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A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Joseph Dassy of Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch, 1097-8 CE during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE).

A statue of Robert du Guesclin (c.1320-1380 CE), a French knight and national hero also known as the ‘Eagle of Brittany’. (Sculptor: Emmanuel Fremiet. Dinan, France)

An 1834 oil on canvas portrait by William Henry Brooke (1772-1860) of the industrialist Robert Owen (1771-1858) who rose from the position of a lowly apprentice to become a great mill owner during the Industrial Revolution. (National Portrait...

Sir Robert Pigot, a British military officer who led troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill and at the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Portrait by Francis Cotes, c. 1765.

A 14th century CE manuscript illustration showing Philip VI of France (r. 1328-1350 CE) presiding over the lawsuit of Robert III of Artois. (MS fr: 18437, National Library of France, Paris)

British Major General Robert Ross (1766-1814), who served in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812 and was killed during the Battle of Baltimore. Oil portrait by an unknown artist. Private collection.

Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), senator from South Carolina and proponent of nullification, engraving by William G. Jackman. New York Public Library.

The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. The tomb or grave was the eternal home of the physical remains of the deceased to which...

The Rocket was a pioneering steam-powered locomotive invented in 1829 by the British engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859). For a cash prize, extensive competition trials were held to find the best locomotive in the Rainhill Trials. Rocket...

James I of Scotland ruled as king from 1406 to 1437. In 1406, the future king was captured by pirates and then imprisoned by Henry IV of England (r. 1399-1413), a confinement that lasted for 18 years. He succeeded his father Robert III of...