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71096_rf_38_face_of_death_197a1h The Face Of Death & The Fear Of Nuclear War.

902_05_12513203highres The Works of Shakspere (Imperial Edition) edited by Charles Knight. An etched drawing Published by Virtue & Co Ltd 1870. William Shakespeare The death of Caesar from Julius Caesar

902_05_12512805highres The suicide of Brutus after the Battle of Philippi in October 42 B.C. Marcus Junius Brutus (the Younger), 85 BC - 42 BC, aka Brutus. Politician of the late Roman Republic who took a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512796highres The sacrificial death of Marcus Curtius, a mythological young Roman who offered himself to the gods of Hades in order to save Rome. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529040highres The Passing of the Vestals. The Vestals or Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. To be allowed entry into the order, a girl had to be free of physical and mental defects, have two living parents and be a daughter of a free-born resident of Rome, they were able to pardon prisoners condemned to death when they passed them in the streets by chance. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512744highres The murder of Albrecht Gessler by William Tell. Albrecht Gessler, aka Hermann. Legendary 14th-century Habsburg bailiff whose brutal rule led to the William Tell rebellion and the independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy. William Tell. Folk hero of Switzerland. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529019highres The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. As long as a yearly fee was paid the bodies of the dead were numbered and registered and cared for but if payment was discontinued the bodies were cast on a heap of bones and skulls. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529018highres The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico seen here c. 1911. The dry rarefied air of Guanajuato provides an environment which can lead to a type of natural mummification. This place was subsequently turned into a museum called El Museo de las Momias (The Museum of the Mummies) in 1969. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529123highres The martydom of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 -1431, aka The Maid of Orleans. Heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12528924highres The last moments of Jurgen Wullenweber tried and accused as a traitor, before being beheaded, 1535. Jürgen Wullenwever, c. 1492 -1537, Burgomaster of Lübeck, Germany from 1533 to 1535. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12516029highres The Graphic Newspaper/Magazine June 1st 1897, Queens Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. News of the King's death coveyed to H.M. the Queen at kensington Palace June 20th 1837.

902_05_12512710highres The feud between Eadwig and Dunstan which began on the day of Eadwig's coronation banquet when he failed to attend a meeting of nobles. When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Aethelgifu and refused to return with the bishop. Eadwig, also spelled Edwy, c. 940 - 959, aka All-Fair. King of England from 955 until his premature death in 959. Dunstan, 909 - 988. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512749highres The death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of lake Mälaren on his way back to Stockholm after being mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund on 19 January 1520, during the last part of Christian II of Denmark's war against Sweden. Sten Sture the Younger, Lord of Ekesiö (1493 -1520. Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512724highres The death of Rubens. Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 - 1640. Flemish artist. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512717highres The death of Queen Elizabeth I, 24th March 1603. Elizabeth I, 1533 - 1603, aka The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess. Queen of England and Ireland. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512653highres The death of Masistius whilst leading a cavalry attack against the Greek forces shortly before the Battle of Plataea, c.479BC. Masistius, Persian cavalry commander best known for his role in the second Persian invasion of Greece. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512894highres The death of Lysimachus at the Battle of Corupedium, 281 BC, after some days his body was found on the field, protected from birds of prey by his faithful dog. Lysimachus, c. 360 BC - 281 BC. Macedonian officer and successor of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus (King) in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512763highres The death of King Saul at the Battle of Gilboa against the Philistines. Saul, first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512882highres The death of Johann de Kalb,1780, at the Battle of Camden during theAmerican Revolutionary War. Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb, 1721 - 1780, born Johann Kalb. Bavarian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512692highres The death of James Lawrence aboard the USS Chesapeake after a single-ship action against HMS Shannon during The War of 1812. James Lawrence, 1781 - 1813. American naval officer. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512672highres The death of Germanicus Caesar. Germanicus Julius Caesar, 15 BC - AD 19. Heir-designate of the Roman Empire under Tiberius. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529220highres The death of General Hentzi at the storming of Buda by the Hungarian forces of Artúr Görgei in 1849. Heinrich Hentzi von Arthurm, 1785 - 1849. Hungarian general in the army of the Austrian Empire. Artúr Görgei de Görg? et Toporc, 1818 - 1916. Hungarian military leader. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512767highres The death of Codrus. After Codrus succeeded to the throne, Attica was invaded by the Dorians. The oracle of Delphi prophesied that their invasion would succeed as long as the king was not harmed. Codrus, therefore, went disguised into the enemy's camp and provoked a quarrel, in which he was killed. On discovering his identity, the Dorians retreated. Codrus, semi-mythical Kings of Athens, reigned c. 1089-1068 BC. He was an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512716highres The death of Catherine of Aragon, 1536. Catherine of Aragon, also spelled Katherine, 1485 - 1536. Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529283highres The death of Belshazzar, 539 BC. Belshazzar, eldest son of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12512798highres The death of Archimedes during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier for not replying to a question, despite orders that he should not be harmed. Archimedes of Syracuse, c.?287 - c.?212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512918highres The death of Alcibiades at the hands of Lysander and the Spartans. Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, c. 450-404 BC. Prominent Athenian statesman, orator and general. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528829highres The Capuchin Crypt, a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto, Rome, Italy, lined with the skeletal remains of 3,700 bodies believed to be Capuchin friars. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.

902_05_12529029highres The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo aka Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, seen here c.1911. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12512816highres The capture, by Charles of Anjou, of King Manfred's wife Helena Angelina Doukaina and four children Beatrice, Frederick, Henry and Azzolino, after his death in 1266. Manfred, 1232 - 1266. King of Sicily. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512848highres The burial of Alaric in the bed of the Busento River. Alaric I, c. 370/ 375 - 410 AD. First King of the Visigoths from 395-410. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512723highres The Brussels Guild of Marksmen paying their last honours to the Counts of Egmont and Hoorn, arrested, tried for treason and condemned to death by the Spanish Duke of Alba in 1568. Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere, 1522 -1568. General and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands. Philip de Montmorency (d. 1568), aka Count of Horn, Hoorne or Hoorn. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529017highres The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, this resulted in the complete destruction of the town of Saint-Pierre and the deaths of close to 30,000 people. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1911.

902_05_12529311highres Rommel's death mask. Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 -1944. German general, military theorist and field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

902_05_12512843highres Roman consul Titus Manlius Torquatus condemning his son to death for leaving his post in battle. Titus Manlius Torquatus, Roman consul 347 BC. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529235highres Marie Antoinette being led to execution during the French Revolution, 1793. Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne d'Autriche-Lorraine, 1755 - 1793. Last Queen of France before the French Revolution, wife of Louis XVI. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12518934highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History.William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 - 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, as the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.

902_05_12518978highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History.George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[c] - 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ('Hanover') in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in England, spoke English as his first language,[1] and never visited Hanover.[2]

902_05_12513237highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian. Social history images from In his steps Or What would Jesus do ? The readings from the popular story of C.M.Sheldon Compiled by Thomas Mitchell. Someone had thrown a heavy bottle. It struck Loreon on the head, and she fell to the ground. Virginia turned and kneeled down by her. The police officers by that time had reached the little company. Donald Marsh raised his arm and shouted over the howl that was beginning to rise from the wild beast in the mob? Stop! You've killed a woman ! The announcement partly sobered the crowdIs it true ?' Henry Maxwell asked it, as Dr. Wert kneeled on the other side of Loreen, supporting her. She's dying, said Dr. West, briefly. Loreen opened her eyes and smiled at Virginia. Virginia wiped the blood from her face, and then bent over and kissed her. Loreen smiled again, and the next moment her soul was in Paradise.

902_05_12519029highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900. Victorian or Edwardian era. The origional monchrome ( black and white ) photograph hand coloured.The photograph is the work of G.W. Wilson photographer and slide manufacturer 1823-1893.George Washington Wilson (7 February 1823 - 9 March 1893) was a pioneering Scottish photographer. The French Riviera and Monte Carlo (lecture ) .Slide 45 Prince Charles III's monument Monaco. Charles III (8 December 1818 - 10 September 1889) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris Charles Honore Grimaldi, the only son of Florestan I of Monaco and Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz.

902_05_12528810highres Louis the Pious at his palace of Attigny near Vouziers in the Ardennes in 822, performing penance before Pope Paschal I, for causing the death of his nephew Bernard of Italy. Louis the Pious, 778 - 840, also called the Fair, and the Debonaire. King of the Franks and co-Emperor (as Louis I) with his father, Charlemagne. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528902highres Ivan the Terrible entering Kazan in 1552. Ivan IV Vasilyevich, 1530 - 1584, aka Ivan the Terrible or Ivan the Fearsome. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then 'Tsar of All the Russias' until his death in 1584. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529233highres Girondists or Girondons being taken to the guillotine for execution during the French Revolution. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

902_05_12512590highres Doctors from the Medical Association of Mainz conduct an experiment on executed bodies, 1803. After claims that a head still retained its senses two hours after decapitation two doctors remained beneath the scaffold and examined the decapitated heads following execution by the guillotine, they obtained no response from the heads and demonstrated that life was extinct and death instantaneous. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

902_05_12512952highres Croesus condemned to death on a funeral pyre by Cyrus the Great. Croesus, king of Lydia. A symbol of wealth to the Greeks, he allied himself with Egypt and Babylonia against Cyrus the Great of Persia. Defeated and captured, he was condemned to the funeral pyre, but when he invoked the name of Solon, Cyrus pardonned him and appointed him his advisor. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12512750highres Conveying the body of Gustavus Adolphus to the ship at Wolgast for transfer to Sweden after his death at The Battle of Lützen, November 6, 1632. Gustav II Adolf, 1594 - 1632, aka Gustavus Adolphus or Gustav II Adolph. King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12512859highres Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in 732. Charles Martel, c. 686 - 741. Frankish statesman and military leader who as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12529066highres Bringing home the body of Charles XII after his death during The Siege of Fredriksten in 1718. Charles XII, also Carl, 1682 - 1718. King of Sweden. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528909highres Archduke Maximilian, the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, with his bride, Mary of Burgundy, in Ghent, 1477. Maximilian I, 1459 - 1519. King of the Romans aka King of the Germans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death. Mary, 1457 - 1482. Duchess of Burgundy. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528998highres A Passion play, a medieval drama. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.

902_05_12528850highres A Parsee or Parsi tower of silence aka Dakhma, Bombay, India. A raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation - that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.

902_05_12512113highres A magic lantern slide circa 1900. The death of Polycarp

902_05_12518968highres A magic lantern slide circa 1900. Religious slides . Sir Edward John Poynter, Faithful unto death. The figure of the faithful soldier, remaining at his post during the destruction of Pompeii, made an immediate hit with the Victorian public.

902_05_12518972highres A hand coloured magic lantern slide circa 1900. Saint Telemachus (also Almachus[1] or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret,[2] tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, however, was impressed by the monk's martyrdom and it spurred him to issue a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Frederick George Holweck gives the year of his death as 391. [3] The last known gladiatorial fight in Rome was on 1 January 404 AD.

71096_rf_28_wolf pack_195a3h Nazi German U-Boats Forming A Wolf Pack.

71096_rf_28_wolf pack_195a2h Nazi German U-Boats Forming A Wolf Pack.

913_03_PO07582 Color satellite image of the southern part of California, United States, from San Francisco to San Diego. The Sierra Nevada runs north to south parallel to the coast. It is home to three national parks, i.e. Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks. The Death Valley National Park is further at east. Image collected on May 1, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

902_05_12310020HighRes Woman wearing full mourning costume made of grass, Melanesia, Oceania. After the death of a man his wife was secluded for a certain time. She smeared her body in mud, wailed continuously and only left her enclosure at night. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.

902_05_12290005HighRes The suffering and death due to poor ventilation, of English prisoners in the Black Hole of Calcutta, a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c. 1870

902_05_12280350HighRes The sinking of the SS London in the Bay of Biscay on 11 January 1866, en route from Gravesend in England to Melbourne, Australia. From L'Univers Illustre, published 1866.

902_05_12309984HighRes The murder of Henry of Almain, 1235 ? 1271, by his cousins Simon and Guy de Montfort, at the church of San Silvestro in Viterbo, Italy in 1271. Simon de Montfort "the younger" or Simon VI de Montfort, 1240 ? 1271. Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, 1244 ? c. 1288. From a 19th century print.

902_05_12290455HighRes The martyrdom of William Tyndale at Vilvoorde Castle, Brussels in 1536. William Tyndale, also spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall c.?1494?1536. English scholar who became a leading figure in Protestant reform. After an engraving in Foxe's Acts and Monuments of Martyrs, 1684.

902_05_12283479HighRes The last moments of The Duke of Berry after being stabbed in Paris in 1820. Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, 1778 ? 1820. Younger son of king Charles X of France. From The Turbulent Duchess by Baroness Orczy, published 1936.

902_05_12290447HighRes The Kingdom of Prussia between 1740 and 1815. Yellow outline; in 1740 at the Accession of Friedrich II: red outline; in 1786 at the death of Friedrich II: blue outline; in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna. From Friedrich II of Prussia, by Thomas Carlyle. Chapman and Hall, 1869.

902_05_12323279HighRes The funeral procession of Queen Victoria, Windsor, Berkshire, England, 1901. Victoria, 1819 ? 1901. Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

902_05_12310687HighRes The execution, by firing squad, of Maximilian I in 1867. Maximilian I, born Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, 1832 ? 1867. Only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire. From The History of our Country, published1900.

902_05_12324038HighRes The death of William I, c. 1028 -1087, aka William the Conqueror and William the Bastard. First Norman king of England. From L'Univers Illustre, published June 1863

902_05_12289889HighRes The death of Tecumseh during The Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813. Tecumseh, 1768 ?1813. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy known as Tecumseh's Confederacy. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.

902_05_12289888HighRes The death of Tecumseh during The Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813. Tecumseh, 1768 ?1813. Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy known as Tecumseh's Confederacy. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.

902_05_12289781HighRes The death of Sophie Blanchard, aka Madame Blanchard, 1778 ? 1819. French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist and the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident. During an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris, she launched fireworks that ignited the gas in her balloon, her craft crashed on the roof of a house and she fell to her death. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870

902_05_12310703HighRes The death of Sitting Bull, shot and killed by Bull Head member of the Indian agency police, on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Dakota, United States of America during an attempt to arrest him. Sitting Bull, aka Hú?ke?ni or "Slow", c. 1831 ? 1890. Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies. From The History of Our Country, published 1900

902_05_12310169HighRes The death of Saul, who fell on his sword to avoid capture at the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, from The Book of Samuel, Old Testament. From The Children's Bible, published c. 1883

902_05_12289985HighRes The death of Philippe Lebon in the Champs-Élysées, after being stabbed thirteen times. Philippe le Bon (or Lebon) (D'Humbersin), 1767 ? 1804. French engineer. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c. 1870

902_05_12280779HighRes The death of Napoleon, May 5, 1821, at Longwood House, St. Helena. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 ? 1821. After the painting by Charles Auguste Steuben. French military and political leader and Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815 as Napoleon I. From a 19th century Life of Napoleon.

902_05_12290556HighRes The death of Metacomet, aka by his adopted English name King Philip, in 1676, during King Philip's War, aka First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion. Metacomet, member of the Wampanoag native American Indian Tribe. From The History of Our Country, published 1899

902_05_12320988HighRes The Death of Major Francis Pierson at St. Heliers and the re-taking of Jersey from the French, 6 January, 1781. From English and Scottish History, published 1882.

902_05_12279954HighRes The death of king Harold at The Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066. Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, c. 1022 ? 1066. Last Anglo-Saxon King of England. From Cassell's History of England, published c.1901

902_05_12280538HighRes The Death of King Arthur. From Reading from Historical Romances, published 1914.

902_05_12320899HighRes The Death of King Arthur. Coloured illustration from the book The Gateway to Tennyson published 1910.

902_05_12289768HighRes The death of Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier in 1785 when his hot air balloon crashed near Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France during an attempt to fly across the English Channel. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870

902_05_12320985HighRes The Death of General Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham, Quebec, Canada 1759. General James Wolfe, 1727 ? 1759. British Army officer. From English and Scottish History, published 1882.

902_05_12310000HighRes The death of General Lawton at the Battle of Paye, December 19, 1899, during the Philippine-American War. Henry Ware Lawton, 1843 ? 1899. U.S. Army officer. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12310501HighRes The Death of General Gordon, after the painting by George W. Joy. Major General Charles George Gordon, 1833 ? 1885, aka Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum. British Army officer and administrator. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

902_05_12310003HighRes The death of Emerson Hamilton Liscum at the Battle of Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. 1841 ?1900. Colonel Emerson Hamilton Liscum, 1841 ? 1900. U.S. Army officer. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12280293HighRes The death of De Soto in 1542. Hernando de Soto, 1496-1542. Spanish explorer and conquistador, leader of the first European expedition into the territory of the modern-day United States. From The History of Our Country, published 1899

902_05_12280379HighRes The Death of Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII Philopator, c. 69 BC ? 30 BC. Last active pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. After the painting by John Collier. From Hutchinson's History of the Nation, published 1939.

902_05_12310004HighRes The death of Benjamin Harrison in 1901, scene in the parlor of the Harrison home in Indianapolis, United States of America. Benjamin Harrison, 1833 ? 1901. 23rd President of the United States. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12310157HighRes The death of Alexander III of Macedon, 356 BC ? 323 BC, aka Alexander the Great. King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12280650HighRes The death of Abraham Lincoln, 1744 ? 1786. Grandfather of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, shot by Indians. From The Century Magazine, published 1887.

902_05_12289850HighRes The death mask of John Keats, 1795 ? 1821. English Romantic poet. From The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, published 1884.

902_05_12310059HighRes The cremation of a Burmese monk or pongyi, on a funeral pyre made of bamboo with a framework covered with gold paper and tinsel in the 19th century. From Customs of The World, published circa 1913.

902_05_12289875HighRes The Burr?Hamilton duel on July 11, 1804, between Alexander Hamilton, c.1757 ? 1804 and Aaron Burr, Jr., 1756 ?1836, who was the sitting Vice President of the United States. The duel resulted in Hamilton's death. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.

902_05_12280020HighRes The Battle of Barnet, England in 1471, the death of the Kingmaker. Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, 1428 ? 1471, aka Warwick the Kingmaker. English nobleman, administrator and military commander. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

902_05_12280080HighRes The assassination of the Duke of Buckingham, 23 August 1628, at the Greyhound Pub, Portsmouth, England. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1592 ? 1628. Favourite of King James I of England. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

902_05_12310419HighRes The assassination of Spencer Perceval in The House of Commons, London, England in 1812. Spencer Perceval, 1762 ? 1812. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

902_05_12280037HighRes The assassination in 1546 of Cardinal Beaton, by Norman Leslie, master of Rothes and William Kirkcaldy of Grange. David Beaton, c.1494 ? 1546. Archbishop of St Andrews and Cardinal. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

902_05_12280073HighRes Sir Walter Raleigh before the judges in 1618. Previously tried for treason in 1603, Raleigh was released in 1616, in order to conduct a second expedition to Venezuela in search of El Dorado, during which he attacked the Spanish outpost of Santo Tomé de Guayanaon. The Spanish ambassador successfully demanded that King James reinstate Raleigh's death sentence and on his return he was once more arrested. Sir Walter Raleigh, c. 1554 ?1618. English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

902_05_12279997HighRes John Donne, from the frontispiece to Death's Duel, 1632. John Donne, 1572 - 1631. English metaphysical poet, satirist, lawyer and cleric in the Church of England. From The Poems of John Donne, published 1912

902_05_12285571HighRes German atrocity in Senlis, France during WWI. The mayor and five other leading citizens are forced to kneel at open graves before being shot in reprisal for the wounding of one German soldier and the death of another by a poacher. It has also been suggested that another twenty four people including women and children were also shot and the town pillaged. From The War Illustrated Album Deluxe, published 1915.

902_05_12285642HighRes Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I, 1830 ? 1916. Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1848 until his death in 1916. From The History of the Great War, published c. 1919