9
Arminius, Chieftan of the Cherusci, hands the Roman army their largest defeat at the Battle of Teutoborg Forest, 9 CE, by Peter Janssen (1844–1908), painted 1870-73, Kunstmuseen Krefeld. 1033910339 10
55
Zenobia is found on the banks of the Araxe after being stabbed by her husband Rhadamistus, 55 CE, painted in 1850 by Paul Baudry (1828-1888) Location TBD 78617861 56
79
Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum, 79 CE 78637863
Pompeii is destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, 79 CE, by Karl Briullov (1799-1852) Location TBD 78647864 80
390
Ambrose forbids entry to Theodosius I after the Massacre of 7000 at Thessalnika, 390 CE, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) Location TBD. 78677867 391
393
The Western co-Emperor Honorius recently elevated by his father emperor Theodosius I after the death of Valentinian II, January 23rd 393 CE, painted in 1880 by Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921) Location TBD 78687868 394
410
Emperor Honorius receives news of the Visigoth Alaric's Sack of Rome, 410 CE, painted in 1883 entitled The Favorites of Emperor Honorius, by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) Art Gallery of South Australia. 78697869 411
508
Baptism of Clovis, December 25th, 508, by Master of St Giles, National Gallery, Washington, DC, 1952.2.15, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1039510395 509
561
Death of the rebellious Chramn, at the hands of his father Chlothar I, 561, by Guillaume Crétin, in Chroniques Françaises, after 1515, Rouen, France. Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
1039910399 562
567
Marriage of Sigebert I and Brunhilda, ca. 567, Grandes Chroniques de France BNF Fr2610 f31r 1040110401 568
Fredegund watches the marriage of Chilperic I and Galswintha, 568, By Lawrence Alma Tadema (1836-1912), painted in 1878, Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna. 1040610406 569
573
Chilperic I strangles his wife Galswinthe, sister of Brunhilda (both Visigoth Princesses), 573. From a manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France, Paris, BNF, Fr. 2813, fol. 31r. 1040410404 574
575
Fredegund arms the murderers of Sigisimund I, 575, by Emmanuel Herman Joseph Wallet (1771-1855) 1040310403 576
752
Childeric III gets tonsured and loses his kingship - becoming the last of the Merovingians, 752 CE, by Evariste-Vital Luminais (1822-1896) Musee des Beaux Arts Carcassonne 78727872 753
897
The Cadaver Synod - Pope Stephen VI has predecessor Formosus exhumed and put on trial in Rome, January 897, by Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921) 1040210402 898
1095
Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont, November 18-28, 1095, by Jean Colombe and Sebastian Mamerot, from Passages d'Outremer ca. 1475. 78777877 1096
1148
Raymond of Poitiers welcomes Louis VII to Antioch, 25 March, 1148 CE, by Jean Colombe and Sebastian Mamerot, from Passages d'Outremer ca. 1475-1490. 78797879 1149
1218
La presa di damietta, 1218, by Cornelis claesz van wieringen ,ante 1628 1036610366 1219
Battle of Lyndanisse, 1219 CE June 15th, painted in 1809 by Christian August Lorentzen (1749-1828) Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen 78837883 1220
1286
Flight of the Assassins of Erik V King Of Denmark, November 22, 1286 CE, by Otto Bache (1839-1927) painted in 1882, Frederiksborgmuseet, Copenh 78857885 1287
1288
Battle of Worringen, 1288, by Peter Janssen (1844-1908) painted in 1893, Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf. 78867886 1289
1302
Battle of the Golden Spurs, 11 July 1302, painted 1836 by Nicaise de Keyser (1813-1887) Kortrijk Museum. 78887888 1303
Entry of Roger de Flor into Constantinople, 1303, by José Moreno Carbonero (1858-1942) Palacio del Senado de España. 1040710407 1304
1389
Isabeau Queen Consort of France enters into Paris, August 23, 1389, by Jean Froissart, painted between 1470-1472, Chronicles BL Harley 4379. 78927892 1390
1402
Ottoman Sultan Bayazid I imprisoned by Tamerlane after the Battle of Ankara, 1402, by Stanislaw cheblowski 1835-1884) painted in 1878, Location TBD. 78937893 1403
1431
Joan of Arc interrogated in her cell by Cardinal Winchester, 1431, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1859) painted in 1824, Musee des Beaux-Arts Rouen. 78957895 1432
1483
Edward V, King of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York held captive in the tower of London, 1483, by Jean-Paul-Laurents (1838-1921), painted in 1897 (as "Hostages"), Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon. 78987898 1484
1492
The capitulation of Granada, 2 January, 1492, by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848-1921) painted in 1882 Bonhams Auction. 78997899 1493
1494
French troops under Charles VIII entering Florence, November 17th, 1494, by Francesco Granacci (1469-1543) Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze. 79007900 1495
1501
Columbus before Ferdinand and Isabella at the Alhambra, ca. 1501, by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868) painted in 1843, Brooklyn Museum, NY. 79017901 1502
1506
Juana of Castille holding vigil over the coffin of her husband Philip the Fair, September-October 1506, by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz 1848-1921, painted in 1877, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. 79027902 1507
1515
Francis, King of France, at Battle of Marignano during the War of the League of Cambrai, 13-15 September, 1515, painted by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850) Versailles. 79037903 1516
1519
Death of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 May 1519, by Francois Guillaume Menageot, Clos Luce Museum. 79047904
Francis I at Leonardo da Vincis deathbed, 1519, by Jean Ingres (1780-1867) painted in 1818, Petit Palais. 79057905 1520
1525
Battle of Pavia, 24 February, 1525, Flemish School, Birmingham Museum of Art, Kress Collection. 79067906 1526
Battle of Mohacs, 29 August, 1526, by Bertelan Szekely (1835-1910) painted in 1866, Hungarian National Gallery, 2764. 79077907
Peder Sunnanvader's and Master Knut's ignominous entry into Stockholm, 1526, by Carl Hellqvist (1851-1890) Location TBD. 79087908 1527
1529
Trial of Catherine Aragon, 1529, by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817-1880). 79097909
Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon, 1529, by George Henry Harlow (1787-1819), painted in 1817, Location TBD. 1034110341 1530
Siege of Florence, 1530, by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) painted in 1558, Palazzo Vecchio Sala du Clemente VII. 79107910 1531
1556
Execution of Lady Jane Grey, February 12th, 1556, by paul delaroche (1797-1859) painted in 1833, Location TBD. 79127912 1557
The poisoning of Queen Bona Sforza, November 19th, 1557, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893) painted in 1859, Location TBD. 79137913 1558
1572
Assassination of David Rizzio, with Mary of Scots present March 9th, 1572, by John Opie (1761-1807), painted in 1787, Guildhall Art Gallery. 79157915
Admiral Coligny impresses his murderers, August 24th, 1787, by Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1743-1807) Musée des Beaux Arts Dijon. 79167916
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, February 23-24, by Francois Dubois (1529-1584) Location TBD. 79177917
The morning after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Febrary 25th, 1572, by Edouard Debat Ponsan (1847-1913) painted in 1880, Location TBD. 79187918 1573
1574
Siege of Lieden - Burgomeister Van der Werff's self-sacrifice, 1574, painted in 1829 by Gustaaf Wappers (1803-1874) painted in 1829, Centraal Museum Utrecht. 79197919 1575
1579
Torquato Tasso in the madhouse, 1579, by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) painted in 1839, Private Collection. 79207920 1580
1581
Ivan the Terrible with his son Ivan, November 16th, by Ilya Repin (1844-1930) painted in 1885, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. 79217921 1582
Yermak's conquest of Siberia, 1582, by Vasily Surikov (1848-1916) Location TBD. 79227922
Stephen Bathory at Pskov, 1582, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893), painted in 1872 Royal Castle in Warsaw
1034310343 1583
1585
Mancio Ito and the Japanese Tensho Embassy visits Pope Gregory XIII in Rome, March 23rd, 1585, Artist TBD, Location TBD. 79237923 1586
1587
Mary Queen of Scots before her Execution, February 8th, 1587, by Robert Herdman (1829-1888), painted in 1867, Glasgow Museums. 1040910409 1588
Henry I, Duke of Guise assassinated, 1588 CE, by Unknown Artist, Location TBD 79247924
Battle of Gravelines - English defeat the Spanish Armada near Calais, August 8th, 1588, by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812), painted in 1796, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection, BHC0264. 1041010410 1589
1600
Prince Maurits of Nassau at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 CE, 2 July, by Paulus van Hillegaert (1596-1640) Rijskmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-664 part of the Eighty Years War (Seventeen Provinces -Burgundian Netherlands vs. Hapsburgs) 79267926
The Landing of Marie de Medicis at Marseilles, 1600, November 3rd, by Peter Paul Rubens 1036910369 1601
1603
The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, 1603, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) Musee du Louvre, Paris, painted in 1828. 79277927 1604
1605
Arrest of Guy Fawkes by the Royalist soldier Sir Thomas Knevet, 1605, 5th of November, by Henry Perronet Briggs (1793-1844) Laing Art Gallery, B8115, painted in 1823. 79287928 1606
1607
Battle of Gibraltar, Dutch surprise victory over Spanish Fleet, 1607 CE, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648), between the Seventeen Provinces and the Hapsburg Empire, by Adam Willaerts, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, SK-A-1387, painted in 1617. 79297929 1608
1609
Galileo Demonstrates the Telescope to Doge of Venice, 1609, 25 august, by Guiseppe Bertini (1825-1898) Villa Andrea Ponti 79307930 1610
1611
Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, set adrift after mutiny and disappeared, 1611 CE, by John Collier (1850-1934) Tate Britain, painted June 1881. 79317931
Shuysky Czars before Sigismund III, 1611, October 29th, by Dolabella 1037010370 1612
Scottish Invasion of Norway, aka Sinclairs Landing in Romsdal, 1612 CE, by Adolph Tidemand (1814-1876) 79327932 1613
The Arrival of Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth Stuart, 1613, April 13th, by Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom 1037110371 1614
1618
Defenestration of Prague, 1618 CE, 23 May, start of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), by Vaclav Brozik , National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, P.316.1-1 79337933 1619
1622
The Surrender of Julich, 1622 CE February 3, the Spanish army under Ambrosio Spinola took the Dutch-occupied fortress during the Palatinate Campaign of the Thirty Years War, by Jusepe Leonardo (1601-1653), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, painted in 1635. 79347934
Batalla Fleurus, 1622 August 29th 1037210372 1623
1625
The Relief of Genoa by Marquis of Santa Cruz, 1625 CE, March 24 - April 28, by Antonio de Pereda (1611-1678) Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, painted in 1634. 79357935
The Surrender of Breda, 1625, 5 June, during the last stages of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) between the Seventeen Provinces and the Spanish Hapsburg Empire, by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, painted 1634-5. 79367936 1626
1633
Galileo before the Roman Inquisition, 1633 CE, by Christiano Banti (1824-1904) Location TBD, painted in 1857. 79387938 1634
Battle of Nordlingen, Swabia, Bavaria, 1634 CE, August 27th (Julian Calendar), part of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) by Jacques Courtois (1621-1676), Westphalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturseschichte Munster, painted in 1648. 79397939
Assassination of Wallenstein, 1634 CE, February 25, by Carl Theodore von Piloty, Neue Pinakothek. 79407940 1635
1641
Battle of Montjuic part of Catalan Revolt, 1641, painted by Pandolfo Reschi, Location TBD. 1034410344 1642
Charles I and Prince Rupert strategize on The Eve of the Battle of Edge Hill, 1642 CE, Saturday, October 22, pitched battle of the First English Civil War, by Charles Landseer (1799-1879) Walker Art Gallery WAG-126, painted in 1845. 79417941 1643
1645
The siege and capture of Hulst, 1645, November 5th, by Hendrick de Meijer 1037310373 1646
Mariage de l'Electeur de Brandebourg, 1646, December 7th, by Mijtens 1037410374 1647
1648
Ratification of the Treaty of Munster, 1648, May 15th, end of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Thirty Year's War (1618-1648), by Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, SK-C-1683. 79427942 1649
Oliver Cromwell with the corpse of Charles I, 1649 CE, end of the Second English Civil War, by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), Kunsthalle Hamburg, painted in 1831. 79437943 1650
1659
Treaty of the Pyrenees, Louis XIV and Philip IV meet at Isle of Pheasants, 1659 CE, November 7th, inconclusive end of the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), by Jacques Laumosnier, Tesse Museum. 79447944 1660
Mary Dyer being led to the gallows, Newport, RI, 1660, June 1st CE, by howard pyle (1853-1911) Newport Historical Society, painted ca. 1905. 79457945
Het vertrek van Karel II van Engeland, uit Scheveningen, 1660, June 2nd, Rijksmuseum SK-C-1224. 1037510375
The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, 1660 May 24th, Lieve Pietersz Verschuier 1665 1037610376 1661
1670
Vista del Alcazar Real y entorno del Puente de Segovia, 1670 1037710377 1671
1672
Corpses of the Dewitt brothers on the Groene Zoodje at Lange Vijverberg in the Hague, 1672 CE, August 20, attributed to Jan de Baen (1633-1702) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-15. 79477947
Battle of Solebay - Burning of the Royal James, 1672, May 28th, by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London BHC0302 79487948
Storming of Coevoorden, 1672 CE December 30 painted by Pieter Wouwerman 1623-1682 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, SK-A 486 79497949
Louis XIV crosses the Rhine at Lobith, 1672 CE, 12 June, by Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, S-KA-3753 1029210292 1673
1676
Marriage Leopold of Austria to third wife Eleonore of Pfalz Neuburg, 1676, by Ferdinand Wagner, Grosse Rathaussaal in Passau 79507950
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Ottoman Sultan, 1676 CE, by Ilya Repin (1844-1930) Russian Museum St Petersburg, painted 1880-1891. 79517951 1677
1683
Battle of Vienna, 1683 CE, September 12th, King Jan III Sobieski meets Emperor Leopold near Schwechat, by Artur Grottger (1837-1867) Lviv Nationa Gallery, Ukraine. 79527952 1684
1685
Doge of Venice has audience with Louis XIV at Versailles, 1685 CE, May 15th, by Claude Guy-Halle (1652-1736), Versailles, painted in 1715. 79537953 1686
Recapture of Buda, 1686 CE, by Gyula Benczur (1844-1920), Hungarian National Gallery, painted in 1896. 79547954 1687
1698
Morning of the Streltsy Execution, 1698, by Vasily Surikov (1848-1916) Location TBD, painted in 1881. 79557955 1699
1700
Philippe de France (Bourbon) is proclaimed King of Spain as Philip V, November 16th, 1700, by François Pascal Simon Gerard (1770-1837) Location TBD. 79567956 1701
1704
Battle of Blenheim - Duke of Marlborough delivers dispatch to wife Sarah Churchill, 1704 CE, August 13, by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904). 79587958 1705
1710
Battle of Villaviciosa - Philip V and Louis-Joseph, Duke of Vendome, are victorious over Count Guido Starhemberg, 1710, December 10th, by Jean Alaux (1786-1864), Versailles, painted in 1836. 79597959 1711
1717
Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade, 1717 CE, August 16th, by Jan van Huchtenburg (1647-1733) Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, painted in 1720. 79607960 1718
Carrying home the body of Swedish King Charles XII after being shot in the head while inspecting trenches at Fredriksten, November 30th, 1718, O.S., by Gustaf Cederstrom (1845-1933) Location TBD. 79617961
Peter the Great interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, February 18th, 1718, by Nikolai Ge (1831-1894) painted in 1871, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. 79627962 1719
1722
Annointing of Louis XV at Notre Dame, October 25th, 1722, by Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749) Musée des Augustins Toulouse. 79637963 1723
The Seat of Justice in the Parliament of Paris with Louis XV, February 22nd, 1723, by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) 1039810398 1724
Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III receives the French ambassador Vicomte d'Andrezel, October 17th, 1724, painted by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) painted in 1724, Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux. 79647964 1725
1734
James Oglethorpe presents Tomo-chi-chi and other Yamacraws to the Georgia Trustees, July 3rd, 1734 by William Verelst (1704–1752) painted in 1734, Location TBD. 79657965 1735
1745
The Battle of Fontenoy, with Maurice de Saxe, May 11th, 1745, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), by Horace Vernet (1789-1863) painted in 1828, Location TBD. 79677967 1746
The Battle of Culloden, 1746, by David Morier. 79687968 1747
Battle of Lawfeld - Louis VX points to the Village for Maurice de Saxe, July 2nd, 1747, by Auguste Couder (1790-1873), Château de Versailles. 79697969 1748
1749
Watson and the Shark in Havana Cuba, 1749, by John Singleton Copley (1746-1825) Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 1038010380 1750
1759
Battle of Quebec (The Plains of Abraham) - pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War - Death of General Wolfe, September 13th, 1759, by Benjamin West (1738-1820), Location TBD. 79707970
Departure of Charles III from Naples, 1759 October 6th 1038110381 1760
1764
Election of Stanislaw August Poniatowski as King of Poland, September 7th, 1764, by Canaletto (1721-1780), painted in 1778, Royal Castle in Warsaw (detail). 79717971 1765
Inauguration of the Russian Academy of Arts, presided by Catherine The Great, July 7th, 1765, by Valery Ivanovich Jacobi (1834-1902) painted in 1889, Musée du Louvre, Paris. 79727972 1766
1770
Captain James Cook lands at Botany Bay in Australia, April 29th, by E. Phillips Fox (1865-1915), painted in 1902, National Gallery of Victoria. 79737973 1771
1775
Daniel Boone and party cross the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, April 1775, by George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) painted in 1852, Location TBD. 79747974
Battle of Bunker Hill - the 52nd regiment marches up Breed's Hill, June 17th, by Howard Pyle, painted ca. 1907, Location TBD. 79757975 1776
The Abduction of Daniel Boone's daughter Jemima and the two Callaway girls, July 14th, 1776, by Karl Ferdinand Wimar (1828-1862) painted in 1855-6 (detail), Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1965 79767976
The passage of the Delaware, 25-26 December, by Thomas Sully (1783-1872), painted in 1819, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 79777977
George Washington Crossing the Delaware, December 25th, 1776, by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), painted in 1851, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 79787978
Continental Congress votes for independence, 1776, July 2nd 1038210382 1777
1779
The Salon of 1779, by Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin. 1038310383 1780
The Gordon anti-Catholic Riots, London September 2-9, 1780, by John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) Art Gallery New South Wales. 79797979 1781
1782
Siege and relief of Gibraltar, 1782, by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) Tate Britain, London. 79807980 1783
Treaty of Paris, 1783, September 3rd, by Benjamin West 1038410384 1784
1791
The Death of Colonel Moorhouse at the Storming of the Pettah Gate of Bangalore, March 7th, 1791, by Robert Home (1752-1834) National Army Museum, London. 79817981
Adoption of the Polish Constitution, May 3rd, 1791, by Jan Matejko (1828-1893) painted in 1891, National Museum of Poland. 79827982 1792
Death of the Princess De Lamballe, Marie Louise of Savoy, during the September Massacres, September 3rd, 1792, painted in 1908, by Léon Maxime Faivre (1856-1941), Location TBD. 79837983
The Reception of the Mysorean Hostage Princes by Marquis Cornwallis, 26 February 1792, Robert Home (1752-1834), National Army Museum, London, NAM. 1976-11-86-1 79867986 1793
Massacre de Machecoul, March 11, 1793, by Francois Flameng (1856-1923) Musée d'Art at d'Histoire de Cholet. 79847984
Henry Rochejacquelin at the Battle of Cholet, October 17th, 1793. 79857985
The Death of Jean-Paul Marat, July 13th, 1793, by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 79877987 1794
King George III and Charlotte visit Howe's flagship, the Queen Charlotte, June 26th, 1794, by Henry Perronet Briggs (1793 – 1844). 79887988
Distribution of milk at Saint Lazare prison, 1794, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808) painted in 1794, Sothebys Old Masters Sale, New York, 5 June 2014, Lot 89. 79897989
Battle of Fleurus, French army defeats the First Coalition, June 26th, 1794, painted by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse (1784–1844), Versailles. 79907990 1795
The Pacification of La Vendee by the 9th Regiments of Hussards, 1795, by Charles-Alexandre Coessin de la Fosse (1829-1910) painted 1882, Musée international des hussards. 79917991
Phillippe Pinel unchains inhabitants of Salpetriere asylum in Paris, 1795, by Anthony Robert Fleury (1838-1912), Location TBD. 79927992 1796
Execution of Charette, March 26, 1796, by Julien le Blant (1851-1936) painted in 1883, Location TBD. 79937993 1797
1798
Battle of the Pyramids, July 21st, 1798, by François-Louis-Joseph Watteau (1758-1823), Location TBD. 79577957
Death of Stanislaw August Poniatowski King of Poland, Februery 12th, by Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818) painted after 1798. 79947994 1799
Napoleon Bonaparte in the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud, by François Bouchot (1800-1842) Château de Versailles. 79957995
2nd Battle of Zurich, September 25th, 1799, by Francois Bouchot (1800-1842) painted in 1837, Versailles, Galerie des Batailles. 79967996
Death of Tipu Sultan, May 4th, 1799, painted by Henry Singleton (1766-1839) Location TBD. 79977997
Bataille de Aboukir, July 25th, 1799, by Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), painted in 1806, Château de Versailles 1034510345
Napoleon Bonaparte visitant les pestiferes de Jaffa, 1799, March 11, by Antoine-Jean Gros 1038510385 1800
Assassination of Kleber in Cairo, June 14th, 1800, by Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) Strasbourg Historical Museum, MH941. 79997999 1801
Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 April 2. 1038610386 1802
1803
The Last Flag Raising Ceremony - Cession of New Orleans, 1803 December 20th 1035610356 1804
The Coronation of Napoleon at Notre Dame Paris, December 2nd, 1804, by George Rouget (1783-1869), painted 1805-1807, Musée du Louvre. 80008000
First Remittance of the Legion of Honor in the Les Invalides, July 14th, 1804, by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) painted in 1812, Château de Versailles
1034610346 1805
Death of Admiral Horatio Nelson, October 21st, 1805, by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) National Maritime Museum , Greenwich. 1035510355 1806
The Marriage of Eugene de Beauharnais and Augusta of Bavaria, January 14th, 1806, by Francois-Guillaume Menageot (1744-1816) Location TBD. 80018001 1807
Battle of Freidland June 14th, 1807, by Ernest Messonier (1815-1891,) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 87.20.1. 80028002
Meeting between Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia at Tilsitt, July 9th, 1807, by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848), Versailles. 80038003
The Persian Envoy Mirza Mohammed Reza Qazvini meets Napoleon at Finkenstein Castle, April 27th, 1807 by François Mulard (1769–1850), painted in 1810. 80048004
The Chesapeake-Leopold Affair - British ship fires on American frigate killing four, June 22, 1807, by an Unknown Artist, Location TBD 1041210412 1808
1809
Porvoon valtiopaivat, 1809, March 15th by Emanuel Thelning 1035710357 1810
Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise of Savoy, March 11, 1810, by Georges Rouget (1783-1869) painted in 1811, Château de Versailles, Inv. 1455. 80058005 1811
Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811, Lithograph printed by Kurz and Allison 1041310413 1812
The Burning of Moscow as Napoleon's Army reached the Russian capitol, September 14th, 1812, by an unknown German artist, Location TBD 1041110411
Brig. General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit to the British, August 16th, 1812, by Augustus Robin (active mid 19th cent.), Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1997-56-1. 1041410414 1813
1814
Signing of Treaty of Ghent, December 24th, 1814, by Amédée Forestier 1845-1930, Smithsonian American Art Museum. 80068006
Napoleon returns in defeat from the Battle of Laon, March 9th, 1814, by Jean-Louis Ernest Messonier (1815-1891) Location TBD. 80078007
La Barriere de Clichy, 1814 March 30th, by Horace Vernet 1038710387 1815
1816
Bombardment of Algiers, August 27th, 1816, by George Chambers Senior (1803-1840), painted in 1836 , National Maritime Museum, London, BHC0617.
1034710347
La Balsa de la Medusa, 1816, July 5th, by JEAN LOUIS THEODORE GERICAULT - Museo del Louvre 1818-19 1035810358 1817
1820
Trial of Queen Caroline, 1820 by Sir George Hayter, NPGL 999. 80088008 1821
Napoleon dies on Sainte Helene Island, May 5th, 1821, by Charles de Steuben (1788-1856), Location TBD. 80348034 1822
1830
Battle for Town Hall, Paris, July 28th, 1830, by Jean-Victor Schnetz (1787-1870) Musée du Petit Palais Paris. 80098009
Episode from the September Days sur la place de l'Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles, 1830, by Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (1803-1874) Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium. 80108010
Henri d'Artois inspecting royal troops, August 2nd, 1830, Musée de la Legion d'Honneur. 1034810348 1831
Abdication of Pedro I of Portugal, April 7th, 1831, by Aurelio de Figueiredo (1854-1916) painted in 1911, Location TBD. 80118011 1832
1833
British House of Commons meets in St. Stephens Chapel for first session after Reform Bill passes, February 5th, 1833, by Sir George Hayter, National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG54. 80128012 1834
1836
Coronation of Ferdinand V as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia in Prague Cathedral, 1836, painted by Eduard Gurk (1801-1841) 80138013
Surrender of Santa Anna to Sam Houston after Battle of San Jacinto, April 21st, 1836, by William Henry Huddle (1847-1892), painted in 1886, Location TBD . 1034910349 1837
Louis-Philippe of France opening the Galerie des Batailles, June 10th, 1837, by François-Joseph Heim, Versailles. 80148014 1838
1840
World Anti-slavery Convention, June 12-23 1840 by Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) National Portrait Gallery, London, 599. 80158015
Coronation of Christian VIII of Denmark and Caroline Amalie, June 28th, 1840, painted in 1841 by Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865) Statens Museum for Kunst KMS606. 1035010350 1841
1842
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attend a costume ball, May 12th, 1842, by Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) Royal Collection, Windsor. 80168016 1843
1848
Battle at Soufflot Street, June 24th, 1848, by Horace Vernet (1789-1863), Location TBD. 80178017
Lamartine in front of Town Hall in Paris Rejects the Red Flag, February 25th, by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884), Carnavalet Museum P.258.jpg 80188018 1849
The Battle of Novara, March 22-23rd, 1849, by Albrecht Adam (1786-1862), painted in 1858, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. 80198019
The Battle of Novara, March 22-23rd, part of the First Italian War of Independence, Artist TBD, Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento, Torino. 80208020 1850
1854
Florence Nightingale receiving the wounded at Scutari in October, 1857, by Jerry Barrett (1824-1906) National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 6202. 80218021 1855
Queen Victoria's first visit to wounded soldiers at Brompton Hospital, Chatham, with Prince Albert and their sons, March 5th, 1855, by Jerry Barrett (1824-1906) painted in 1856, National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 6203.jpg 80228022 1856
1857
Relief of Lucknow, November 17th, during of Indian Rebellion of 1857, by Thomas Jones Barker, National Portrait Gallery, London. NPG 5851. 80238023 1858
Lionel de Rothschild introduced in the House of Commons, July 26th, 1858, by Henry Barraud (1811-1874), painted in 1872, The Rothschild Archive. 1035110351 1859
1860
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons during the debates on The Treaty Of France, February, 1860, by John Philip, painted in 1863, Location TBD. 80248024 1861
1863
The landing of Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, spouse of future Edward VII, March 7th, 1863 by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817-1880) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, BHC1257. 80258025 1864
1867
The execution of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico, June 19th, 1867, by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), painted in 1868, Kunsthalle Mannheim. 80268026
Coronation of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth as King and Queen of Hungary, June 8th, 1867, by Eduard van Engerth (1818-1897) and Edmund Tull (1870-1911), Location TBD. 80278027 1868
1869
The Last Spike is Driven Home, completing the Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory, Utah, May 10th, 1869, by Thomas Hill, painted in 1881. 80288028 1870
Captured French Napoleon III with Otto von Bismarck after defeat at the Battle of Sedan September 2nd, 1870, by Wilhelm Camphausen (1818-1885), painted in 1878. 1040810408 1871
Proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, January 18th, 1871 by Anton von Werner (1843-1915), Bismarck Museum, (3rd version 1885). 80298029 1872
1926
The opening of the Modern, Foreign, and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, June 26th, 1926, by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941), Tate Britain, London. 80378037
menageot__clos_luce_museum.jpg "Death of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 May 1519, by Francois Guillaume Menageot, Clos Luce Museum.")
.jpg "The Coronation of Napoleon at Notre Dame Paris, December 2nd, 1804, by George Rouget (1783-1869), painted 1805-1807, Musée du Louvre.")
