XEE4139498: Ballet at the Opera de Paris, 1858: decor of the first act of “Sacountala”, pantomine ballet on a libretto by Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) and a music by Ernest Reyer (1823-1909). Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°67 of July 24, 1858., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4140134: Second opium war between France and England and China (1858-1860) - signing of the Tianjin Treaty (Tientsin) in 1858: English and French ambassadors Lord Elgin (James Bruce, 1811-63) and Jean Baptiste Louis Gros (1793-1870) and the Chinese plenipotentiaries signed the treaty which opened eleven new Chinese ports to foreign trade. Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°77 of 2 October 1858., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4156723: War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738) - The death of Louis Robert Hippolyte de Brehan, Count of Plelo (1699-1734) before Dantzig, May 27, 1734 - War of the Polish Succession - Death of Count of Plelo, French Ambassador to Copenhagen, on 23rd of May 1734, during the Siege of Danzig (Gdansk), attacking the enemy Russians'k) Camp on the Westerplatte - engraving from “” L'histoire de France racontee à mes grandenfants”” - by Francois Guizot - 1872-1876, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4156914: La battle de Lonato - NAPOLEON AT LONATO - Also called the second battle of CASTIGLIONE: in his Italian campaign, Napoleon defeats the Austrians under Wurmser, forcing them to retreat to Mantova. 3 August 1796 - New National Encyclopedia by Maurice La Charest - 1870 -, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4156945: Jean-Louis-Ebenezer REYNIER (1771-1814), French General of the Revolution and the First Empire - Jean Louis Ebenezer Reynier, French army general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars - from “” Nouvelle Encyclopedie Nationale”” by Maurice La Charest - 1870 -, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images