ELD4954671: The Impress Marie-Therese (Marie Therese) of Austria (1717-1780) receiving during her visit to the parliament of Bratislava, the oath of fidelity of the Hungarian nobles, assuring him their military and financial support - Moriamur Pro Rege Nostro - Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia - Bratislava parliament, June 1741; the empress asking the Hungarian to give her financial and military support Engraving from “Allgemeine Geschichte” by Rotteck 1844 / Bridgeman Images
ELD4954752: Thirty Years' War: Gustavus Adolphus II Adolphe (1594-1632) at the Battle of Rain am Lech on 14 April 1632 (Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden at the Battle of Rain (or Battle of the River Lech or Battle of Lech) fought on 15 April 1632 as part of the Thirty Years' War) Engraving from “Allgemeine Geschichte Geschichte Collection 1844 privately / Bridgeman Images
ELD4954820: Fourth Venice-Ottoman War: the Church calling to beat Muslims on the eve of the Battle of Lepante naval battle which aroused on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, Greece (Christian coalition the day before the battle of Lepanto during the OttomanðVenetian War (1570Ð1573)) Engraving from “” I misteri del vaticano” di Franco Mistrali 1866, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4955359: Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg (1275-1313) meets his future wife Margaret of Brabant (1276-1311) daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margarita of Dampierre (Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor meets his wife Margaret of Brabant, daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant) Engraving by Johann Michael Mettenleiter (1765-1853) 1800 Collection privately, Mettenleiter, Johann Michael (1765-1853) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4955766: The crossing of the Jordan by Josue, which raised a monument composed of twelve stones at the place where the river miraculously interrupted to pass the Ark of the Covenant (The building of a monument after Joshua Leading the Israelites Across the Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant) Engraving from Lahure 19th century 'The Holy History' Private Collection, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4955863: Gedeon (Gideon) calls by God to defeat the Madianites chooses his soldiers from among those who drink while carrying water to their mouth (Gideon or Gedeon chooses his soldiers keeping only those who raised the water to their mouth, and while doing so, drank the water lapping it with their tongues as a dog laps) Engraving from 'L'histoire sainte de Lahure 19th century Private Collection, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956034: Representation of the Bronze Sea circular basin features in the temple of Solomon to be destroyed by Nabuchadnezzor II (the Molten Sea or Brazen Sea large basin in the Temple in Jerusalem made by Solomon for ablution of the priests) Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956056: Portrait of Clotilde-Suzanne Courcelles de Labrousse (1747-1821) Self-proclaiming prophetess, close to the Jacobins who would have made propheties on the future of the French Revolution (Portrait of Suzette Labrousse or Suzanne Labrousse (1747-1821) a French medium, known for her prophecies during the French Revolution) Engraving from “” revolution””” by Challamel and Tenint, 1843 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956090: A gang of drivers, criminals who break into homes and make victims confess or are their savings by burning their feet (Drivers, type of French criminal active from the 18th to the 20th centuries, In gangs, they carried out Home invasions on remote, rural dwellings, then tortured the householders into revealing the hiding places of savings or valuables, This was often done by burning victims' feet in the fireplace, which gave rise to the name for them) Engraving from “” Les francais sous la revolution”” by Challamel and Tenint, 1843 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956243: Hundred Years' War The bourgeois of Calais: devouement of Eustache of Saint Peter and his companions to the King of England Edward III implores their grace supported by Queen Philippa of Hainaut (1311-1369) (Siege of Calais (1346)) Engraving 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956289: La procession des Nobles traverse Bruxelles pour rencontrer la gouvernante des Pays Bas Marguerite de Parme (1522-1586), la noblesse mecontente lui soumet une petition le 5 avril 1566 debouchant sur le compromis des nobles (Compromise of Nobles : covenant of members of the lesser nobility in the Habsburg Netherlands who came together to submit a petition to the Regent Margaret of Parma on 5 April 1566, with the objective of obtaining a moderation of the placards against heresy in the Netherlands) Gravure 19eme siecle / Bridgeman Images
ELD4956345: French Revolution: “” the Girondins reunited with Madame Roland (Manon Roland) (1754-1793), it received numerous influential politicians, Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), Jerome Petion de Villeneuve (1756-1794), Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) and Francois Buzot (1760-1794))” (English revolution: meeting of Girondists and english political leaders as Brissot, Petion, Robespierre and Buzot in madame Roland house) Engraving from “Les francais sous la revolution” by Challamel and Tenint, 1843 Private collection / Bridgeman Images