Landen 1693

 Today's anniversary. Here

Regiment Spinola anno 1700

 From Belgium. Newish group. Facebook page here

Recreating troops from the Spanish Netherlands I believe.

René Chartrand

 Sad to hear of the passing of Canadian historian René Chartrand. Authored many essential books. I chose this cover as a classic. 

"Tavern Interior" by John S.C. Schaak c. 1762

 Like a good tavern scene. 

Killiecrankie 1689

 

Hastings Regiment I believe

Today's anniversary. Wiki

Polish cavalry

 Roelant Savery, Polish Cavalry Marching in the Woods, 1614, Here

Michal Paradowski has said they might be Hungarians. Or Croats.  See here

Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich, in the uniform of the cuirassier regiment of the Heir, 1743 by G. Grot

 

Denain 1712

 Today's anniversary. Here. A significant French victory. 

Kay 1759

 Today's anniversary. Here. 265 years ago. Thanks to Alt Kreyzten for the pic.

also referred to as the Battle of Sulechów, Battle of Züllichau, or Battle of Paltzig

Bagpipes in the 17th century

 On the Monmouth Rebellion Facebook page there was a discussion on whether the Royal Scots had pipers or not. It seemed from what Stephen Carter said the Colonel's company had them. So the next question is what were bagpipes of 1685 like? Found this article which is interesting. Anybody know more on the subject?

Cavalry skirmish

 I don't know the artist. 

French landing on the Isle of Wight 1545

 Happened today. Wiki

"The 21 day of July the French galleys and navie came before Portesmouth haven, and landed certeine of theyre armye in the Yle of Wyght, and there burned and camped there about to the nomber of 2,000 men, and came every tyde with theyr gallies and shott their ordinaunce at the Kinges ships in the haven; but the winde was so calme that the Kinges shippes could bear noe sayle, which was a great discomfort for them."

Talk on James II's army at the National Army Museum London

The Army of James II

2 August, 12.00pm, Free

Discover the importance of King James II in the creation and development of the British Army with Stephen Ede-Borrett.

Stephen Ede-Borrett will evaluate the effectiveness and structure of James’s force, while also explaining why his role in the creation of the British Army has been so often ignored.

Don't miss: https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/army-james-ii

Régiment du Roi 1721

 

Battle of Kliszów 1702

 Today's anniversary. Details

The Renaissance at War

 This book I got from the Library. It's good.

With the dawning of the Renaissance came technological and social advances that changed forever the art of warfare. Rich with anecdotal detail, a compelling and comprehensive narrative by an expert military historian transports you to the midst of the action as it examines the strategies, campaigns, prominent figures, and key conflicts of the age. From artillery and fortifications to military leadership, from cavalry tactics to the new infantry, from the Crusades to the guerrilla wars in late 16th-century France, penetrating cultural, tactical, and technical analyses plus numerous illustrations, maps, and charts paint a full portrait of Renaissance warfare.

Ruprecht Heller, The Battle of Pavia (1529), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm[1]

 

King and Queen's bath Bath 1675

 This depicts West Country people in 1675

Roundway Down

 

Battle of Roundway Down(7-13-1643) diorama @Frazier museum… | Leon Kay Flickr

Today's anniversary is this battle near Devizes. Read about it here

Boufflers-Wallon 1721

 By Jacques-Antoine Delaistre

Garde Suisses 1721

 Pics Musée de l'Armée

Swiss Guard ensign in 1721

 There are some great images from the 1720s. 

Oudenarde 1708

 

Today's anniversary. Here

The English Civil War: Myth, Legend and Popular Memory

 By Charles Esdaile. Looks interesting.

Cavaliers and Roundheads are figures who appear in hundreds of English ghost stories. In this innovative account, Charles Esdaile argues that such tales are in reality folk memories of an episode of English history that was second only to the Black Death in terms of individual and collective suffering alike, and, further, that they reveal important truths about the way in which the conflict was represented: it is no surprise, then, to find that spectral Cavaliers are often romantic figures and revenant Roundheads grim ones full of menace. Yet, the book is no mere catalogue. On the contrary, rather than being discussed in a vacuum, the tales of haunting are rather set within a detailed regional history of the conflicts of 1642-1651 of a sort that has never yet been attempted, but is, for all that, badly needed.

Langport 1645

 Today's anniversary. From the wiki

Following its previous success at Naseby in June, in the Battle of Langport the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax destroyed the last Royalist field army, led by Lord Goring. This Parliamentarian victory allowed them to besiege the Royalist port of Bristol, which surrendered in September.

Royalist commander George Lord Goring. 

Portrait of a man as a hunter 1672

 By Jan Verkolje - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Prussians (Barry Lyndon)

 

Sedgemoor 1685

 Today's anniversary. Here

Nassau-Saarbrück cavalerie

 Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich von Nassau-Saarbrücken 1745 als "Maréchal de camp" und Inhaber des französischen Regiments "Nassau-Saarbrück-Cavalerie"

Marston Moor 1644

 Today's anniversary. Wiki

Watch a short film by Royal Armouries here