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The Coronation Stone is an ancient sarsen stone block recording the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon kings: Edward the Elder, Aethelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig the Fair, Edward the Martyr and Aethelred the Unready, at Kingston-upon-Thames...

Emperor Haile Selassie's (1892-1975) League of Nations speech in 1936 against the Fascist Italian invasion. Bettmann Archive.

Ethiopian men gather in Addis Ababa, heavily armed with captured Italian weapons, to hear the proclamation announcing the return to the capital of the Emperor Haile Selassie in May 1941. Imperial War Museums, London.

A 1915 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), shown in the centre, in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War (1914-18).

A 1917 photograph of ex-Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) while under house arrest on the orders of the Bolshevik government.

An 1880s photograph of future Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire.

A 1913 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire, and his cousin George V, King of Great Britain (reign 1910-36). The photograph was taken in Berlin and both are wearing German military uniforms.

Terracotta bust of a maiden wearing a high-profile crown, from Pella, c. 320-300 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Pella. Pella was founded in the early 4th century BCE by Archelaus of Macedon (r. 413-399 BCE) to serve as the new capital of...

British generals Edward Pakenham and Samuel Gibbs, both of whom were killed at the Battle of New Orleans (8 Jan 1815), marble memorial statues by Richard Westmacott at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Photo by 14GTR, 2022.

Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans (8 Jan 1815), oil on canvas by Dennis Malone Carter, 1856. The Historic New Orleans Collection.