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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

541 photos
Napoleon I lands near Antibes,France,March 1,1815. Watercolour,26,5 x 40,3 cm I.N. 71.565
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Napoleon I lands near Antibes,France,March 1,1815. Watercolour,26,5 x 40,3...

The three monarchs on horseback:Emperor Franz I, Tsar Alexander I,King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Watercolour by J.G.Mansfeld and Johann Adam Klein,1816. Watercolour and white wash,56,6 x 47,6 cm Inv.14.810
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The three monarchs on horseback:Emperor Franz I, Tsar Alexander I,King Fr...

Tomb of Bohemund,a Norman prince who died in Antiochia during the First Crusade (1111).
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Tomb of Bohemund,a Norman prince who died in Antiochia during the Fir...

View of Duernstein on the Danube river, Lower Austria, seen from the castle ruins. In the castle above the town, King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V after their dispute during the Third Crusade in 1193. The castle was almost completely destroyed by the Swedes in 1645.
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View of Duernstein on the Danube river, Lower Austria, seen from the castle ruin...

Aigues-Mortes, a typical "bastide", or fortress-town, was built by Philippe le Hardi, son of French King Saint Louis. The French kings wished to make Aigues Mortes the predominant harbour of the Mediterranean, but underestimated the silting up of the area and Aigues-Mortes never became the important center of trade or meeting point for the crusaders.
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Aigues-Mortes, a typical "bastide", or fortress-town, was built by Philippe le H...

The Chateau Gaillard was built by Richard the Lionhearted who wished to prevent French King Philippe-August from entering Normandy. It was used as a prison; upon order of King Henri IV it was dismanteled in 1603 and has been a ruin since.
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The Chateau Gaillard was built by Richard the Lionhearted who wished to prevent...

In 1809 Napoleon's troops besieged and occupied Vienna. Josef Haydn died shortly after Napoleon's entry into the capital. The engraving shows the bombardement of Vienna by French artillery.
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In 1809 Napoleon's troops besieged and occupied Vienna. Josef Haydn died shortly...

Don Juan d'Austria, natural son of Emperor Karl V, commanded the Imperial fleet which beat a Turkish fleet off Lepanto in the Mediterranean, in 1571. The two other commanders at Lepanto were Marc Antonio Colonna (left) and the Doge Sebastiano Venier (right).
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Don Juan d'Austria, natural son of Emperor Karl V, commanded the Imperial f...

Archduke Karl (1771-1847), son of Emperor Leopold II and Infanta Maria Ludovica; Commander of the Imperial armies during the Napoleonic Wars, victor in the battle of Aspern, Austria.
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Archduke Karl (1771-1847), son of Emperor Leopold II and Infanta Maria Ludovi...

Archduke Karl, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial troops during the Napoleonic Wars, with his wife Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg and his children in front of their Castle Weilburg in Baden, near Vienna.
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Archduke Karl, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial troops during the Napole...

Admiral Wilhelm Tegethoff on the bridge of SMS Archduke Ferdinand Max, during the battle of Lissa against the Italian fleet, 1866. Canvas
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Admiral Wilhelm Tegethoff on the bridge of SMS Archduke Ferdinand M...

Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809. In the foreground a model of the "Lion of Aspern", the monument commemorating the battle, and an Austrian and a French flag.
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Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809....