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ELD4875284: Landless King John expels monks from Cantorbery Cathedral in July 1207 and refuses the entry of Stephen Langton, a new archaic, to England - Pope Innocent III later throws the forbidden upon the kingdom in 1208 (Fulk of Cantelupe (d. 1217) and Henry of Cornhill (1120-1170) expel the monks of Canterbury Cathedral with drawn swords on the orders by King John (1167-1216) in anger at the choice of Stephen Langton (1150-1228) as Archbishop of Canterbury, 14 July 1207) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4875419: the captain of the Musketeers Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611-1673) French warman coming to the aid of Marie Bonneau, victim of an attack by bandits of the highways on the road to Etampes (French musketeer Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan rescuying a young lady, attacked by highwaymen) Illustration by Felix Pol Jobbe-Duval (1879-1961) in “” Le beau d'Artagna et son epoque”” by Charles Quinel et Montgon, 1930 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874214: The death of King Edward the martyr (962-978) represented with his mother-in-law Elfthryth (Elfrida) who handed him a glass of poison at the castle of Corfe, 978 (Edward (Eadward) the Martyr (963? -978) English king from 975, at Corfe, offered poisoned drink by his stepmother Aelfthryth) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874265: View of Tahiti under the regne of Pomare IV (1813-1877) (View of Tahiti at the times of Pomare IV, 1827-1877) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) taken from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Private collection, Darien, Henri-Gaston (1864-1926) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874293: Representation of El Dorado (El Dorado or Eldorado) a legendary gold citation that attracted Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries and originated at the time of the conquest of the New World by the conquistadores in the 16th century (The myth of El Dorado, golden city of the New world which fascinated european during 16th and 17th centuries, who believed that a hidden city of immense wealth existed) Illustration by Gaston Henry Darien (1864-1926) from “Notre epopee coloniale” by Pierre Legendre, 1901 Collection privee, Darien, Henri-Gaston (1864-1926) / Bridgeman Images
ETE4874449: Second World War (1939-1945): New Caledonia (French overseas community), November 24, 1944, on an American basis, infantrymen from 147th RI US compare a Japanese Arisaka type 92 machine gun (in the foreground) and an A1 1917 American Browning machine gun - Photography 1944 / Bridgeman Images
ETE4871041: Second World War (1939-1945) (WWII): General Dwight Eisenhower (1880-1969), Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), Commander of the 1st French Army, at the French Army Headquarters, East of France, 25 November 1944: with a 15-year-old boy who guards prisoners German - Photography, France, 1944 / Bridgeman Images
ETE4871069: Second World War (1939-1945) (WWII): Staff meeting at the HQ of the 1st French army east of France, 25 November 1944: from left to right; General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), commander of the 1st French army, General Omar Bradley (1893-1981), commander of the 18th armed group American), the general of the armed corps French Antoine Bethouart (1889-1982), General Jacob Devers (1887-1979), Commander the 6th American Armee Group and General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe - Photographie, France, 1944 / Bridgeman Images