This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
The Powder Magazine near Greenwich. Plate 6 from a series by Toms, a well known London topographer and engraver of the first half of the 18th century. The broad location of the magazine was east of East Greenwich, then ending at about Ballast Quay, round
4 April 1738
National Maritime Museum
'Monsieur de St. George' [Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, 1745 – 1799]. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (25 December 1745–10 June 1799) was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist and conductor of the leading s
4 April 1788
National Maritime Museum
The Baileys cutter, Capt Sutter - passing the Eddystone Lighthouse. The 'Baileys' cutter is shown passing the Eddystone Lighthouse; three other vessels are depicted in the background.
Inscribed: "The Baileys Cutter, Capt. Sutter Passing th
4 Apr 1795
National Maritime Museum
De schuttersmaaltijd in de Voetboog- of St. Jorisdoelen te Amsterdam ter viering van het sluiten van de vrede van Munster, 18 juni 1648
4 April 1851
Rijksmuseum
Immortalite Gibraltar 4 Apr 1861. Cooke made numerous trips throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1860, in company with Robert Bateman, he undertook a journey around Spain towards Tangier, travelling en route through Catalonia, Valencia and Andalucia. A
4 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Message of President William McKinley nominating Sanford B. Dole to be Governor of Hawaii, 04/04/1900
Taken 4 Apr 1900
The U.S. National Archives
Nora Jane McCartney alias Marcella Turnbull alias Bulman
Taken 4 Apr 1905
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Private Joseph Harbird Hewlett 2010, East Kent Regiment
Died 4 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Bernard George Sheen Bull. Unit: 1st Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 04 April 1915 Western Front
Died 4 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Company Quarter Master Serjeant Carleton Eric Laurence C1218, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Driver Robert Anthony Newton 36512, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick John Archer NR/20170, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Victor Meston 1394. Unit: 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 April 1916 Western Front
Died 4 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Leslie Willmot Nicholl 17686, Welsh Regiment
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Thomas Pask 15893, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas P Roberts 24037, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Fred Johnson King C/12371, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 4 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Humphry Nisbet Swann. Unit: Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, attached to Staff, XV Corps. Death: 04 April 1917 Accidentally killed Western Front
Died 4 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Robert Pritchard Jones 92372, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
La rue de Bétheny après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 542
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Saint-André (aujourd\'hui rue Raymond-Guyot) après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 541
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal James McDonald D/12944, Corps of Dragoons
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Maison en ruine, rue de Bétheny, après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 539
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maisons, rue de Bétheny, après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 537
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maisons, rue de Bétheny, après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 538
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Clarence Allen Burling 27A, Australian Infantry
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edgar Whichello 11738, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Samuel Kilroy F/559, Middlesex Regiment
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Sidney Ernest Stephens 555, Australian Infantry
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William George Victor Reynolds 14656, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Stephen Roberts 2469, Australian Infantry
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Charles Davis , London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Elizabeth McLean , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "City of Paris" (Glasgow)
Died 4 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Une maison en ruine rue Jacquart après un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 540
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une maison, rue de Bétheny, victime d\'un bombardement, Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 11 536
4 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Boy 1st Class Frank Albert Sharpe J71413, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Hugh McColl Johnston , Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Chief Petty Officer Philip William Baker 183187, HMS Bittern
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Albert John Archer. Service number: 1. Unit: No 1 Company, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 April 1918 Western Front
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Herbert William Bower 8909, 2nd West Riding Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Abraham Hastings 61337, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Fasham Henry Bensley 1257, 320088, London Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance-Corporal Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay 265490, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Le cheikh Yusuf, des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz, Aqaba, Arabie (actuelle Jordanie), A 15 569
4 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le kaïmakam, gouverneur d\'Aqaba, Aqaba, Arabie (actuelle Jordanie), A 15 570
4 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Octavius Campbell DSO. Unit: 2nd and/or 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 04 April 1918
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant The Honorable Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock , Grenadier Guards
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Midshipman William Cecil Hoadley , Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bittern
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry CHAPLIN 534516, 1/15 London Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Joseph Webb 34503, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Jack Hawley Janes 35579, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Leonard Tate 534930, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Bloomendaal 25, British West Indies Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John Hadley 322691, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Walter Butcher 321859, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Walter William Atkinson 322607, London Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 04 April 1918 Western Front
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold S Green , 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War