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A photograph of Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918) taken after his arrest for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife on 28 June 1914. Princip was a member of the Black Hand organisation...

An image of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) seeking an audience with Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516). Painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1839. Oil on Canvas. Located in the Toledo Musuem of Art in Toledo...

A satellite image of the Straits of Magellan at the tip of South America. The Straits were first navigated by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22.

An 1823 oil on canvas portrait by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

Battle During the Retreat of Germanicus (Kampf beim Rückzug des Germanicus), oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Leeke, 1898. Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Photo by Andres Kilger. The painting presents the...

A gouache on paper painting titled The Meuse-Garonne Offensive 1918 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In 1918, during the First World War, 1.2 million American soldiers where involved...

A photograph showing Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing, second on the right) after the signing of the armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. The train was Marshal Foch's campaign...

A coloured illustration by Maurice Pillard Verneuil of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies, represented by their overall military commander Marshal Foch (standing on the right), and Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the...

The Columbian exchange is a term coined by Alfred Crosby Jr. in 1972 that is traditionally defined as the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and Africa and the New World of the Americas. The exchange...

Henry VIII of England ruled as king from 1509 to 1547. The second Tudor king after his father Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509), Henry had inherited a kingdom which enjoyed both unity and sound finances. Famous for his six wives as he searched...