cute kitten. Date: c.1940
Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, USAThe busy thoroughfare of Larimer Street, Denver. This picture was taken just 37 years after the first cabin was erected on the site of Denver in 1858. Date: circa 1895
The CCFF arriveAfter two years of negotiations, the first Canadian volunteers arrive in England. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Studio photograph of Jules DeruwezStudio photograph of a Belgian soldier patient in civilian clothes. On the reverse is written in pencil in the hand of Major Powell-Cotton Jules Deruwez 8.2.15
James GoodenoughJAMES GRAHAM GOODENOUGH Naval commander who, after 30 years of distinguished service, was shot by savages at Santa Cruz, one of the Fiji islands. Date: 1830 - 1875
Alessandro Gavazzi - 1ALESSANDRO GAVAZZI Italian churchman and patriot, in his early years as an enthusiastic champion of Italian liberty. Date: 1809 - 1889
Gustav Freytag - 3GUSTAV FREYTAG German writer of liberal middle-class views, wrote plays and realistic novels, also historical fiction. In his latter years. Date: 1816 - 1895
Victor Duruy - 2VICTOR DURUY French historian, educator and statesman : in later years. Date: 1811 - 1894
Durer (Hondius)ALBRECHT DURER German artist, profiled in his later years. Date: 1471 - 1528
Thomas Baron Denman 5THOMAS, first baron DENMAN Judge, solicitor-general for Queen Caroline during her trial, later lord chief justice of the Queens Bench. In his later years. Date: 1779 - 1854
D annunzio at Age 16GABRIELE D ANNUNZIO Italian writer at age 16 before he attained the heroic stature of his later years. Date: 1863 - 1938
Considerants HomeHouse beside the mission near San Antonio, where French socialist free-thinker Victor Considerant attempted to found a Fourierist-type colony which sadly folded after two years. Date: 1855 - 1857
Aloysius Contareno - 2ALOYSIUS CONTARENO Venetian diplomat, mediator in Thirty Years War and sometime ambassador to James I of England. Date: 1597 - 1651
Joseph Cradock - 2JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826
Joseph Cradock - 1JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826
Joseph William Chitty -2Sir JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY Judge, who for 24 years also acted as umpire for the Oxford Cambridge boat race, which was done from a paddle steamer - hence this caricature. Date: 1828 - 1899
Louise Ackermann, WriterLOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890
Ann Countess of ArundelANN (Dacre), countess of ARUNDEL & SURREY, wife of Philip Howard, first earl. Depicted when 69 years of age. Date: flourished 1580
Ernst Moritz Arndt 6ERNST MORITZ ARNDT Swedish-born German writer, depicted seated in his later years. Date: 1769 - 1860
Berthold Auerbach 3BERTHOLD AUERBACH German writer, in his latter years. With his autograph. Date: 1812 - 1882
Chapel Made of SaltMiners in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Poland, carved this shrine, the Kinga Chapel, in the salt, 101 metres below ground. Successive generations worked on it for 70 years. Date: 17th century
Saint PaulaRoman saint, widow of Toxotius and mother to Lustochium. She went as a pilgrim to Bethlehem, where she died aged precisely 56 years 8 months and 21 days. Date: 347-404