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Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was a meeting of the three estates of pre-revolutionary France: clergy, nobility, and commons. Summoned by King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) to deal with financial and societal crises, it ended with the Third...
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Antipater (Macedonian General)
Antipater (c. 399-319 BCE) was a Macedonian statesman and loyal lieutenant of both Alexander the Great and his father Philip II of Macedon. As a regent in Alexander's absence, Antipater subdued rebellions and mollified uprisings, proving...
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Pausanias (General)
Pausanias (c. 510 - c. 465 BCE) was a Spartan regent and general who won glory by leading a combined Greek force to victory over the Persians at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE. Famously immodest regarding his own talent, he was beset by...
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General O'Connor & General Wavell
A photograph of General Richard O'Connor (1889-1981) - on the right - and General Archibald Wavell (1883-1950), the commanders of Operation Compass (9 Dec 40 - 7 Feb 41), the Allied offensive which won several important victories against...
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Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga
British General John Burgoyne surrenders his entire army to American General Horatio Gates on 19 October 1777 at the end of the Saratoga Campaign. Depicted figures include General Burgoyne (left) who offers his sword to Horatio Gates (center...
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Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865
Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in the field uniform of the Union Army of the American Civil War. Original photograph by Matthew Brady, c. 1865. Cropped and retouched by Scewing.
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
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General Montgomery in a Grant Tank
A 1942 photograph of General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British general and then field marshal during the Second World War (1939-45). He is here seen in a Grant Tank as he commands the British Eighth Army in North Africa. (Imperial War...
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General Brock Leads the Charge up Queenston Heights
Death of General Brock, depicting British General Issac Brock leading a charge moments before he is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812), oil on canvas by Roy Greenaway, 1960.
Government of Ontario Art Collection.
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Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton
Death of General Hugh Mercer during the Battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. Mercer is depicted in the center, being mortally wounded by British bayonets after refusing to surrender; British Captain William Leslie is also mortally wounded...
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General Bernard Montgomery
A 1943 photograph of General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), British general and then field marshall during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
