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A gouache on paper painting titled The Battle of the Alamo, 1836 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna facing the Texian Frontiermen during the siege...

Depiction of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II (r. 1564-1567 CE) on a medal created by Antonio Abondio, 1575 CE. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, United States

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The U.S.–Mexican War (1846–1848) marked a decisive moment in the territorial and political transformation of North America. The conflict was triggered by the U.S. annexation of Texas (1845) and a disputed southern boundary, claimed by the...

Surrender of Santa Anna, oil on canvas painting by William Henry Huddle, 1886. Depicted here is the morning after the Battle of San Jacinto, fought April 21, 1836. Captured General Santa Anna, commanding the Mexican forces, surrenders to...

Th ruins of the 10th century CE Ani Cathedral, once capital of medieval Armenia (modern-day eastern Turkey). It was designed and built by the celebrated architect Trdat the Builder (c. 940s - c. 1020s CE).

A c. 1720 portrait of James II of England’s exiled son James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), also known as the Old Pretender since he claimed the crown of Great Britain which had since passed on to the House of Hanover and George I of...

The San Jacinto Monument– 567.31 feet (172.92 m) high, located east of Houston, Texas – commemorates the Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836. Photo by Tijuana Brass, 2007.

Replicas of the "Twin Sisters," the cannons used by the Texians at the Battle of San Jacinto, 21 April 1836, San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. Photograph by Ernest Mettendorf, 2008.

Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. Taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, Cortés plundered Mesoamerica as he became the first ruler of the new colony...