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William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who served as prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, at which point he became the first prime minister of the United Kingdom until he left office in 1801. He returned...

Battle of Maida (4 July 1806), fought between British and French forces during the Neapolitan campaign of the War of the Third Coalition. Painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg, early 19th century.

An 1886 photograph of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Taken by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon).

An 1839 oil-on-canvas portrait by Henri Lehmann of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The dashing Liszt caused a sensation in the salons of Paris with his virtuoso piano playing and unique style of presentation which...

A photograph of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) at his desk in 1931. Taken by Herbert Lambert. (National Portrait Gallery)

During the latter stages of the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), the cavalry of the Russian Imperial Guard launch a desperate charge on the Pratzen Heights, seizing an Eagle standard from the French 4th Line Regiment. Shortly after...

The French camp on the eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, 1 December 1805. Oil on canvas painting by Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe, 1808.

Workman weighing and loading silphium at Cyrene, Laconian cup, c. 565 BCE. An illustration from Food, The History of Taste, Paul Freedman (ed), California Studies in Food and Culture, 2007. Photographed by Daderot.

A silver drachma, bearing the image of the silphium seed, from Cyrene, Libya, dated 500-480 BCE. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin.

A coin minted during the reign of Magas of Cyrene, showing the silphium plant, c. 300-282 or 275 BCE. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com