Images

French explorer and military officer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706). By an unknown artist, oil on canvas, from the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Likely a portrait of Francis Nicholson, an English colonial administrator around the time of Queen Anne's War (1702-1713). By Michael Dahl, circa 1710. From the Maryland state archives.

Philip of Anjou is crowned King of Spain in November 1700 (and so becomes Philip V of Spain), setting off the War of the Spanish Succession. By François Gérard, early 19th century, oil on canvas. (Château de Chambord Collection)

A London pamphlet about the arrival of the so-called Four Mohawk Kings, circa 1710.

The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's strategic plan for a two-front war against France and Russia. Conceived in 1905 by Count Alfred von Schlieffen, Chief of the German General Staff, it aimed to achieve a rapid victory in the west before turning...

A photograph of the delegates at the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July-August 1945. The conference, attended by representatives of the United States, Britain, and the USSR, discussed issues concerning the conclusion of the Second World...

A photograph of UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, US President Harry S. Truman, and the Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July-August 1945. Stood behind them are (L to R): Admiral Leahy and the three respective...

A photograph of UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, US President Harry S. Truman, and the Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July-August 1945. The conference discussed issues concerning the conclusion of the...

Portrait of Catherine II of Russia (the Great) in officer's uniform. The German princess (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst) ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her husband Peter III and became one of Russia's...

Battle of Quebec in October 1690 during King William's War. Illustration by Charles Van Tenac, 1847.