Lucrezia Borgia (1922)

 

Thanks to David Wilton for finding this. Conrad Veidt as Cesare Borgia. Wiki

Sampford Courtenay

 17-18 AUGUST, SAMPFORD COURTENAY, DEVON.

One week to go until the village of Sampford Courtenay, Devon, comes alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of 1549 to commemorate the 475th anniversary of the final battle of the Western Rebellion.

Commotion Times will be in the historic Church House and encamped on the village green, 11am-5pm, preparing for the coming battle with archery, Tudor medicine, arms and armour, forge, Tudor food, and more as the villagers and rebels wonder with trepidation what the future will hold*

FREE EVENT.

(*Spoiler: it didn't end well.)

Martinique 1762

 

This was found by Eric Bloomquist and identified by Stephen Brumwell . It is a detail of British Attack On The Citadel Of Martinique, January 1762, By Dominic Serres. Read about the attack on Martinique here. You can also see the full image there

French camp scene

 Found by Andrey Efremov. Anybody know about this?

Minden 1910

 Army pageant

Anybody identify this?

 Looks French. Anybody recognise it?

Minden 1759

 Today's anniversary is this celebrated British and allied victory.