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[The English and Spanish fleets on 1 - 2 August 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:250,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of
1590
National Maritime Museum

The action at Bergen, 2 August 1665. The action was fought in an attempt by the English to destroy some Dutch Indiamen which had taken refuge there. The Danish forts supported the stout defence of the Dutch ships, which succeeded in repulsing the superior
1666
National Maritime Museum

Cutter and frigate becalmed. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
National Maritime Museum

Frigate under sail. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
National Maritime Museum

Shipping. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
National Maritime Museum

32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 32 ft Pinnace. Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?].
Dated: 2 August 1798
National Maritime Museum

Newcastle, New South Wales. Print
2 Aug 1824
National Maritime Museum

Dokumentas – laiškas
2 August 1827
Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka"

The Cutter Yacht Cynthia 50 Tons... R.T.Y.C. Winning the L50 Purse at Torbay, Augt 24th 1849. Built April 1849 by Messrs Wanhill, of Poole. Hand-coloured.
2 Aug 1850
National Maritime Museum

Getting out one of the large buoys for launching August 2nd. (Great Eastern). A team of sailors on board the 'Great Eastern' letting out one of the bouys used to mark the position where the cable was lost. The position was 51° 25'N 39&d
1865
National Maritime Museum

"Kaskader (...) vid Stora Sjöfallets utlopp i Langas-jaure."
2 August 1868
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet

"Stora Lule-elfs utflöde ur Vastenjaur."
2 August 1868
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet

"Vid Vartinjaur. Routavaretjokk"
2 August 1868
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet

Gezicht op de Kruisbaai te Nova Zembla
2 August 1880
Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op een baai van Nova Zembla met gletsjer
2 August 1880
Rijksmuseum

Reisverslag van begin augustus 1880
2 August 1880
Rijksmuseum

Ritning
2 August 1882
Sjöhistoriska museet

Steekspel op de Grote Markt te Brussel
2 August 1891
Rijksmuseum

Ritning
2 August 1895
Sjöhistoriska museet

Italian bark "Cortesia" (?) wrecked near the beach, after a hurricane: Apalachicola, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida

Norwegian bark "Hindos," blown ashore by a hurricane: St. George Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida

Ritning
2 August 1899
Sjöhistoriska museet

Schooner "James A. Garfield," aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida

Unidentified foreign bark wrecked off coast after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida

Various disabled ships, aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida
Taken 2 Aug 1899
State Library and Archives of Florida

Enligt text som medföljde bilden "Chefsfartyget Drott 2/802".
2 August 1902
Bohusläns museum

Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Lysekil. Vid H.M. Konungens ankomst 2/8 1902."
2 August 1902
Bohusläns museum

Gezelschap bij de ruïne van het Kasteel van Coucy
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

Gezelschap wandelend op paden bij de ruïne van het Kasteel van Coucy
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op de ruïne van het Kasteel van Coucy
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

Portret van een onbekende vrouw in een tuin
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

Ruïne van het Kasteel van Coucy
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

Twee vrouwen en een man bij de ruïne van het Kasteel van Coucy
2 August 1902
Rijksmuseum

New-York has a picturesque Venice all her own and within the city limits, at Jamaica Bay (LOC)
Taken 2 Aug 1903
The Library of Congress

Teckning
2 August 1903
Sjöhistoriska museet

Vrouwen op straat, Niederbronn (Bas-Rhin), Frankrijkijk
2 August 1903
Rijksmuseum

Stuw in de Vecht beneden Hardenberg
2 August 1907
Rijksmuseum

Wien 4, Naschmarkt
2 August 1912
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

ADOLF HITLER 1889-1945
2 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Eriksson, Trädgårdsmästare Vänersborg
2 August 1914
Vänersborgs museum

FRENCH MOBILISATION POSTER
2 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

THE LONDON REGIMENT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Gunner Frederick Lawrence Illingworth L/5887, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Burt Carpenter 17166, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Noble 1201. Unit: 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 August 1915 Died of wounds Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 August 1915
Imperial War Museum

Private Daniel O'Connell 10221, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Evan Fraser 11653, Royal Scots
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Leofric Wood 2049, Australian Infantry
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private William Stratford L/14590, Royal Fusiliers
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Percival Powell. Unit: 9th Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 02 August 1915 Western Front
Died 2 August 1915
Imperial War Museum

Serjeant John Dwelly Chambers 3/7616 ,
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Robert Roland Nairn 4/654, New Zealand Engineers
Died 2 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

2nd Lieutenant Ian Murray Paterson Brown , attached Seaforth Highlanders
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Boy Artificer Donald Hobson M/11342, H.M.S. "Indus"
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Arthur Bruce Stead 11781. Unit: A Company, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtonâ€™s (West Riding Regiment). Death: 02 August 1916 Wounded and missing last seen leading a stretcher party to the trenches. Western Front
Died 2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Duncan Stewart Menzies 19279, Royal Scots
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis William Oclee TF/3033, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Aylward 422840, Canadian Infantry
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Charles James 4301, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Robert Milliken 1971A. Unit: 19th Battalion, also 2nd Australian Pioneers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 August 1916 Gallipoli
Died 2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Richard Bilsborough 4400, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Richard Pell B/19818, Royal Fusiliers
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Haylor 4509, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Smith 8959, Cameron Highlanders
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Walter Davis Souls 17209, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Adshead 3451. Unit: C Company, 17th Battalion, 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 August 1916 Western Front
Died 2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private William Leslie McKenzie 3199. Unit: C Company, 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 August 1916 Western Front
Died 2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Ernest Hugh William Brett , Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 2 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
2 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Archibald Henson Kellett F33324,
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Harry Foster Midgley 3414,
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Acting Bombardier Thomas Sinclair 45623, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Atkinson, Loie C. de B., Mrs. to IWM
2 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

BRITISH SHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Wilfred James Dashwood , 1st Grenadier Guards
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain Wilfred James Dashwood. Unit: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 02 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 2 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Joseph Chamley 202014, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Driver William Thomas Solly 220009, Royal Engineers
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Alfred Charles King 98877, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Charles William Victor Taylor 146339, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Hamilton Goldsworthy Jones 1372, South African Heavy Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Henry Foster Midgley 3414. Unit: Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 August 1917 Western Front
Died 2 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Gunner Hugh Hornby Lonsdale 136351, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Joseph Skidmore 77005, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Samuel Cooper 88056, 112th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Herbison, Mary, Mrs. To IWM
2 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

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