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Art, architecture, and archaeology
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump , a painting by 18th-century British artist
Joseph Wright of Derby
Felice Beato , 19th-century Italian-British photographer
Belton House , 17th-century British country house
Boydell Shakespeare Gallery , 18th-century British printing and art project
Matthew Brettingham , 18th-century architect
Sir William Bruce, 1st Baronet, of Balcaskie , 17th-century Scottish architect
Buckingham Palace , 18th-century British palace
The Disasters of War , a series of prints by 19th-century Spanish artist
Francisco Goya
John Douglas (architect) , 19th-century British architect
Adolfo Farsari , 19th-century Italian photographer
Fort Ticonderoga , 18th-century fort in New York State
The Four Stages of Cruelty , a series of prints by 18th-century British artist
William Hogarth
Four Times of the Day , a series of four paintings by 18th-century British artist
William Hogarth
Caspar David Friedrich , a 19th-century German painter
Holkham Hall , 18th-century English country house
House with Chimaeras , Early 20th-century Ukrainian building
Joseph Priestley House , 19th-century American home of
Joseph Priestley
Paul Kane , 19th-century Canadian painter
Michigan State Capitol , 19th-century American building
Benjamin Mountfort , 19th-century New Zealand architect
Pennsylvania State Capitol , Early 20th-century American building
Francis Petre , 19th-century New Zealand architect
Queluz National Palace , 18th-century Portuguese palace
The Raft of the Medusa , a painting by 19th-century French artist
Théodore Géricault
Pierre Rossier , 19th-century Swiss photographer
Sanssouci , 18th-century German palace
Shotgun house , 19th-century American architectural style
Sicilian Baroque , 18th-century architectural style
Stanford Memorial Church , early 20th-century American building
The Swimming Hole , a painting by 19th-century American artist
Thomas Eakins
Tech Tower , 19th-century American building
The Third of May 1808 , a painting by 19th-century Spanish artist
Francisco Goya
John Vanbrugh , 17th- and 18th-century English architect and dramatist
West Wycombe Park , 18th-century English country house
John Michael Wright , 17th-century British portrait painter
Awards, decorations and vexillology
Biology
Edward Drinker Cope , 19th-century American scientist
Charles Darwin , 19th-century British scientist
Henry Edwards (entomologist) , 19th-century American actor, writer, and entomologist
Georg Forster , 18th-century German writer, scientist, and revolutionary
On the Origin of Species , 19th-century British work of evolutionary biology
Alfred Russel Wallace , 19th-century British scientist
Business, economics and finance
Chemistry and mineralogy
Culture and society
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , British founder of scouting in the early 20th century
William D. Boyce , American founder of scouting in the early 20th century
Frederick Russell Burnham , early inspiration to the scouting movement
Cleveland Street scandal , 19th-century British sex scandal
Cock Lane ghost , 18th-century London hoax
Fairy tale , literary genre
Free Association of German Trade Unions , late 19th-century association of trade unions
Margaret Fuller , 19th-century American feminist
Fanny Imlay , daughter of 18th-century feminist
Mary Wollstonecraft and commercial speculator
Gilbert Imlay
Jack the Ripper , 19th-century London serial killer
Emmeline Pankhurst , 19th-century British suffragette
Mary Toft , 18th-century woman who claimed to give birth to rabbits
Wife selling , 17th-20th-century cultural custom in Britain
Education
Engineering and technology
Health and medicine
Eli Lilly , 19th-century American chemist and entrepreneur
History
Samuel Adams , 18th-century American revolutionary
Harriet Arbuthnot , 19th-century British diarist
Alice Ayres , 19th-century British maid
Ramón Emeterio Betances , 19th-century Puerto Rican nationalist
Stede Bonnet , late 17th-century pirate
Daniel Boone , 18th-century American pioneer
Carsten Borchgrevink , 19th-century Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer
David Bowie , 19th-century American pioneer and soldier
British Empire
Isaac Brock , early 19th-century British commander in Canada
Brown Dog affair , early 20th-century British vivisection scandal
William Speirs Bruce , early 20th-century Scottish polar explorer
Henry Cornelius Burnett , 19th-century congressman
California Gold Rush , 19th-century American history
Charles Carroll the Settler , early 18th-century Maryland planter
Convention of 1832 , part of the
Texas Revolution
William Cooley , 19th-century Florida leader
Confederate government of Kentucky , 19th-century American government
Tom Crean (explorer) , early 20th-century polar explorer
Discovery Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
England expects that every man will do his duty , Nelson at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Farthest South , early 20th-century race to the South Pole
Fredonian Rebellion , 19th-century Texas rebellion
Nicolo Giraud , friend and possible lover of
Byron
Gettysburg Address , 19th-century speech by
Abraham Lincoln
Great Fire of London , 17th-century fire in London
Richard Hawes , 19th-century American politician
Elwood Haynes , American automotive pioneer
Thomas C. Hindman , 19th-century American politician and soldier
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
John W. Johnston , 19th-century American politician
Ernest Joyce , early 20th-century polar explorer
Edward Low , early 18th-century pirate
Aeneas Mackintosh , early 20th-century British Antarctic explorer
Charles Edward Magoon , early 20th-century American politician
Manchester Mummy , 18th-century mummification incident
Clements Markham , early 20th-century British polar explorer and writer
Harry McNish , early 20th-century polar explorer
Mormon handcart pioneers , 19th-century American group
Benjamin Morrell , 19th-century American explorer
Nansen's Fram expedition , late 19th-century polar expedition
Elizabeth Needham , early 18th-century British brothel keeper
New South Greenland , 19th-century polar expedition
Nimrod Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
Emperor Norton , 19th-century American eccentric
Peterloo Massacre , early 19th-century British demonstration
Phan Dinh Phung , 19th-century Vietnamese revolutionary
Phan Xich Long , early 20th-century Vietnamese mystic
Plymouth Colony , 17th-century American colony
Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760)
Red Barn Murder , early 19th-century British murder
Red River Trails , 19th-century American trade routes
Rock Springs massacre , late 19th-century American labor dispute and riot
Woodes Rogers , early 18th-century sea captain and first governor of the Bahamas
Ross Sea party , early 20th-century polar expedition
S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
Robert Falcon Scott , early 20th-century English polar explorer
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
Ernest Shackleton , early 20th-century polar explorer
Jack Sheppard , 18th-century British thief
Sydney Riot of 1879 , cricket riot in Australia
Southern Cross Expedition , late 19th-century polar expedition
Swedish emigration to the United States , 19th and early 20th centuries
SY Aurora's drift , early 20th-century polar expedition
Terra Nova Expedition , early 20th-century polar expedition
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World , letter from
William B. Travis to Texians
Stephen Trigg , 18th-century American settler and soldier
Harriet Tubman , 19th-century American abolitionist and suffragette
Dick Turpin , 18th-century English highwayman
Unification of Germany , 19th-century
Voyage of the James Caird , early 20th-century polar expedition
Voyage of the Karluk , early 20th-century polar expedition
Yagan , 19th-century indigenous Australian rebel
Nikita Zotov , early 18th-century tutor of
Peter the Great
Law
Literature and theatre
Analytical Review , 18th-century British periodical
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches , late 19th-century book about witchcraft
Augusta, Lady Gregory , early 20th-century Irish dramatist
Honoré de Balzac , 19th-century French novelist and playwright
Anna Laetitia Barbauld , late 18th-century and early 19th-century English Romantic poet
Candide , 18th-century French novel by
Voltaire
Anton Chekhov , late 19th-century Russian writer
Colley Cibber , 18th-century English actor, poet, and playwright
The Country Wife , late 17th-century play by
William Wycherley
The Covent-Garden Journal , 18th-century British periodical
Stephen Crane , 19th-century American author
Creatures of Impulse , 19th-century play by
W. S. Gilbert
Emily Dickinson , 19th-century American poet
Drapier's Letters , 18th-century pamphlets by
Jonathan Swift
W. S. Gilbert , 19th-century British poet and librettist
Rufus Wilmot Griswold , 19th-century American poet and critic
History of a Six Weeks' Tour , early 19th-century travel narrative by
Mary Shelley and
Percy Shelley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , 19th-century American physician and author
Imagism , early 20th-century poetry movement
Henry James , 19th-century American author
Joseph Johnson (publisher) , 18th-century British publisher
Samuel Johnson , 18th-century British writer
Early life of Samuel Johnson
Cousin Bette , 19th-century French novel by
Balzac
Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men , 19th-century encyclopedia volumes by
Mary Shelley
James Russell Lowell , 19th-century American poet
La Peau de chagrin , 19th-century French novel by
Balzac
Le Père Goriot , 19th-century French novel by
Balzac
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark , 18th-century travel narrative by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Louis Lambert (novel) , 19th-century French novel by
Balzac
The Lucy poems , late 18th-century poems by
William Wordsworth
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman , late 18th-century novel by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary: A Fiction , 18th-century novel by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Master Juba , 19th-century American dancer
George Moore (novelist) , late 19th-century Irish writer
Ode on a Grecian Urn , early 19th-century poem by
John Keats
Ode on Indolence , early 19th-century poem by
John Keats
Original Stories from Real Life , 18th-century children's book by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Edgar Allan Poe , 19th-century American writer
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe , wife of
Edgar Allan Poe
Adelaide Anne Procter , 19th-century English poet
Proserpine (play) , 19th-century play by
Mary Shelley and
Percy Shelley
Ion Heliade Rădulescu , 19th-century Romanian writer
Rambles in Germany and Italy , 19th-century travel narrative by
Mary Shelley
The Raven , 19th-century American poem by
Edgar Allan Poe
Reception history of Jane Austen
The Relapse , late 17th-century play by
John Vanbrugh
Restoration literature , 17th-century British literature
Restoration spectacular , 17th-century British literature
Mary Shelley , 19th-century British author
Mary Martha Sherwood , 19th-century British children's author
Christopher Smart's asylum confinement , 18th-century English poet
John Millington Synge , late 19th-century Irish writer
Rabindranath Tagore , late 19th-century Bengali writer
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , 18th and 19th-century London theater
To Autumn , early 19th-century poem by
John Keats
Trial by Jury , late 19th-century comic opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan
Sarah Trimmer , 18th-century British children's writer
Ulysses (poem) , 19th-century poem by
Tennyson
Uncle Tom's Cabin , 19th-century novel by
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nathaniel Parker Willis , 19th-century American writer and editor
Mary Wollstonecraft , 18th-century British writer
William Butler Yeats , early 20th-century Irish poet
Z. Marcas , 19th-century French novel by
Balzac
Mathematics
Media
Music
Agrippina (opera) , 18th-century work by
Handel
Amazing Grace , 18th-century hymn
The Bartered Bride , 19th-century opera by
Smetana
Beijing opera , 18th- and 19th-century Chinese opera
Choral symphony , genre of classical music which developed during the 19th and 20th centuries
H.M.S. Pinafore , 19th-century comic opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan
L'ange de Nisida , 19th-century opera by
Donizetti
Mozart family grand tour
Mozart in Italy
Rhinemaidens , characters in
Richard Wagner 's
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , 19th-century Russian composer
Sylvia (ballet) , 19th-century ballet
Symphonic poems (Liszt) , 19th-century works by
Liszt
Tchaikovsky and The Five , 19th-century Russian music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , 19th-century Russian composer
Tchaikovsky and the Belyayev circle , 19th-century Russian music
Thespis (opera) , 19th-century opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan
Philosophy and psychology
Politics and government
1880 Republican National Convention
J. C. W. Beckham , early 20th-century Kentucky politician
Simon Bolivar Buckner , 19th-century Kentucky politician
Grover Cleveland , 19th-century president of the US
William Goebel , 19th-century Kentucky politician
Emma Goldman , early 20th-century anarchist
Benjamin Harrison , 19th-century US president
William Henry Harrison , 19th-century US president
John L. Helm , 19th-century Kentucky politician
Franklin Knight Lane , early 20th-century American politician
Thomas R. Marshall , early 20th-century US vice-president
Edwin P. Morrow , early 20th-century Kentucky politician
Ostend Manifesto , mid-19th-century document discussing US and Spanish relations regarding Cuba
Overman Committee , early 20th-century subcommittee of the US Senate that investigated Germans and Bolsheviks
Józef Piłsudski , early 20th-century leader of Poland
Louis Riel , 19th-century Canadian politician and leader of the
Métis people
Lawrence Sullivan Ross , 19th-century American politician
Alexander Cameron Rutherford , early 20th-century Canadian politician
Solomon P. Sharp , 19th-century Kentucky politician
Isaac Shelby , 18th-century Kentucky politician
Arthur Sifton , early 20th-century Canadian politician
Augustus O. Stanley , early 20th-century Kentucky politician
Charles Stewart (Canadian politician) , early 20th-century Kentucky politician
A Vindication of the Rights of Men , 18th-century political pamphlet by
Mary Wollstonecraft
Daniel Webster , 19th-century American politician
William Wilberforce , 18th-century British politician and abolitionist
Religion, mysticism and mythology
Royalty, nobility and heraldry
Albert, Prince Consort , 19th-century British aristocrat
Alexandra of Denmark , early 20th-century queen of the UK
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale , member of the 19th-century British royal family
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom , member of the 19th-century British royal family
Charles Atangana , chief of the
Ewondo and Bane ethnic groups during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Charles II of England , 17th-century king of England
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , 17th- and 18th-century English soldier and statesman
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , influential 17th- and 18th-century friend of
Queen Anne
Edward VII of the United Kingdom , early 20th-century king of the UK
Frederick III, German Emperor , 19th-century king of Prussia and emperor of Germany
George I of Great Britain , 18th-century king of the UK
George I of Greece , 19th-century king of Greece
George III of the United Kingdom , 18th-century king of the UK
George IV of the United Kingdom , 19th-century king of the UK
George V of the United Kingdom , early 20th-century king of the UK
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom , member of the 19th-century British royal family
James II of England , 17th-century king of England
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll , member of the 19th-century British royal family
Mary II of England , 17th-century queen of England
Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery , 19th-century British aristocrat
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia , early 20th-century Russian grand duchess
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia , early 20th-century Russian grand duchess
Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany , 18th-century illegitimate daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie
William III of England , 17th-century king of England
William IV of the United Kingdom , 19th-century king of the UK
Sport and recreation
1896 Summer Olympics
Simon Byrne , 19th-century Irish prizefighter
A. E. J. Collins , early 20th-century British soldier and cricketer
George H. D. Gossip , 19th-century American chess master
Clem Hill , early 20th-century Australian cricketer
Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)
Bart King , late 19th- and early 20th-century cricketer
Jimmy McAleer , 19th-century American baseball player
Charlie Macartney , early 20th-century Australian cricketer
Jack Marsh , early 20th-century Australian cricketer
William McGregor , 19th-century founder of
The Football League
Stamata Revithi , 19th-century Greek marathon runner
Jim Thorpe , early 20th-century Native American athlete
Harry Trott , 19th-century Australian cricketer
Hugh Trumble , 19th-century Australian cricketer
The Turk , 18th-century machine
Georges Vézina , early 20th-century Canadian hockey player
Youngstown Ohio Works , early 20th-century American baseball team
Transport
Baker Street and Waterloo Railway , early 20th-century British railway
Baltimore Steam Packet Company , 19th- and 20th-century American steamship company
Sophie Blanchard , 19th-century French aeronaut
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway , early 20th-century London railway
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway , 19th-century American railway
City and South London Railway , 19th- and 20th-century London railway
Cogan House Covered Bridge , 19th-century American bridge
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra railway line, Sydney , 19th- and 20th-century Australian railway
Forksville Covered Bridge , 19th-century American bridge
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway , early 20th-century London railway
Hellingly Hospital Railway , early 20th-century British railway
Hillsgrove Covered Bridge , 19th-century American bridge
John Bull (locomotive) , 19th-century locomotive
Kinzua Bridge , 19th-century American bridge
LSWR N15 class , early 20th-century locomotive
Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal , 19th-century British canal
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge , 19th-century bridge
Richmond Bridge, London , 18th-century bridge
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works , 19th-century American manufacturer of locomotives
Royal Blue (train) , 19th- and 20th-century American train
SECR K and SR K1 classes , early 20th-century locomotives
SECR N class , early 20th-century locomotive
SS Christopher Columbus , early 20th-century American excursion liner
SS Kroonland , early 20th-century Merchant Marine liner
SS Montanan , US cargo ship sunk during WWI
SS Washingtonian , US cargo ship which sank after a collision
Sonestown Covered Bridge , 19th-century American bridge
Warfare
21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , regiment in the
US Civil War
Action of 13 January 1797 , battle during the
French Revolutionary Wars
Anglo-Zanzibar War , late 19th-century war
Thomas Baker (aviator) , WWI flying ace
Prince Louis of Battenberg , 19th-century member of the British royal family and naval officer
Battle of the Alamo , 19th-century Mexican-Texian battle
Battle of Albuera , battle during the 19th-century
Peninsular War
Battle of Arras (1917) , battle during WWI
Battle of Austerlitz , end of the
War of the Third Coalition in the early 19th century
Battle of Barrosa , battle during the 19th-century
Peninsular War
Battle of Blenheim , battle during the 18th-century
War of Spanish Succession
Battle of Concepción , 19th-century Mexican-Texian battle
Battle of Corydon , battle during the 19th-century
US Civil War
Battle of Dürenstein , battle during the early 19th-century
War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Goliad , battle during the 19th-century
Texas Revolution
Battle of Grand Port , battle during the 19th-century
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Lipantitlán , battle during the 19th-century
Texas Revolution
Battle of Lissa (1811) , battle during the 19th-century
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of the Nile , battle during the 18th-century
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Ramillies , battle during the 18th-century
War of Spanish Succession
Battle of Schellenberg , battle during the 18th-century
War of Spanish Succession
Battle of Shiloh , battle during the 19th-century
US Civil War
Battle of the Gebora , battle during the 19th-century
Peninsular War
Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) , battle during the 18th-century
French and Indian War
Battle of Tippecanoe , early 19th-century battle between Native Americans and US military
Battle of Tory Island , battle during the 18th-century
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Vimy Ridge , battle during WWI
Battle of Winterthur (1799) , battle during the 18th-century
War of the Second Coalition
Bayern class battleship , early 20th-century German battleship
Boshin War , 19th-century Japanese civil war
Juan Davis Bradburn , 19th-century Mexican general
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga , part of the 18th-century
American Revolutionary War
Crawford expedition , part of the 18th-century
American Revolutionary War
Thomas Crisp , early 20th-century British naval officer
Roderic Dallas , Australian flying ace of WWI
Derfflinger class battlecruiser , early 20th-century German ships
Hermann Detzner , early 20th-century German military officer and explorer
Dutch 1913 battleship proposal
Finnish Civil War , early 20th century
Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg , 18th-century Austrian Field Marshal
Grass Fight , battle during the 19th-century
Texas Revolution
Winfield Scott Hancock , 19th-century American general
Francis Harvey , early 20th-century decorated British soldier
Helgoland class battleship , early 20th-century German ships
Peter Heywood , late 18th- and early 19th-century naval officer
HMS Endeavour , 18th-century ship used by
James Cook
Cedric Howell , Australian WWI flying ace
Ironclad warship , 19th-century ships
Kaiser class battleship , early 20th-century German ships
König class battleship , early 20th-century German ships
Lochry's Defeat , battle during the 18th-century
American Revolutionary War
Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment , regiment during the 18th-century
American Revolutionary War
Murray Maxwell , late 18th- and early 19th-century British naval officer
James Whiteside McCay , early 20th-century Australian general and politician
George B. McClellan , 19th-century American general
Moltke class battlecruiser , early 20th-century German ships
Nassau class battleship , early 20th-century German ships
Polish–Soviet War , early 20th century
Edwin Taylor Pollock , early 20th-century US naval officer
Pontiac's Rebellion , 18th-century war between Native Americans and British forces
Pre-dreadnought battleship , late 19th-century and early 20th-century ships
Uriel Sebree , 19th-century and early 20th-century US naval officer
Second Ostend Raid , battle during WWI
William Tecumseh Sherman , 19th-century US general
Siege of Malakand , part of the late 19th-century
Anglo-Afghan Wars
Issy Smith , early 20th-century distinguished Australian-British soldier
SM U-66 , early 20th-century German submarine
SMS Derfflinger , early 20th-century German ship
SMS Hindenburg , early 20th-century German ship
SMS Lützow , early 20th-century German ship
SMS Moltke (1910) , early 20th-century German ship
SMS Seydlitz , early 20th-century German ship
SMS Von der Tann , early 20th-century German ship
Swedish allotment system , 18th- and 19th-century Swedish army system
Benjamin Franklin Tilley , 19th-century US naval officer
Toledo War , 19th-century dispute over state borders in the US
Ulm Campaign , part of the 19th-century
War of the Third Coalition
USS Connecticut (BB-18) , early 20th-century US ship
USS Congress (1799) , 19th-century US ship
USS Constitution , 18th- and 19th-century US ship
USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290) , early 20th-century US ship
Johann von Klenau , 18th-century Hapsburg military leader
War of the Fifth Coalition , part of the 19th-century
Napoleonic Wars
Western Front (World War I)
John Whittle , early 20th-century decorated Australian soldier