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History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
The windmill of Markgrafneusiedl, Austria, one of      
the centers of fighting during the battle of Deutsch-  
Wagram, in which French troops beat the Austrian       
armies under Archduke Karl, July 5-6 1809.
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The windmill of Markgrafneusiedl, Austria, one of the centers of fighting...

French artillery bombards Vienna in May 1809
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French artillery bombards Vienna in May 1809

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in the Habsburg
summer residence, Schoenbrunn palace, Vienna, in
May 1809
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Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in the Habsburg summer residence, Schoenbrunn...

After the peace of Schoenbrunn, October 1809,          
Emperor Napoleon and his armies left Vienna and        
Austria; but before their departure they blew up       
Vienna's fortifications.
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After the peace of Schoenbrunn, October 1809, Emperor Napoleon and his...

Emperor Franz II (1768-1835) returns to Vienna         
in December 1809, after the end of the occupation by   
Emperor Napoleon I and his troops.                     
Fresco (1833-1837)                                     
500 x 250 cm
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Emperor Franz II (1768-1835) returns to Vienna in December 1809, after...

Emperor Franz I (II) (1768-1835), returns to Vienna    
from the battle of Leipzig, in which the Allies won    
a decisive victory over Napoleon I in 1814             
Mural (1833-1837)                                      
500 x 250 cm
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Emperor Franz I (II) (1768-1835), returns to Vienna from the battle of Leipz...

The "Hofkammer Archiv", part of the Imperial Archives  
in Vienna, where Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) worked. 
The poet and dramatist was a civil servant in the      
Austrian Court Archives for most of his working life.
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The "Hofkammer Archiv", part of the Imperial Archives in Vienna, where Franz G...

The popular poet Friedrich Kaiser reading out the      
Constitution on March 15th, 1848.                      
Contemporary illustration from the Revolution of       
1848, hand-coloured.                                   
Inv. 87.536
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The popular poet Friedrich Kaiser reading out the Constitution on March 15...

A group of armed railway workers, led by a student of  
the Academic League, on their way to the center of     
Vienna, May 26, 1848                                   
Watercolour by Franz Gaul                              
Inv. 88.690
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A group of armed railway workers, led by a student of the Academic League, on...

Guard room of the Academic league in the hall of       
Vienna's Old University in city center.                
by Franz Schams.                                       
Pen and watercolour, 17,4 x 23,7 cm
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Guard room of the Academic league in the hall of Vienna's Old University...

Funeral of Fieldmarshal Joseph Wenzel Count Radetzky,  
outside the Kaerntner Gate, Vienna, January 8, 1858.   
The Fieldmarshal's horse, with black caparison, is     
led at the head of the procession; behind the hearse   
a knight in armour.
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Funeral of Fieldmarshal Joseph Wenzel Count Radetzky, outside the Kaerntner Ga...

The big barricade on Michaeler Square, summer 1848,    
built right under the windows of the Imperial Palace   
(background, with cupola). Painting shows the heady    
atmosphere, like a popular festival, of those first    
revolutionary months. Oil by Ziegler.
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The big barricade on Michaeler Square, summer 1848, built right under the wi...