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A Description of the Engagement on Lake Champlain. Text in English below image.
23 Dec 1776
National Maritime Museum

No.1. Thetis on shore near Currituck Inlet, North Carolina Dec 23rd 1794... Cleopatra at anchor near her. Thisbe and Lynx answering private signals. Signed by artist and dated.
1795
National Maritime Museum

Mannelijk naakt, knielend op één knie
23 December 1805
Rijksmuseum

The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson - in the moment of Victory (caricature). Gillray’s response to Nelson’s death at Trafalgar was this brilliantly ironic print showing him collapsed on the deck of the ‘Victory’, eyes rolling upward,
Published 29 December 1805
National Maritime Museum

Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1824-12-23
23 December 1824
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Henry Clay's Resolutions on the Removal of Deposits from the Bank of the United States, 12/23/1833
Taken 23 Dec 1833
The U.S. National Archives

HMS Terror in a heavy gale with a snow drift at the Entrance to the Frozen Strait 22/23 Dec 1836. Medium includes graphite and ink. See also BHC3655.
1836
National Maritime Museum

Modeprent uit 'La mode of Le Follet?' 1838-12-23
23 December 1838
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Programma voor de Begravenis van wijlen zijne majesteit Koning Willem Frederik, graaf van Nassau
23 December 1843
Rijksmuseum

Unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, section, sheerlines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter.
23 December 1847
National Maritime Museum

Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-12-23
23 December 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Clipper Ship Arizona 1227 Tons Register. No.77.
23 Dec 1874
National Maritime Museum

Eregalerij gezien naar het Nachtwachtzaal in 1885
23 December 1885
Rijksmuseum

Voorhal gezien naar het noordoosten in 1885
23 December 1885
Rijksmuseum

Westelijke hoofdingang omstreeks 1885
23 December 1885
Rijksmuseum

Porträtt av okänd officer vid husarregemente.
23 December 1896
Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Ritning
23 December 1903
Sjöhistoriska museet

The brief but picturesque history of a Christmas tree (LOC)
Taken 23 Dec 1906
The Library of Congress

Ritning
23 December 1910
Sjöhistoriska museet

Spotprent over de verhoging van de officierstractementen, 1910
23 December 1910
Rijksmuseum

Boutiques d\'artisans au rez-de-chaussée d\'habitations aux façades roses, au premier plan à droite, marchand d\'objets en cuivre (enseigne: Indian Curios Art Manufacturers Moula), Jaipur, Indes, A 4 194
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Cénotaphe converti en habitation pour indigents, Amber, Indes, A 68 917 X
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Cénotaphes, Amber, Indes, A 4 188
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Garde du palais (?), Amber, Indes, A 4 187
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Intérieur de mosquée , à gauche, vue partielle du mihrab, niche symbolisant la présence du Prophète et indiquant la direction de la Mecque, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 197
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Intérieur de mosquée : le décor du mihrab, niche symbolisant la présence du Prophète et indiquant la direction de la Mecque, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 199
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Intérieur de mosquée, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 198
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Intérieur du temple Jagat Shiromani dédié à Krishna, Amber, Indes, A 4 186
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le palais-forteresse des souverains d\'Amber, Amber, Indes, A 4 184
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Les remparts crénelés du palais-forteresse, Amber, Indes, A 4 183
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Panorama sur la bourgade et le site environnant, Amber, Indes, A 4 430
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

un éléphant (sur l\'esplanade du palais?), Amber, Indes, A 4 189
23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Une mosquée, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 446
22-23 dÃ©cembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Captain Ralph George Griffiths Cumine-Robson , Royal Engineers
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Ralph George Griffiths Robson (or Cumine-Robson). Unit: Corps of Indian Miners and Sappers, attached to 3rd Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 23 December 1914 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Anderson Lempriere DSO. Unit: 7th Battalion (Princess Royals) Dragoon Guards. Death: 23 December 1914
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Douglas Holme Wiggin , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant George Lewis Sparrow. Unit: 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds received on 20 December1914 Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Ian Maclean Macandrew MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 23 December 1914 Festubert Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Lewis George Sparrow , South Wales Borderers attached King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles William Parkes 2431, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private John Hadley 13355, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Mark Vaux 2455, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Douglas Holme Wiggin. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds. Wounded near Festubert on 21 December. Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Mervyn Roach 1191, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Solomon Sherwood 1802, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Roland Aubrey Leighton , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lt Leighton interrupted his studies at Oxford University to enlist. He died, aged 19, of wounds received in the trenches at Hebuterne on 23 December 1915. Lt Leighton was the fiance of Vera Brittain, author of 'Testament of Youth' in which she describe
Died 23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum

M E Wilson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 23 December 1915.
Died 23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum

Private Evan John Jones 24767, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Harold Ferguson 15097, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private James Caulfield 1432, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private John Richard Douglas Scott 50911, Canadian Forces
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private William Thomas Burgoyne 3611, 7th Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Joseph Halley 9160, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Sister Myrtle Elizabeth Wilson , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Alfred Abbott 15621, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Nativity, France, 23 December 1916
23 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Henry Boon 26234, Devonshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private James Cleminson 39323, Cheshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Carpenter Tilley 19430, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sapper David Harris 147880, Royal Engineers
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon 2592. Unit: 18th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 December 1916 Killed in action at El Arish Egypt
Died 23 December 1916
Imperial War Museum

Trooper Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon 2592, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War

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

Company Sergeant Major Robert Alfred John Ouzman 593131, London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Henry Loney 5851, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Engineer Lieutenant Commander David Duncan Cuninghame , HMS Marlborough
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Engineer Lieutenant Commander David Duncan Cuninghame. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Surprise. Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in action in the North Sea North Sea
Died 23 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Douglas Ross Cameron Wright , Royal Naval Air Service
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Flt Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Malcomson Greeves PI 40371, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Frank Maclean Abbott , HMS Surprise
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant George Herbert Whyte MC. Unit: 2nd/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in Action in Jerusalem Palestine
Died 23 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Stanley James Young , Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Archibald Warner, D.S.O. ,
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Douglas Melvin Chapman 592875, 18th London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Henry James Whiting 703053, London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Percy Burton 38622, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William Gulliford 92081, Labour Corps
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Joseph Stephenson 4135, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
23 December 1917
Imperial War Museum

Trooper Acting Corporal George Boyd McArthur 3545, 1st Life Guards
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War

Branting Vänersborg
23 December 1918
Vänersborgs museum

Captain Mellard Settle , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1918
Lives of the First World War

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