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A 1910 oil on canvas self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. Aged 69 at the time, this was the final self-portrait the artist painted. (Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris)

An aerial view of Eszterháza Palace, Hungary, first built in the 1760s by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ‘the Magnificent’ (l. 1714-1790). (Daniel Somogyi-Tóth, www.legifotok.hu)

Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means, and Eric Schweig in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions. The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

Officers of the USS Chesapeake surrender their swords to the officers of HMS Leopard in the aftermath of the Chesapeake-Leopard affair of 22 June 1807. Illustration from Story of one hundred years: A comprehensive review of the political...

George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist cross the Alleghany River on a raft in late December 1753; after falling overboard, Washington is saved from drowning by Gist. By Daniel Huntington, 1845.

After sustaining a wound to the forehead, Horatio Nelson resumes command during the Battle of the Nile (1-2 August 1798). Oil on canvas by Daniel Orme, c. 1800. National Maritime Museum, London.

As you'll have noticed, the United Kingdom doesn't include Hanover. However, from 1714 to 1837 both were ruled by the same monarchs and unlike Scotland and England prior to this, the two never unified and in fact they soon went their own...

Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 km) southwest of Baghdad. The name is derived from bav-il or bav-ilim, which in Akkadian meant "Gate of God" (or "Gate of the Gods"...

The Scientific Revolution (1500-1700), which occurred first in Europe before spreading worldwide, witnessed a new approach to knowledge gathering – the scientific method – which utilised new technologies like the telescope to observe, measure...

Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great) was empress regent of Russia from 1762-1796. She was born in Prussia to Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690-1747) and Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712-1760), and...