TAD1759287: King of England William III, prince of Orange and Nassau (1650-1702, king in 1689-1702), Stadholder of Holland (1672-1702) engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759886: French king Louis XIV on his deathbed in Versailles (he's dead on september 1st, 1715), engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758193: Marquess of Pompadour (1721-1764, born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson) mistress of French king LouisXV, engraving after Francois Boucher c. 1750 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755998: Renault Torpedo car, 1914 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757023: Cosette and Jean Valjean, illustration for novel by Victor Hugo "Les Miserables" (1862), engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758522: Russian writer and poet Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov (1814-1841) drawing / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758755: Townhouse of Broglie, Paris, house of French doctor Jean Nicolas Corvisart des Marets (1755-1821) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757819: Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756618: French queen Marie-Amelie (1782-1866) wife of LouisPhilippe, engraving by Lemercier / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757188: Claude Alexandre, Comte de Bonneval (1675-1747) French officer, at service of ottoman empire (Humbaraci Ahmed Pasha), engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758585: Louis de Marillac (1572-1632) French marshal who took part in plot against cardinal ofRichelieu, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756901: Reims cathedral (built in 13th century), engraving (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759469: Strike of workers in Le Havre, France : riots between unemployed persons and police, 1922 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758332: burglary at home of marquis of Panisse, Paris, illustration from French newspaper "Le Petit Journal" february 18, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756283: French wounded soldiers have taken refuge in Saint Pierremont church where they are waiting to be treated, 1st world war / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758938: Algerian scout on horse, near Yser river, Belgium, ww1 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759381: Worker making sheels in a factory in France, ww1 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759663: Secession war in 1861-1865 : poster to encourage people to enroled in general Sprague army / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755781: haymaking in Wickersheim in Alsace in 1905 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758943: American national day : presentation of flags, jul 4, 1917 in Invalides in Paris / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759291: James Hepburn (1535-1578) 4th Earl of Bothwell, 3rd husband of Mary stuart (he killed the 2nd), engraving par Allais / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756052: The market in Honfleur in Normandy (France) with Saint Catherine church built with wood, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757728: Play Love Doctor by Moliere : Sganarelle giving money to a man for medicine to treat his daughter, engraving, 17th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758607: Besancon, France : citadel, Doubs river, 18th century, engraving by Becquet / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755111: View of Lisbon town and roads, Portugal, october 30, 1858, engraving, 19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756773: czar Alexander II of Russia (1855-1881, emperor of Russia 1801-1825) on horse, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756332: Justice session in Versailles on august 6, 1787 wanted by king Louis XVI to register some edicts the Parliament doesn't want to register, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759428: Battle of Verdun october 25, 1916 : no man's land at north of Haudremont quarries during german response / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757647: La Folie Saint James in Neuilly (France) built in 1777, engraving, c. 1830 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1758250: Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) French republican socialist, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756554: The day before Eylau battle on february 8, 1807, French emperor Napoleon 1st visiting bivouacs, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759251: Petition for Adolphe Thiers about Paris Commune civil war, and Assembly 1871 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1757149: Chenonceau castle over Loire river (France) built from 1515, postcard / Bridgeman Images

TAD1759624: Prince Louis Napoleon (future Napoleon III) landing in Boulogne-sur-Mer august 1840, France, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756567: meal given on march 7, 1806 by main stamps publisher, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755452: The ball of the burning men also called the ball of the savages in 1393 : French king Charles VI often organized sumptuous parties in royal places. during one of them, on the night of january 28, 1393 , as the king ans some of his friends were dressed as savages (with pitch, feathers and hair), there happened a dramatic accident because of the fire on a torch, the men burned alive but the king had a narrow escape / Bridgeman Images