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[The battle off the Isle of Wight on 4 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 Qu
1590
National Maritime Museum

d Engelsen aenval tot Bergen in Noorwegen op den 12 Augusti, Ao 1665; Bergen 3-4 Aug 1665. Text in Dutch on reverse.
1667
National Maritime Museum

Flibustier (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing sections through Station 6 and Station 2, body plan with transom outline, sheer lines with inboard details, and deck with longitudinal half-breadth for Flibustier (1798), a captured French one-gun Gun
4 August 1798
National Maritime Museum

View 4th of the Memorable Victory of the Nile Gained in August 1798 over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay. Technique includes aquatint.
Nov 1799
National Maritime Museum

Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815 Sub-Title: The 'Bellerophon' with Napoleon Aboard at Plymouth (26 July - 4 August 1815). Napoleon surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of the 'Bellerophon', 74 guns, on 15 July 1815. They sai
1816
National Maritime Museum

Gans
4 August 1816
Rijksmuseum

Lied ter ere van luitenant Koopman, 1833
4 August 1833
Rijksmuseum

A grindstone in the timber yard, Redleaf. Mounted with PAE5580-PAE5581.
4 Aug 1837
National Maritime Museum

Yacht racing in Long Reach. Cutter yacht Success and others, and other vessels, also a river scene with a hay barge, a steam paddler and much other shipping. Mounted with PAE6403, PAE6405.
4 Aug 1839
National Maritime Museum

Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1867-08-04
4 August 1867
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Veetorn Cēsise (Võnnu) raudteejaamas / Water tower at the Cēsis train station
Taken 4 Aug 1889
National Archives of Estonia

ACHILLES 1861. sail
4 Aug 1892
National Maritime Museum

Ritning
4 August 1894
Sjöhistoriska museet

Ritning
4 August 1898
Sjöhistoriska museet

HMS Minotaur (1906). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the fore/aft body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur (1906).
August 1904
National Maritime Museum

Portret van vier jonge vrouwen met hoeden
4 August 1906
Rijksmuseum

Byggande av Stockholms Elektricitetsverk i Värtan 4 augusti 1907.
4 August 1907
Tekniska museet

Robert Fågelgren Vänersborg
4 August 1912
Vänersborgs museum

Belgische infanterie in de kazerne te Antwerpen, 4 augustus 1914 | Belgian infantry in the barracks in Antwerp, 4 August 1914
Taken 4 Aug 1914
Liberas / Liberaal Archief

Boy Servant Ernest Albert Brackley L4914, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 4 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

HMS INDOMITABLE
4 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lt Col Nicholl was born in 1870 and educated at Eton and Staff College, Camberley. He joined the Militia in 1888 and the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1892. Lt Col Nicholl served in the Relief of Chitral Expedition of 1895, the India Frontier Expeditions of
Died 4 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major H E C Doyne-Ditmas. Unit: 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, attached to Ministry of Munitions. Death; Not known. He served with the 4 Division under General Snow from August 1914 - 1916 and then in England where he was employ
Died 4 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

SERVICE OF CAPTAIN CROOKSHANK ON BOARD HMS AGAMEMNON, 1913-1916
4 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

The British Islands: approximate track of fleet flagship between August 4th 1914 and November 11th 1918.. Single sheet. Coloured lithograph. Scale [circa 1:2,000,000]. The printed tracks have a different colour code for each year from 1914 to 1918. Text
1919
National Maritime Museum

Captain Hugh Lee Pattinson , Royal Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Chemin du « sanctuaire japonais » menant au sorinto, bordé de rocailles, arbres et bambous, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 687
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Cygne se promenant sur une pièce d\'eau du « sanctuaire japonais » située non loin du temple shinto, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 2 331 X
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Cygne se promenant sur une pièce d\'eau du « sanctuaire japonais » située non loin du temple shinto, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 685
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Getreideernte beschlagnahmt - Kundmachung - Zalau - In ungarischer Sprache
4 August 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Kniphofia situé sur la bande gazonnée séparant les « étangs » du marais, vu en direction du nord-est, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 693
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

La prairie, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 694
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le Marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 689
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le Marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 690 X
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le Marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 691
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Lieutenant John Kenelm Digby , Norfolk Regiment
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Vincent Fosbery Nancarrow 7/688, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Maison est du « village japonais » , ornée d\'érables, de cannas et d\'hortensias en pots, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 688
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Pont du « sanctuaire japonais » dans son environnement arboré, vu depuis le « jardin chinois », Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 692
4 aoÃ»t 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Private Andrew Campbell 4496, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest Davis G/424, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Alexander Parkhurst 8947, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Haydn Oliver Keate 11460, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private John Blistine 20183, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private John W Child 8978, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1915
Lives of the First World War

THE GERMAN ARMY IN THE COURLAND CAMPAIGN, 1915
4 August 1915
Imperial War Museum

THE GORLICE-TARNÓW OFFENSIVE, MAY-SEPTEMBER 1915
4 August 1915
Imperial War Museum

THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914
4 August 1915
Imperial War Museum

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

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Alfred Harrison 5218, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Francis George Wills 2451. Unit: 27th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 August 1916 Killed at Pozieres Western Front
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Alan Scrivener Lloyd, M.C. , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant James Graham Mackenzie. Unit: 16th Battalion, The Royal Scots. Death: 04 August 1916 Western Front
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Noel Alexander Target , Durham Light Infantry
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Mass meeting of citizens of Brisbane, 1916
Taken 4 Aug 1916
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Private Albert Howell Curtis 10394, Royal Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Lenteligent Romeo 4602, 1st Australian Pioneers
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Benjamin James Hearn 27844. Unit: 3rd Section, 13th Platoon, "D" Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 4 August 1916, wounded and missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Charles Richard Wilkinson 26489. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 04 August 1916 Missing in night attack on Delville Wood Western Front
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Charles Richard Wilkinson 26489. Unit: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 04 August 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Cyril Thomas Brackley Iles 2388. Unit: D Company, 23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, 6th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward Hutchinson GS/27707, Royal Fusiliers
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest Bevington 15714, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest Henry Lea Maclaren 2855. Unit: 27th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 August 1916 Gallipoli
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Frank Joseph Butterworth 3476. Unit: 4th Australian Pioneers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 4 August 1916.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Frederick William Eastland G-8511, East Kent Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Everett 2375. Unit: A Company, 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 August 1916 Pozieres Western Front.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private John Joseph Hodson 1762A. Unit: 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 4 August 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private John Kirkbright 11327, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Norwood Berry G9362, East Kent Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Rolston Beattie 3779. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, 18th Battalion, attached to the 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 4 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Leslie Charles William Worrall B/23188, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Percy Beauchamp Astley Cooper G/9691, East Kent Regiment (Buffs)
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Septimus Crown Vass Dansie 265360, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corp
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Sydney Cecil Sherwin 979, Infantry
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Arthur Pillifant 17964, Welsh Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Knevett 21078, Essex Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Henry Thompson 22932, West Riding Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Dallas Gerard Le Doux Veitch , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Henry Frederick Cooke. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 4 August 1916, missing in action, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Norman Henry Aste , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Richard Thomas Cyril Willis Fleming , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Ernest Charles Wood 1751. Unit: 22nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 August 1916 Killed in Action at Pozieres Western Front
Died 4 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

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