On this day, 18th June 1815, Waterloo. Major Chalmers leads the charge of the 52nd over the dead and wounded 4th Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard. Private collection, with working stages, oil on board © Christa Hook

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1815: The Battle of Waterloo was fought near Waterloo in present day Belgium. Forces, under the command of Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon’s forces. Some say Napoleon’s horse Marengo reared in Co & Duke of Wellington’s horse, Copenhagen in Co

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in 1815 - The Battle of
Always been fascinated by this event. Perhaps because its anniversary falls on my birthday, or because I used to live up the road from the battlefield, or I've read more Bernard Cornwell than is healthy.

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誕生(1922、日本研究者)、#ロアール・アムンセン 遭難死(1928、探検家)、#横山光輝 誕生(1934、漫画家)、#トブルク 攻撃開始(1942、#第二次世界大戦)、#エルヴィン生誕祭2020

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Another from the most recent ECF special issue:
"Crusoe's Animals, Annotated: Cats, Dogs, and Disease in the Naval Chronicle Edition of Robinson Crusoe, 1815" by Lucinda Cole
ECF 32.1, 2019
https://t.co/9Pp2TI8mxY

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Born in 1792: English painter (1792-1882)

Portrait of William Coningham (1815-84), 1842

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The Death of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel at the Battle of Quatre Bras, 16 June 1815 - Johann Friedrich Matthäi, c. 1836. (Royal Collection Trust).

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Carlo Bossoli (Italian, 1815-1884)

Constantinople - a view across the Bosphorus towards Leander's Tower by night

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🔴 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗘 | Le 9 juin 1815 est signé l'Acte final du Congrès de Vienne qui redéfinit les contours de l'Europe après les périodes révolutionnaire et napoléonienne. Talleyrand, âgé de 60 ans, est en première ligne pour défendre la France. 💪🏻

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After several months of dancing, affairs, challenges to duels, and the occasional meeting around the table, the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna was signed in 1815, a few days before the Battle of Waterloo. (Image: British Museum https://t.co/HvFmlwGdAU)

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Died 1Jun1815 James Gillray - Prince of Caricaturist - Francis Grose, the famous English antiquarian and lexicographer, wrote a book titled ... https://t.co/W3cA1FJXCS

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An encounter between a dog and a fox published in the Sporting Magazine, May 31st 1815. 'sport' for mankind, but a matter of life and death for Mr Fox

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"#Jupiter and
Copper (stipple in most part) etching by Francesco (1728-1815) figures and Benjamin Charles (landscape).
After the painting by F. Viera
Printed by McQueen. London, 1814
Leda, daughter of and

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Lucien Rousselot
Garde Impériale. Chasseurs a chéval 1804-1815

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Here they both are in their younger years, in 1812 and c1815 respectively

Anyone else been blown away by photography of their 18th-century/Regency era subjects? Please share because I love it 📸

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Charles Louis Muller (1815–1892) was a French painter

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