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In this gallery, we look at the history of the last five royal houses of Britain through their family trees. From the Wars of the Roses to the current House of Windsor, we see an evolution from absolute rule to a constitutional monarchy...

This statue gallery covers 30 English kings and queens over 1400 years, from the early Anglo-Saxon rulers to Queen Elizabeth II (reign 1952-2022). The statues are primarily located in England. Some have local significance, based in the former...

An artistic impression of Alexander the Great in combat (played by Colin Farrell), from the motion picture Alexander (2004), directed by Oliver Stone.

A statue of the Irish-Celtic cultural hero Cú Chulainn, the chief character of the Ulster Cycle. By Oliver Sheppard, 1935 CE. (General Post Office, Dublin)

A 19th-century painting by Paul Delaroche titled "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers". Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was handed over to the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) in 1648 during the English Civil...

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry talks to his men in the minutes before the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813), engraving by J. R. Chapin, and W. Ridgway, 1860. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff officers, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1865. Standing, left to right: Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, and Joseph A. Mower. Sitting, left to right: John...

Oliver Hazard Perry rows to the USS Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813), by Edward Percy Moran, 1911. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A scene from the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813) depicting Oliver Hazard Perry rowing from the Lawrence to the Niagara, oil on canvas by William Henry Powell, 1873. United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

A portrait of General David Leslie, Lord Newark (c. 1600-82) who commanded the Scottish garrison at Edinburgh during the Third English Civil War (1650-1). Leslie was defeated by the English Parliament's New Model Army led by Oliver Cromwell...