Images Dated 31st December 2015

Death of James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews

Death of James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, at the hands of militant Covenanters in front of his daughter on Magus Muir, outside St Andrews, on 3 May 1679.
1679

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

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WW1 - French soldiers on the beach at De Panne

WW1 - French soldiers on the beach at De Panne, a town and a municipality located on the North Sea coast of the Belgian province of West Flanders on the border with France - November 1914.
1914

© The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Map of the French Department of Loiret - No.45

Map of the French Department of Loiret - No.45, featuring inset illustrations depicting Sully sur Loire, ceramics from Gien, foodstuffs from Orleans and an inset portrait of Gaspard II de Coligny, Seigneur de Chatillon, a 16th century French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.
circa 1910s

© The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library