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John Bird of London, who furnished the Chief Observatories of the World.... Print
2 Dec 1776
National Maritime Museum

Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement. From the original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles. Hand-coloured.
2 Dec 1779
National Maritime Museum

Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave. After a sketch by John Gabriel Stedman. Published St. Paul's, Church Yard, London, 2 December, 1793. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
2 December, 1793
National Maritime Museum

Group of Negros, as imported to be sold for Slaves. After a sketch by John Gabriel Stedman. Published St. Paul's, Church Yard, London, 2 December, 1793. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
2 December, 1793
National Maritime Museum

Proclamatie vanwege de prins van Oranje bij zijn intrede in Amsterdam, 2 december 1813
2 December 1813
Rijksmuseum

William I, Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands, later King of the Netherlands
2 December 1813
Rijksmuseum

Commemorative silver plate given to Commander Broke by the County of Suffolk for his part in capturing the Chesapeake. Print
2 Dec 1816
National Maritime Museum

Hoed van marinier korps Koninklijke Mariniers, 1817
2 December 1817
Rijksmuseum

The First Day of the Yam Custom. This image depicts the Asantehene Osei Bonsu of Kumasi in the midst of a procession. The Asantehene, or king, is seated in a chair of ebony and gold under the state umbrella (with the elephant on top). He wears symbolic it
2 December 1818
National Maritime Museum

Message of President James Monroe at the commencement of the first session of the 18th Congress (The Monroe Doctrine), 12/02/1823
Taken 2 Dec 1823
The U.S. National Archives

Portret van Cornelius Ludovicus baron van Wijkerslooth bisschop van Curium
2 December 1837
Rijksmuseum

Gedenkstuk ter ere van het 25-jarig regeringsjubileum van Willem I Frederik, koning der Nederlanden, 1838
2 December 1838
Rijksmuseum

Modeprent uit 'La mode of Le Follet?' 1838-12-02
2 December 1838
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Observation Cove - St. Paul's docks Lat 0o: 5'5N Lon: 29: 20W Dec: 2nd.1839. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9970, PAE9972-PAE9984.
2 Dec 1839
National Maritime Museum

Portret van Gerrit Lamberts (of Jeronimo de Vries?)
2 December 1848
Rijksmuseum

Portret van een onbekende vrouw, mogelijk Jacoba M. de Jong
2 December 1854
Rijksmuseum

Het ganzenbordachtige bordspel is gedrukt in chromolithografie (kleuren-steendrukprocédeé). In het midden van het spel staan de spelregels. Het is op de markt gebracht door de uitgever Erve Wijsmuller uit Amsterdam en gedrukt door Charles Ga
2 December 1856
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum

Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-12-02
2 December 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Clipper Ship Lahloo, 799 Tons, Preparing to land Pilot off the Owers 19th September 1867. Hand-coloured.
2 Dec 1867
National Maritime Museum

Ritning
2 December 1870
Sjöhistoriska museet

A section of the railway between Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). A view of a section of the incline on the Colombo to Kandy railway, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). This railway connected the coffee plantations to the coast. The photographer is standing on t
Thursday 2 December 1875
National Maritime Museum

An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout. An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout ouside an open wooden structure surrounded by trees in Kandy. The photograph was taken when the Prince was on a visit to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part o
Thursday 2 December 1875
National Maritime Museum

Plint
2 December 1882
Tekniska museet

Ritning
2 December 1890
Sjöhistoriska museet

Petition to the Senate from the National Businessmen's League, 12/02/1899 (page 1 of 4)
Taken 2 Dec 1899
The U.S. National Archives

Petition to the Senate from the National Businessmen's League, 12/02/1899 (page 2 of 4)
Taken 2 Dec 1899
The U.S. National Archives

Petition to the Senate from the National Businessmen's League, 12/02/1899 (page 3 of 4)
Taken 2 Dec 1899
The U.S. National Archives

Ritning
2 December 1899
Sjöhistoriska museet

Ritning
2 December 1907
Sjöhistoriska museet

Fru Ingeniör Lundin Vänersborg
2 December 1910
Vänersborgs museum

Elsa Lind Vänersborg
2 December 1912
Vänersborgs museum

Ritning
2 December 1912
Sjöhistoriska museet

Captain Cecil Strachan Wood , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Cecil Strachan Wood. Unit: Reserve of Officers, 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 02 December 1914 Accidentally killed at Le Havre. (Officially listed as having died on 31 December 1914 of wounds received in ac
Died 2 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

ITINERARY FOR THE VISIT OF H.M. THE KING TO THE II CORPS.
2 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry Patrick 9863, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 2 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Slipers-Aktiebolaget.Tillverkning av slipers.
2 December 1914
Tekniska museet

Verordnung über Herstellung und Vertrieb des Brotes - Budapest - In ungarischer Sprache
2 December 1914
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Lance Corporal Robert Bruce Hammond 2717, Army Ordnance Corps
Died 2 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis Black 5827, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
Died 2 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Rogers 9362, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Samuel Knight 309, Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 2 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Vivian Arthur Butler Wright , Essex Regiment
Died 2 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN, 1915-1918
2 December 1915
Imperial War Museum

Adruenna Allen Tupper, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died of pneumonia 02 December 1916.
Died 2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Allied Troops Land at Athens
2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Allied Troops Marching to Athens
2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Anforderung von rohem Schweinefett - Graz
2 December 1916
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Ordinary Seaman James Falkingham J61405, H.M.S. "Diadem"
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Portret van een als professor Boekenwurm verklede man en krantenknipsel, beide betreffende een Sinterklaasfeest in de Stadstuin van Jogyakarta
2 December 1916
Rijksmuseum

Private Alexander Stronach 1585, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Edward August Fiegert 2605. Unit: 5th Reinforcements, 32nd Batalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 December 1916, Western Front.
Died 2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private George William Hill 4530, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harold Gordon Pearson 709867, Canadian Infantry
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Richard William Adams 5197, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Evans M2/054303, Army Service Corps
Died 2 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Eugene Schuyler A Earle 589. Unit: B Company, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 December 1916 Armentieres Western Front
Died 2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
2 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lydia Stirling , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Alf. Johansson, Lokförare Vänersborg
2 December 1917
Vänersborgs museum

Captain Harry George Ernest Luchford, M.C. , Royal Flying Corps
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain James Alexander. Unit: C Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 02 December 1917 Missing at Ypres or Passchendael Western Front
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Kenworthy Watts , Norfolk Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Henry O Klee 74116, Royal Field Artillery
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Arthur Stanley Dayson 320871, Welsh Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Sydney Lancelot Nuttall 18954, Coldstream Guards
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Herbert Alfred Vincent Wait , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lydia Stirling, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 02 December 1917.
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert Cooksey 9280, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alexander Airey 32990, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Hatherill 201973, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Hatherill 201973. Unit: 8th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 2 December 1917, missing in action at Cambrai, Western Front. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Alfred Henry Ellis 7323, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Andrew Marshall 355591, Highland Light Infantry
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Archibald Thomson served with 14th Platoon, 'D' Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, 97th Machine Gun Corps. He came from Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. His service number was 29962. He was killed on 2 December 1917 aged 37. He is commemo
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Arthur Page 242307, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Sidney Perry 235294, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Glew Dibley 612032, London Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private David Edgard McMillan 42323. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 02 December 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward George Chalker 534697, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Edward Trayton Golden 535038, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis Edgar Glover 240289, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick Albert Stopp 201011, Hampshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick W. Yaxley 267190, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Frederick Hugh Bowditch 535280, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Horace Hawbrook 536942, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private James H Semple 37854. Unit: B Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 02 December 1917 Killed at Paschendale Ridge. Western Front
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Stephen Howard 200434, Hampshire Regiment
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Thomas 532320, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William James Brown G/39450, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Rifleman Joseph Drew 322875, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 2 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Herbert Alfred Vincent Wait. Unit: D Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 02 December 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Sergeant John Harold Seddon 354168. Unit: D Company, 1st/7th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 02 December 1917 Missing
Died 2 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

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