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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...

A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico when his horse fell...

Tecumseh's death at the Battle of the Thames (5 October 1813), lithograph by N. Currier, 1846. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A dramatized depiction of the death of British General Sir Isaac Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812), by John David Kelly, 1896. Library & Archives Canada.

The death of Major Patrick Ferguson during the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780. Engraving after Alonzo Chappel, 1863. Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University.

An Attic red-figure stamnos depicting the death of Orpheus, c. 470 BCE. (Louvre, Paris)

Death of Clodobert, the young son of King Chilperic I and Queen Fredegund. Clodobert and his brother Dagobert died of dysentery in 580, depriving Chilperic of suitable heirs. Chilperic and Fredegund are depicted praying as their son lies...

The death of General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec, 31 December 1775, climax of the American Invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776). Oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1786. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.

The death of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806) in the Battle of Saalfeld (10 October 1806) during the War of the Fourth Coalition. Painting by Peter Edward Stroehling, c. 1806-1816. Royal Collection.

Death mask of Oliver Cromwell who served as Lord Protector of England, Ireland and Scotland (1653-8) after the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (Warwick Castle, England)