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On 7 February 1807, the first day of the Battle of Eylau, French and Russian forces battled over the church and cemetery of the village of Eylau, each pouring more men into the slaughter. The French possessed the cemetery by day's end, though...

On 8 February 1807, the second day of the Battle of Eylau, Marshal Joachim Murat leads the French Cavalry Reserve in a massive charge; involving over 11,000 men, it is one of the greatest cavalry charges of history. Painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon...

Count Levin August von Bennigsen (1745-1826), a German-born soldier in the service of the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He led Russian forces at the battles of Eylau, Friedland, and Borodino, as well as several engagements...

Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau, 7-8 February 1807. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1807. Toledo Museum of Art.

French Marshal Joachim Murat leads a cavalry charge at the Battle of Jena (14 October 1806). His cavalry pursued the defeated Prussian army for miles, maximizing Napoleon's victory. Image by Henri Chartier, from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte...

A map illustrating the course and major events during the American War of Independence (also known as the American Revolutionary War or American Revolution) between 1775 and 1783 – an armed rebellion through which thirteen of Great Britain's...

A watercolour of Lucerne by the composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Painted in 1847.

An 1864 painting by Moritz Oppenheim showing the composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) playing to poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). (Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main)

The grave of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in the cemetery of the Trinity Church in Berlin.

An oil-on-canvas portrait of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) painted by Eduard Magnus in 1833. (Berlin State Library)