Petrine Horse Grenadiers

 

Thanks to Sergey Minchenkov and photographer Olga Mamaeva for these images from Russia. 

At Kunersdorf Frederick narrowly avoids capture by Cossacks

 

Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina of Austria, king and queen of Naples

 

Philip Skippon

 

Looking for an image for the below post and found this - looks like a painting by Richard Hook for Military Illustrated Past and Present. Not sure if Skippon was at White Mountain but he was definitely in Europe at the time. Wiki

White Mountain 1620

 So the 400th anniversary of White Mountain will soon be upon us. November 8th. Anyone have any ideas of how to commemorate it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Mountain

Russians raid Berlin 1760

 

Today's anniversary. Wiki

Marsaglia 1693

 Today's anniversary. Wiki