XEE4147379: Charles III the Fat (839-88) pays off the Viking invaders in 886 - Charles III 3 le Gros (839-888) Emperor of West (881-887) and Regent of France (884-887) camped under the walls of Paris without daring to fight the Normans, preferring to buy their retirement at silver price - Engraving 1825 in “Histoire de France represented by synoee ptics dediee to the children of France and employee for their education”” - Steel engraving by Ambroise Tardieu, Tardieu, Ambroise (1788-1841) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4156497: Stamp Act (Duties in American Colonies Act) - American Revolutionary leader Patrick Henry (1736-1799) speaking out against the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765 - Speech by Patrick Henry against the Stamp Act in 1765 before the House of Bourgeois in Virginia, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4162381: Expedition to America (1799-1804) by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and Aime Bonpland (1773-1858): Omaguas Indians (Amazonia, Peru) - illustration from “The Great Mariners of the 18th century”, 1879 - 1 of the 3 volumes of the “Histoire generale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs” by Jules Verne, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4148334: The auditorium of the Theatre des Funambules in Paris in the 19th Century - Theatre des Funambules, boulevard du Temple a Paris, in the 19th century - Engraving by Henri Valentin (1822-1886) in “Tableau-de-Paris” by Edmond Texier 1852, Valentin, Henry Augustin (1822-86) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4150869: Portrait of Catherine Monvoisin (La Voisin) (1640-1680) (engraving) - Affaire des poisons: Catherine Deshayes, wife Monvoisin and nicknamed La Voisin (1640-1680) - Engraving of 1863 in “Le Livre Rouge - Histoire De L'echafaud en France” by Dupray de La Maherie - Private collection, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images