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Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) British writer and cleric. Christian Socialist: Muscular Christianity. Believed in possibility of reconciling science and religion

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) contemplating the natural beauty of Switzerland. French political author, educationalist and philosopher. Engraving 1787

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Asa Gray (1810-1888) American botanist

Asa Gray (1810-1888) American botanist. Specialist on Japanese flora. Friend of Charles Darwin. Accepted Natural Selection as force in evolution but, as devout Protestant

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Alexei Nicholaevitch Kouropatkin

Alexei Nicholaevitch Kouropatkin (b1848). Russian general. Commanded Russian forces in Manchuria during Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. Chromolithograph

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese spies being hanged by Russian military command. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 13 March 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Naval battle between Russian and Japanese fleets off Port Arthur, 10 August 1904. Scene on Russian flagship " Tsarevich" during the engagement showing gun

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-1968)

Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-1968). American black civil rights campaigner in the pulpit. Assassinated, supposedly by James Earl Ray

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Treaty of Portsmouth. Peacemakers on board the " Mayflower". Count de Witte, Baron Rosen, President Theodore Roosevelt, Baron Komura and M. Takahira

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Novalis (pseudonymn of Friedrich von Hardenberg 1772-1801)

Novalis (pseudonymn of Friedrich von Hardenberg 1772-1801) German Romantic poet and novelist. Prophet of Romanticism. Engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese allowing General Stoessel and the Russian defenders of Port Arthur honorable surrender. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 15 January 1905

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian Cossaks marauding through a Korean village. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 27 March 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Thirty Years War: Battle of Rocroi (Rocroy)

Thirty Years War: Battle of Rocroi (Rocroy), 19 May 1643, Spanish defeated by French under Duc d Enghien, Prince de Conde (1621-1686) known as the Great (Grand) Conde

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian warships, led by the " Pobeida", passing through the Suez Canal. Photographer taking picture (foreground)

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: (James) Kier Hardie (1856-1915)

(James) Kier Hardie (1856-1915) Scottish-born British Labour leader, a founder of the Labour Party

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Grotius (Hugo de Groot) 1583-1645

Grotius (Hugo de Groot) 1583-1645, Dutch theologian and jurist. Engraving after the portrait by Mierevelt

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese warship " Hatsuse" foundering, the mainmast falling across one of ships boats

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635)

Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) French explorer. Explored coast of Canada 1603-1617. Founded Quebec on his third voyage to Canada (1608). Wood engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-68)

Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-68). American black civil rights campaigner. Assassinated, supposedly by James Earl Ray

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Scene on gun deck of a Japanese warship during action. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 13 March 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Frederick Wright (1838-1921)

George Frederick Wright (1838-1921). American geologist and Congregational minister. Defended Darwinism, Engraving published 1892

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian attack on the Japanese trenches outside Port Arthur. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian officer, Captain Lebedief, heroically defending the bastion at Port Arthur with his sword and revolver

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Russian six inch howitzer battery during the defence of Port Arthur

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Wilhlem Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)

George Wilhlem Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) German idealist philosopher. His difficult philosophy, considered by many to be obscure, has had great influence on Marxists, Positivists and Existentialists

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Asa Gray (1810-1888)

Asa Gray (1810-1888) American botanist. Specialist on Japanese flora. Friend of Charles Darwin. Accepted Natural Selection as force in evolution but, as devout Protestant

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Naval battle between Russian and Japanese fleets off Port Arthur, 10 August 1904. Death of Admiral Withoeft (Witheft), the Russian commander

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826)

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in Vosges region of France, encouraging his parishioners to construct road to decrease their isolation

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826)

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in Vosges region of France, encouraging his parishioners to construct road to decrease their isolation. Established schools

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826)

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in the Vosges region of France, cooking a frugal meal and reading. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian artillery battery defending Port Arthur. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 27 March 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: General Alexei Nicholaevitch Kouropatkin, commander of Russian forces in Manchuria, directing the campaign from his car

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Marauding Cossacks in a Korean village terrifying the local population.1904

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian soldiers near Moukden celebrating Christmas. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 1 January 1905

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Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Japanese siege gun near Port Arthur, October 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1607)

Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1607). Dutch naval officer and explorer. Searched for a Northeast Passage to China, 1595. Died at Gibraltar after defeating the Spanish fleet. From a contemporary engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Tsar NIicholas II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia from 1894, reviewing Cossacks. From " Le Petit Journal", Paris, 28 February 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Grotius (Hugo de Groot) 1583-1645

Grotius (Hugo de Groot) 1583-1645, Dutch theologian and jurist. Engraving from Alexandre Saverien " Histoire des Philosophes Modernes", Paris 1762

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Vice-Admiral Alexeiev

Vice-Admiral Alexeiev, Viceroy of Russian Dominions in the Far East at time of Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Treaty of Portsmouth. Count de Witte, Baron Rosen and American Secretary of State Pierce landing at the New York Yacht Club

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584

Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584. Tsar of Russia from 1533. From 16th century woodcut

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Jacob de Boehme (1575-1624)

Jacob de Boehme (1575-1624) German theosophist, mystic and alchemist. 18th century copperplate engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian battleship Retvisan, built in Philadelphia, 1900. Destroyed on the first Japanese attack on Port Arthur, February 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Louis XIV (1638-1715)

Louis XIV (1638-1715) king of France from 1643, proclaiming duc d Anjou, his grandson, king of Spain, 16 November 1700. War of Spanish Succession. Late 19th century chromolithograph

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Jerusalem - The Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem - The Dome of the Rock. Oldest existing Muslim monument, built 685-691 as a shrine for pilgrims (a mashhad). The Rock is sacred to Muslims as site from which Muhammad ascended to heaven

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Statue of a scribe 2350 B. C

Statue of a scribe 2350 B. C
Scribe seated cross-legged, a papyrus on his knees 2350 B.C.Louvre Museum

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Statue of Julius Caesar at the Louvre 2013 A. D

Statue of Julius Caesar at the Louvre 2013 A. D
Statue of Julius Caesar at the Louvre 2013. Roman Emperor. Paris

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Double-sided Mithraic Relief 2nd Century A. D

Double-sided Mithraic Relief 2nd Century A. D
Double-sided Mithraic Relief 2nd Century A.D.Louvre Museum

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Wooden Helmet 1400 A. D

Wooden Helmet 1400 A. D
Wooden Helmet 1400 A.D. Decorated with turquoise mosaic and shell inlay. AztecBritish Museum




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