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Napoleon Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire Year VIII (9 November 1799), the coup that ended both the French Directory and the French Revolution. Oil on canvas painting by François Bouchot, 1840. Palace of Versailles.

British soldiers burn Washington, D.C., on 24 August 1814 during the War of 1812, setting fire to several buildings, including the White House and the US Capitol. Illustration is from The History of England, from the Earliest Periods, Vol...

This lithograph of Stela D at Copan was done by Frederick Catherwood and first published in 1844 in his book, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. Like John Lloyd Stephens' works on the Maya, the book was very...

Jean Pucelle: Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux. 1325-28 CE, Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Terracotta bust of a woman, probably Isabella d'Este, the Marchioness of Mantua, attributed to Gian Cristoforo Romano, c. 1500. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.

A photograph showing British Commando troops landing on the Normandy beaches (Gold Beach here) during D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

An illustration from a 1927 CE edition of Thomas Malory's (c. 1415 - 1471 CE) Le Morte D'Arthur. The illustration was drawn by Sir W. Russell Flint (1880 - 1969 CE) and depicts a damsel from Avalon presenting an enchanted sword to King Arthur's...

Boissy d'Anglas saluting the head of deputy Féraud, 1st Prairal Year III (20 May 1795), during the Prairial Uprising. Although d'Anglas is depicted in this painting, the president of the Convention during the uprising was actually Théodore...

Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois (1757-1836), during the French Revolution, oil on canvas painting by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1798. As the youngest brother of King Louis XVI, Artois was one of the first emigres to flee France after...

The 15th century CE Royal Lodge of the Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.