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HIM5295116: Harriet Tubman, militante de l'abolition de l'esclavage, puis du mouvement pour le droit de vote des femmes - Harriet Tubman, American anti-slavery activist, c1900. Harriet Tubman (c1820-1913) was born into slavery in America. She escaped in 1849, became a leading Abolitionist and was active as a 'conductor' in the Underground Railroad, the network which helped escaped slaves to reach safety. (Colorised black and white print). / Bridgeman Images
HIM5295127: Columbus's Ship, The Santa Maria, 1493. La Santa Maria de la Inmaculada Concepcion (Spanish for Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception), or La Santa Maria, was the largest of three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first voyages. The Santa Maria's master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. A woodcut after a drawing possibly by Christopher Columbus, 1493. Taken from 'A Book of Discovery', published by T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd. 1912. (Colorised black and white print). / Bridgeman Images
HIM5295157: 'Richard III at Bosworth', 22 August 1485, (c1880). The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) 22 August 1485, was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle making Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]. (Colorised black and white print). / Bridgeman Images
HIM5295174: Queen Victoria with her great-granchildren at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, 1900. The Queen with Princes Edward, Albert, Henry and Princess Mary. A photograph from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937). (Colorised black and white print). / Bridgeman Images
HIM5295175: Le siege de Sydney street (bataille de Stepney) The Sidney Street siege, Whitechapel, London, 1911, (1935). Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, the left of the top-hatted figures, is earnestly watching the activities of the soldiers of the Scots Guards and the police. The Sidney Street siege occurred after a gang of heavily armed Latvian burglars shot five police officers who attempted to arrest them as they attempted to break into a jeweller's shop. Four of the policemen died. Three members of the gang were cornered at 100 Sidney Street and surrounded by the police. A gunfight ensued, but the police had inferior weapons and reinforcements in the form of soldiers from the Scots Guards were called in by order of Churchill, who arrived to observe the scene himself. After six hours of fighting, the building caught fire and Churchill controversially gave the order that the Fire Brigade take no action. Two of the burglars' bodies were discovered in the burned out building but no trace of the third was ever found. A print from King Emperor's Jubilee, 1910-1935, by FGH Salusbury, Daily Express Publications, London, 1935. (Colorised black and white print). / Bridgeman Images