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Van de Velde with the Dutch rear Squadron 29 May - 2 June 1672. The battle of Solebay, 28May/7 June 1672 was the opening battle of the third Anglo-Dutch War. De Ruyter attacked the combined English and French fleets as they lay in Southwold bay off the Su
1672
National Maritime Museum

Les quatre piquets. Drawing of the quatre piquets punishment, where both hands and feet were bound before the victim was flogged. A caption is written on the mount: ‘à la Grenade en 1783, Charles de Lyver offer. au Regt. de Champagne’.
2 June, 1783
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Lord Nelson who Gloriously fell fighting for his country. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting a monument with a pyramid above. The tomb chest which forms the lower part is decorated with an oval portrait of Nelson, with ensigns and a ship&
2 Jun 1806
National Maritime Museum

Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805. Print
2 Jun 1806
National Maritime Museum

Limerick. Print
2 Jun 1806
National Maritime Museum

Sailors and 12 Apostles. (caricature). Text in English below image. Three sailors and their female companions stroll through the City. The caption reads: 'A some sailors were passing by St. Paul's Cathedral; One of them pointing to the statues,
2 Jun 1806
National Maritime Museum

Shields, on the River Tyne by moonlight. Print
2 Jun 1823
National Maritime Museum

Proposed enlargement to the Bread Rooms for Razeed 74 gun ships.. Scale: 1:96. Plan showing a part plan and profile of the lower deck for razeed (cut down) 74 gun warships, illustrating a proposed method for enlarging the Bread Rooms. Signed by Richa
2 June 1830
National Maritime Museum

Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana from the original sketch by E.W. Cooke made June 2nd 1834. Inserting the moveable center. Holding the fall. Signed by artist.
1834
National Maritime Museum

The Schooner Yacht, Nancy Dawson, R.T.Y.C... built for the Late Robt Shedden, Esq. Who died on board at Mazatlan, 16 Novr 1849, whilst cruising in Search of Sir John Franklin's expedition. The only Yacht that ever rounded Point Barrow, and Circumna
2 Jun 1851
National Maritime Museum

Baltic Fleet - for Barrow Sound - 2 June 1854. Medium includes graphite.
2 Jun 1854
National Maritime Museum

Diagram of the Comet of 1858 Discovered by Donati, June 2nd.. In the 19th century there were a number of spectacular or anticipated comets visible to the naked eye that generated significant popular as well as specialist interest. This popular interest an
1858
National Maritime Museum

HMS Clio Outward Bound entering the Pacific Ocean from the Straits of Magellan. Heightened with white.
2 Jun 1863
National Maritime Museum

Bos te Bentheim
2 June 1886
Rijksmuseum

Ritning
2 June 1890
Sjöhistoriska museet

Enligt fotografens noteringar: "Skogsbrand på Gustafsberg ". Plats: Sörviksberget Datum 2 juni 1895 Tid: Kl 2 e.m. Ljus: Solsken Bländare: No 2 Objektiv: Svenska Express Exponering: Hastighet No 3 Framkallning: Hydrochinon, Eikon
2 June 1895
Bohusläns museum

Ritning
2 June 1896
Sjöhistoriska museet

Dotter till Hellgrens Vänersborg
2 June 1901
Vänersborgs museum

Groepsportret van een gezelschap op de Ferme de Buzenval in Frankrijk
2 June 1901
Rijksmuseum

Kalkbrottsarbetare i Västra (Vestra) Klagstorp, Skåne.
2 June 1902
Tekniska museet

Enligt fotografens journal nr 1 19041908: "Karlander, Ingeniör Hellungens förråd Stsund".
2 June 1905
Bohusläns museum

Colorado Springs to have a big park with much rugged mountain scenery. (LOC)
Taken 2 Jun 1907
The Library of Congress

Boplats för buskskvätta
2 June 1908
Vänersborgs museum

Biotop för större hackspett
2 June 1909
Vänersborgs museum

Biotop och boplats för större hackspett
2 June 1909
Vänersborgs museum

Bo av större hackspett
2 June 1909
Vänersborgs museum

Student. Thora Lindskog Vänersborg
2 June 1909
Vänersborgs museum

Karl Svensson Vänersborg
2 June 1912
Vänersborgs museum

La Mode aux Courses
2 June 1912
Rijksmuseum

Valborg Andersson Vänersborg
2 June 1912
Vänersborgs museum

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 934
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 935
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 936
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 937
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 940
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 941
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Grande Muraille, Badaling, Chine, A 3 942
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le chemin d\'accès à la Grande Muraille, Entre Qinglongqiao et Badaling, Chine, A 3 933
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Passe fortifiée, Badaling, Chine, A 3 938
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Passe fortifiée, Badaling, Chine, A 3 939 S
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Passe fortifiée, Badaling, Chine, A 3 943
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Passe fortifiée, Badaling, Chine, A 3 944
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Passe fortifiée, Badaling, Chine, A 70 169 XS
2 juin 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Captain John Francis. Unit: "D" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 2 June 1915, Messines Road, Western Front.
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Gerald Renton MID. Unit: 1st (Kings) Dragoon Guards. Death: 02 June 1915 Chateau Hooge Flanders Western Front
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Francis Noot Gifford Griffiths , Manchester Regiment
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Francis Noot Gifford Griffiths. Unit: 10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 2 June 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Robert Abercromby Forbes-Sempill. Unit: 5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 2 June 1915, killed in action near Festubert, Western Front.
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Major William Trant Chambers MID. Unit: 1st Division Headquarters, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 02 June 1915 Died of wounds at Chocques Western Front
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Private Frank William Adams 2697, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private James Linsley Lee 2591, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Jonathan Billington 11834, Cheshire Regiment
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Norman Peter Russell 1825, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Percy Wilson 2104, Cheshire Regiment
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Walter Dennis 7709, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 June 1915
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Bernard Wallace Mead. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 02 June 1915 Western Front
Died 2 June 1915
Imperial War Museum

Wien 4, Obstmarkt
2 June 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Beatrice Middleton Watson ,
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Francis Arthur Roberts 2200, Australian Infantry
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Leonard Cecil Leicester Sutton 109632,
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Able Seaman Joseph Little Tyneside Z/6633, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Southampton
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Beatrice Middleton Watson, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died at Ismalia 02 June 1916.
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Bords de la Charente (amont) devant Angoulême, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 553
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Bords de la Charente (aval), Angoulême, Charente, A 8 552
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Bords de la Charente, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 555
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Bords de la Charente, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 556
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Boy 1st Class George Macdonald Rennie J.35950. (PO), HMS Warspite
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Boy 1st Class John Travers Cornwell VC J42563, HMS Chester
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain John Hannaford Symons. Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 02 June 1916 MIA at Zillebeke, believed to have been wounded. Western Front
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal 2nd William Barrows 13126, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Stanley H Longmoor 109149. Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Death: 02 June 1916 Missing at Zillebecke Western Front
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class William Dent 270528, HMS Barham
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Façade de la cathédrale de Saint-Pierre, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 561
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Façade de la cathédrale de Saint-Pierre, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 562
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Feldküchenunterstand in der Stellungspartie des ersten Bataillons des Infanterieregimentes 75 beim Abschnitt Kreuz 363, südlich von Gebrow, aufgenommen am 2. Juni 1916
2 June 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Gunner William J. Burgess 74117, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Albert Plummer SD/3427, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Arthur Waterhouse 12/2298, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Glennie 109353. Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 2 June 1916, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Leading Seaman Frederick White J3791, HM Submarine "E.18."
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Charles Edward Kilcoursie Lambart. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles. Death: 02 June 1916 Missing reported dead 5 June Western Front
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Daniel Galer Hagarty , Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Lionel Esmonde Clarke. Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Death: 02 June 1916 to 03 June 1916 Missing in action at Ypres Western Front
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant William Campbell Ince. Unit: 8th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Death: 02 June 1916 Western Front.
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Missionaries Playing Cards- Resting
2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Panorama vers le faubourg Saint-Martin depuis les remparts, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 563
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Panorama vers l\'est, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 560
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Papeteries (J. Bardon) sur la Charente, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 557
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Papeteries (J. Bardon) sur la Charente, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 558
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Papeteries au bord de la Charente, Angoulême, Charente, A 8 554
2 juin 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Private Arthur Harbridge 51128. Unit: 3rd Company, unknown battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 2 June 1916, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private David Beatt Gray 113261. Unit: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 2 June 1916, Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward Power 3/11219, South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve)
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Elverton Richard Springer , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private George Bell Clark 114551. Unit: 1st Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 02 June 1916 to 05 June 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 2 June 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry R. Guthrie 1567, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Matthew Bates 106077, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 2 June 1916
Lives of the First World War

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