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National Assembly, 5 October 1789
Image by Alexandre Dubelle

National Assembly, 5 October 1789

Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789. The National Assembly's president Jean-Joseph Mounier presides over a chatoic hall, with women marchers mingling with Assembly deputies. A man, probably Stanislas Maillard, holds a sign asking...
Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789
Image by National Library of France

Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789

Women's March on Versailles (5-6 October 1789). Outraged by high bread prices and the anti-revolutionary conduct of royal soldiers, a crowd of 7,000 women descended on the palace of Versailles. The king accompanied them back to Paris the...
Portrait of Lafayette, as Commander of the National Guard
Image by Jean-Baptiste Weyler

Portrait of Lafayette, as Commander of the National Guard

A portrait of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in uniform as commander of the Parisian citizens' militia known as the National Guard, during the French Revolution. Pastel portrait, by Jean-Baptiste Weyler, before 1791.
Lafayette and Marie Antoinette
Image by Unknown Artist

Lafayette and Marie Antoinette

The Marquis de Lafayette kisses the hand of Queen Marie Antoinette of France following the Women's March on Versailles on 6 October 1789. An excellent showman, Lafayette always knew how to put on a performance to please the masses. Old engraving...
Zeno I and Anastasius I
Image by Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

Zeno I and Anastasius I

Emperors Zeno I and Anastasius I, folio 141 recto of the Nuremberg Chronicle (c. 1493).
Emperor Anastasius I
Image by Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Emperor Anastasius I

Coin of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I, 491-518 CE. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com
Redbad, King of the Frisians
Image by Pier Winsemius

Redbad, King of the Frisians

A depiction of King Redbad (c. 680- c. 719) by Pier Winsemius (1586-1644), a Frisian lawyer and historian.
One Morning at the Gates of the Louvre
Image by Édouard Debat-Ponsan

One Morning at the Gates of the Louvre

One morning at the gates of the Louvre, depicting Catherine de' Medici inspecting the victims of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, oil on canvas painting by Édouard Debat-Ponsan, 1880. Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand
Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois
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Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois

Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV of France, l. 1553-1610) and Margaret of Valois, miniature from manuscript NAL 00082, 1572. National Library of France.
Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
Image by John Everett Millais

Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru

An 1846 painting by John Everett Millais titled "Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru". The scene shows the conquistador Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) capturing the Inca ruler Atahualpa at the battle of Cajamarca in 1533. (Victoria and Albert...
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