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ELD4965774: Fires of Qin: burning of books and burying of scholars, burning of texts and slaughter of scholars during the Qin dynasty, under the reign of Qin Shi Huang and of Ancient China, between 213 210 BC. 19th century (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites” by Boucher), Marckl, Louis (b.1807) (after) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4965901: Suicide attempt by the Marquis Thomas Arthur, Baron de Tollendal, Count of Lally (1702 - 1766), French general of Irish origin at the time of the announcement of his death sentence for treason by the Parlement of Paris in 1766. By Boucher, 19th century, (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites”). / Bridgeman Images
ELD4960236: Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues Marquise de Verneuil (1579-1633) receiving Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse at home after learning the marriage of Henri IV and Marie de Medicis in 1600 (Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil and Claude, Duke of Chevreuse 1600) Engraving from “Histoire de la Bastille” by Arnould Maquet, c.1844 / Bridgeman Images
ELD4960260: Catherine de Lorraine (1552-1596) Duchess of Montpensier learning about the death of her brother Henry of Lorraine the Duke of Guise in 1588 (Princess of Guise Catherine of Lorraine when she knows about the death of her brother Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550Ð88) 1588) Engraving from Histoire de la Bastille” by Arnould Maquet, c.1844 / Bridgeman Images
ELD4962517: Milenary of Rome: From 21 April 247 to 21 April 248, Philippe l'Arabe marks the tenth secular games for a year of grand celebrations (Ludi Saeculares, celebrated under the reign of Philip the arab, coincided with the one thousandth anniversary of the foundation of Rome, 247-248 AD) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images
ELD4963958: Portrait of the eight children of Louis-Philippe d'Orleans (1773-1850) and Marie-Amelie de Bourbon-Sicilies: Ferdinand-Philippe, Louise, Marie, Louis, Clementine, Francois, Charles, Henri and Antoine circa 1836-1837 (Portrait of the eight sons of Louis Philippe I with his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily) political and by Louis-Philippe”” by Alexandre Dumas, 1852 / Bridgeman Images