Julian the Apostate: Did you mean...?

Bede (c. 673-735 CE) was an English monk, historian, and scholar who lived in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is at times referred to as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable. He was a monk at the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow...

The US presidential election of 1796 was the first contested presidential election in the history of the United States. John Adams, the candidate of the Federalist Party, won the presidency, defeating his rival, Thomas Jefferson, candidate...

Portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) by Julian Vannerson, March 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

USS Niagara fires on the entangled British ships Detroit and Queen Charlotte at the climactic moment of the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813), painting by Julian Oliver Davidson, 1887. Erie Maritime Museum.

Henry Clay, toward the end of his long congressional career, photo by Julian Vannerson or Montgomery P. Simons, 1848.

Portrait of Jefferson Davis two years before he became president of the Confederate States of America, photograph by Julian Vannerson, 1859. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A gold solidus from Antioch depicting Emperor Julian, 361-363 CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Dakota Sioux Chief Little Crow (l. c. 1810-1863), famous for his leadership during the Dakota War of 1862. Photograph by Julian Vannerson (l. 1827-1875), taken in 1857/1858.

Stephen A. Douglas, a US Civil War era politician from Illinois, photo by Julian Vannerson, 1859. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Sasanian relief in Taq-e Bostan (Iran) depicting the investiture of Ardashir II (r. 379-383 CE), the Sasanian King of Kings. Ardashir II appears in the middle, receiving the diadem from his predecessor Shapur II (r. 309-379 CE) (or Ahura...