Famous Historical Battles

Dramatic illustrations of famous battles, showcasing soldiers in combat from various historical conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries.

History of the Medici, death of Giovanni de' Medici, also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, during the Battle of Mantua. Giovanni de' Medici, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, delle Bande Nere (born 6 April 1498, died 30 November 1526), Italian condottiere

'The Battle of Naseby', 14 June 1645, (c1880). Artist: Unknown.

events War of the Spanish Succession 1701 - 1714 Battle of Turin 7.9.1706 charge of the Prussians wood engraving after drawing by Ludwig Burger 19th century,

The Battle of Sobraon, First Anglo-Sikh War, 10 February 1846 The Battle of Sobraon, First Anglo-Sikh War, 10 February 1846 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21664969

History of the Medici, death of Giovanni de' Medici, also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, during the Battle of Mantua. Giovanni de' Medici, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, delle Bande Nere (born 6 April 1498, died 30 November 1526), Italian condottiere

Murad I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, killed by a noble in the Battle of Kosova where he was fighting the Serbs and Bosnians.

Battle of Cowpens during the American Revolution

Batalla de Sanluri (Isla de Cerdeña,30 de junio de 1409). Enfrentó a los ejércitos del juzgado de Arborea y al de la Corona de Aragón (Reino de Cerdeña) de Martín I de Aragón. Las tropas de Arborea estaban dirigida por el juez Guillermo III de Narbona, y las tropas sardo-aragonesas por Martín el Joven, rey de Sicilia hijo de Martín I de Aragón. La victoria fué aragonesa. Muerte del Conseller Desvalls. Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por A. Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1862.

The 1906 caption reads: "Thorismund crowned on field of battle at Chalons. At the great battle of Chalons 451 AD, Attila, 'the scourge of God,' met his final defeat from the combined Romans and Visigoths. Theodoric, the Visigothic king, was slain in battle, while leading his men in a heroic charge. The Visigoths promptly declared his young son Thorismund king, raising him upon their shields amid all the tremendous uproar of the batle. Then, with Thorismund at their head, they rushed forward to avenge their former leader, and in their fury won the battle."

Battle of Sempach, 9 July 1386. Leopold III (1351-1386), Duke of Austria, was defeated by the army of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The heroic death of Arnold Winkelried, a Swiss peasant who decided the victory of the Confederate troops. According to legend, the Swiss were initially unable to break through the narrow ranks of the Habsburg pikemen. Winkelried shouted that he would break through the line of soldiers and then throw himself on the Austrian pikes, knocking some of them down with his body, thus breaking through the Austrian front and allowing the Swiss to attack and achieve victory. Engraving by J. Facnion. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V. 1855.

Battle of Hemmingstedt in 1500, Dithmarschen, 16th century, horseman, knight, armour, helmet, lances, drum, Dithmarschen peasants, murder, dead, wounded, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Return from an exploration and looking of food, English soldiers in the crimean war, 1855, woodcut, England

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, shelling of Neckarsulm, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, ex...

The Italian War of 1542-1546. Battle of Ceresole, 11 April, 1544. The French army, commanded by François de Bourbon (1519-1546), Count of Enghien, defeated the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, commanded by Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino (1502-1546), Marquis del Vasto. Engraving.

Battle of Montlheri, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Middle Ages Frankish Empire battle of Tours and Poitiers 732 AD against Saracen escaping Arabs wood engraving 19th century,

The explorer Samuel White Baker riding an ox on his way from Mruli towards Lake Albert, Uganda. East Africa. Drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Journey to Lake Albert, 1861-1864 by Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) Le Tour du Monde 1867

Entry of Henry and Eleanor into Winchester, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Santerre had already distinguished himself with the attack of Vincennes.

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Highlanders capturing the muntineers' guns at Cawnpore, 16 July 1857. Wood engraving c.1895

Assault on Damiette, Damiette was an important town at the time of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries. Assault of 1169, Historical, digital r...

The Pequod War 1637 Connecticut USA From a 19th century print engraved by J C Armytage after E H Corbould

Theodoric I (d. 451). Visigothic king. Death of King Theodoric I during the battle of the Catalaunian Plains in June 20, 451 AD, between the Roman coalition (General Flavio Aecio) and the Visigoth king Theodoric I against the Huns (led by Attila). Engraving by Vallejo. Historia General de España by Father Mariana, Madrid, 1852. Author: Vallejo,19th century Spanish artist.

Historia de España. Toma de Valencia por Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid Campeador, en el año 1094. Grabado de 1872.

Thirty French knights battle the English, Brittany, France, 1351 (1882-1884). Artist: Deghouy

Robert Bruce Addressing His Troops Before the Battle of Bannockburn 1314 19th Century Engraving

The Italian War of 1542-1546. Battle of Ceresole, 11 April, 1544. The French army, commanded by Franc_ois de Bourbon (1519-1546), Count of Enghien, defeated the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, commanded by Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino (1502-1546), Marquis del Vasto. Engraving.

Attack of the mutineers on the Redan Battery at Lucknow July 30 1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

Gastón II de Narbona (1489-1512). También conocido com Gaston de Foix, murió a consecuencia de las heridas recibidas en la batalla de Rávena. Grabado de 1866.

The Battle of Hastings 1066 From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Charles Le Temeraire ('The Bold') of Bourgogne killed fighting the French at Nancy.

The Battle of Poitiers of 19 September 1356, Battle of Maupertui, was an event of the Hundred Years' War in which the French King John II fell into En...

South American natives captured by the Spanish are driven into captivity. After a late 16th century work by Theodor de Bry.

Historia. Batalla de Ebora (Talavera de la Reina), cerca de Toledo, entre los ejércitos romanos y celtíberos, en el año 193 a. C. Grabado de 1871.

Engraving depicting an assault at arms between the men of Louis and his brother Charles and Grandsons of Charlemagne

The decisive charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815. Engraved by J.Rogers painted by Clennell.From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, defeat of the peasants under Thomas Müntzer at Frankenhausen. Thomas Müntzer, born around 1489, died 27 May 1525, a t...

Atahualpa (1497-1533). Inca Emperor. Capture of the Inca ruler by the Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro in the plaza of Cajamarca on November 16, 1532. Engraving.

Richard Coeur de Lion at the Battle of Jaffa, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

The Apostle James the Greater fighting for Christians in the mythical and legendary battle of Clavijo, painted by José María Casado del Alisal (Villada 1832 - Madrid 1886) Spanish painter of the 19th century, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

UTES ON THE MARCH, 1872 engraving

The Great Elector in the Battle of Fehrbellin, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

This early 1900s illustration shows Abraham defeating the Elamites. According to the Genesis 14 in the bible: The king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country. So the enemy took all the po

The Battle of Poitiers of 19 September 1356, Battle of Maupertui, was an event of the Hundred Years' War in which the French King John II fell into English captivity, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Historia de España. Alfonso Pérez de Guzman (1256-1309), conocido como Guzmán el Bueno, arrojando el puñal a los atacantes para sacrificar a su hijo en defensa de la plaza de Tarifa en 1294. Grabado de 1872.

Engraving depicting a battle scene during the Peninsular War (1807ñ1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. Dated 1809

Clovis' crossing of the Main, Clovis, King of the Franks, Germany / Chlodwigs Übergang über den Main, Clodwig, König der Franken, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1802). Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (July 25, 1797). Attack of the British admiral Horatio Nelson, against the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The Canary Militias under the command of General Antonio Gutierrez de Otero defeated Nelson, who was wounded. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

History of the Medici, The capture of Casole d'Elsa by the Medici troops (Florence) in 1478, In the foreground on the left is a soldier putting on his armour with the help of his servant, while another soldier in the centre is loading his musket. The besieged town (Casole d'Elsa) and an army camp can be seen in the background

Francia. Pierre Terrail Bayard (1476-1524), herido en Brescia (Italia) contra los españoles el 19 de febrero de 1512. Grabado de 1853.

Knight, woman fights against the moors in the fifth crusade, 1221, Israel, Asia

'THE DESCENT OF THE DANES,' BY MR. BELL SCOTT

BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR A fierce battle between mounted soldiers. Date: 2 July 1644

HISTORIA DE LA ANTIGUA ROMA. DEFENSA DE LA CIUDAD DE NUMANCIA FRENTE A LAS TROPAS ROMANAS DE ESCIPION (133 aC). Grabado.

Maurits kneels thanks after the victory at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600; Maurits, after the battle at Nieuwpoort. Prince Maurits kneels on the battlefield and thank God after the victory at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, July 2, 1600.

España. Madrid. Levantamiento del 2 de mayo de 1808 contra las tropas francesas. Los oficiales de artillería del cuartel de Monteleón, Luis Daoiz y Torres y Pedro Velarde y Santillán, se unieron al levantamiento. "Muerte de Daoiz y Velarde". Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1852.

French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte in Battle of Lodi, 10 May 1796, Italy. French forces and Austrian forces. French Victory.

Chanting crowd in front of the Foreign Ministry, The July Revolution, France, February 1848. Artist: Unknown

Franco-Prussian War

Combat between Prince Edward and the Baron Adam Gourdon, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Engraving depicting the death of Luis Daoíz y Torres (1767-1808) Spanish artillery officer and one of the leaders of the Dos de Mayo Uprising that signalled the start of the Spanish War of Independence and Pedro Velarde y Santillán (1779-1808) Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the Dos de Mayo uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. Dated 1808

Take of Tunis, 1535, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555 - 1556 print Conquest of Tunis (1535). The imperial troops enter the city. Right Charles V on horseback. The print is part of a twelve -part series about the victories of Karel V. He has a separate text strip with a Latin text. print maker: Haarlemafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Tunis

A Turkish army taking a town fortification mutilating, flaying and disembowelling their enemies behind the lines. Etching.

Louis XII leads the invading French army to victory against the Venetians at Agnadella (Rivolta). Date: 14 May 1509

Sir Thomas Erpingham rallying his troops at the Battle of Agincourt, October 25, 1415. France, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoires de l'Ancien Temps 1889

Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821. Emperor of the French. Napoleon at Waterloo, 1815. Drawn by Steuben, engraved by R. Bell.

This etching by Nikolaus Hogenberg shows the triumphal procession of Emperor Charles V and Pope Clemens VII after the imperial coronation on February 24, 1530 in Bologna, highlighting ceremonial figures and vehicles.

Death riding side by side with a knight followed by a devil. Etching, 1564, after Albrecht Dürer.

Charles VIII of France arrives in Florence, to see what he can grab. Date: 1495

FIRST CRUSADE Crusaders under Baudouin de Boulogne take Edessa, in Turkey, which provides the Crusaders with a base

LLEWELYN'S LAST FIGHT

Engraving depicting the devastating onslaught of the plundering Magyars

Battle of the Catalaunian Plain in 451, Thorismund, also Thorismod or Thorismud, 420, 453, became King of the Visigoths, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Historia. Invasión de Italia por Atila (395-453) al frente de los hunos a mediados del siglo V. Grabado de 1871.

Simulation of a duel on horseback during the hunt, Iran. Hunting in Persia, 1860 by Emile Duhousset (1823-1911) Le Tour du Monde 1862

The landing of Julius Caesar in Great Britain, 55/54BC. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published 1857.

How the French flung a messenger over the walls into Auberoche during the Hundred Years War

Murder and Mutilation by the Spaniards of their overloaded native burden bearers, circa 1500

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Bishop of Bamberg in front of the armed people, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

The Troops of Francis I of France, 16th century, Historical, digitally restored 19th century reproduction, exact date unknown

The fight for the standard at the Battle of Edgehill, 23 October 1642; Black and White Illustration;

General Jackson mortally wounded after the Battle of Chancellorsville during the American Civil War, 1863. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, 1824 - 1863. General officer in the Confederate States

POLO BURLESQUED, The volunteer camp at Wimbledon UK 1873,

Emperor Friedrich I is saved from defeat at Verona by Otto von Wittelsbach, who plants the imperial banner on the battlements.

The Diet of Hungary, in assembly, deliberating in the open field. Engraving by Janet-Lange. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

The Battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

Hirsau Abbey, formerly called Hirschau Abbey, was once one of the most important Benedictine abbeys in Germany. The complex was devastated by the Fren...

This illustration, which dates to the early 1900s, is of a scene taken from a woodcut that showed soldiers laying siege to a city in central Europe during the religious wars of the Protestant Reformation. The soldiers are being driven back by those occupying the city.

The Battle of Alexandria or Battle of Canope, 21 March 1801. From The History of England, from the earliest records to the year 1802, published 1812.

Sudan war by Richard Bong, woodcut, 1853-1935, Private Collection

Emperor Franz Joseph in Berlin, Emperor Wilhelm greets him at the parade on Tempelhofer Feld, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Historical, digitally restore...

Historia. Sitio y toma de Clermont (Francia) por los ostrogodos en el siglo V. Grabado de 1871.

Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of Independence (1568-1648). Siege of Breda of 1624-25, a Dutch fortified city falling into the control of the Army of Flanders leaded by Ambrogio Spinola (1589-1630). Engraving. 19th century.

The Execution of Henry II of Montmorency, 30 October 1632, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not know...

A woman being tortured by being strapped naked onto a horse and dragged through a town. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

An Irish obstructionist: a sketch on the road, Connemara, 1880. 'The general condition of the country exhibits symptoms of decided improvement, though there are some very sad exceptions, and severe distress is felt in many places...Our Special Artist, who has lately visited the distressed parts of the country, furnishes some characteristic sketches of the general appearance of the rustic people...The stranger travelling even through Connemara, where the state of most of the population in these days is very sad, may have his melancholy mood relieved in some degree by such queer incidents as tha

Combat between Cossacks and Japanese Cavalry in a thunderstorm, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Artist: Unknown

events War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797 Battle of Montenotte 12.4.1796 French infantry in combat wood engraving 19th century,

A PREDATORY INCURSION OF TEUTON INVADERS

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, devastation of Murrhardt, a small town in the Rems-Murr district, about 40 km northeast of Stuttgart in the heart of ...

Edith Schwanenhals recognises the body of King Harald after the Battle of Hastings, Harald Godwinson, Harold, 1022, 14 October 1066, the last Anglo-Saxon king in front of the Norman conquest of England

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