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!
Engagement off Martinico between Admiral Rodney & Monsieur Guichen April 18: 1780. Print
28 Apr 1781
National Maritime Museum
'Nassau' (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Nassau' (1785) a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Bristol by Mr Hilhouse.
Initialled by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].
28 April 1783
National Maritime Museum
William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, Drawn from Life. Etching entitled 'Wilberforce - Drawn from Life' with the following inscription below: Nature imprints upon what e'er we see, / That has a heart and life in it -- Be free. / London pub April
28 April 1792
National Maritime Museum
Hound (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Hound (1796), a 16 later 18 gun Brig Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills.
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28 April 1795
National Maritime Museum
The gunboat 'Firefly' destroying the magazines at Brandon, Gulf of Bothnia (Finland) during the Crimean War. Inscribed: “H.M.S. ‘Firefly’ destroying the magazines at Brandon, Gulf of Bothnia. This plate is respectfully dedicate
28 Apr 1856
National Maritime Museum
Aberdeen Built Clipper Ship Ethiopian 838 Tons Register. Hand-coloured.
28 Apr 1865
National Maritime Museum
De schilder Hobbe Smith in zijn atelier, Sarphatipark 42, Amsterdam, met een model
28 April 1903
Rijksmuseum
De schilder Hobbe Smith in zijn atelier, Sarphatipark 42, Amsterdam, met een model
28 April 1903
Rijksmuseum
De schilder Hobbe Smith in zijn atelier, Sarphatipark 42, Amsterdam, met een model
28 April 1903
Rijksmuseum
Enoch Thulin och löjtnant Otto Ask omedelbart efter de 12-28 april 1914 fullbordade flygningen mellan Paris- Landskrona, med det av Thulin i Frankrike inköpta Morane-Saulnier-monoplanet, (med Le Rhone-motor på 80 hk).
28 April 1914
Tekniska museet
Enoch Thulin och Otto Ask i väntan i Göteborg på löjtnanten och kapplöpningsryttaren, friherre Hans von Blixten-Finecke, vilken (efter avslutad kapplöpning), medelst Thulin Morane-Saulnier-monoplan skall flygas ned till Klam
28 April 1914
Tekniska museet
Ausgabe der Brotkarten - Kundmachung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
28 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Brief met herkomstgegevens van het Tibetaanse fotoalbum van legertelegrafist D.T. Dalton (pagina 3 en 4)
28 April 1915
Rijksmuseum
Captain (Temporary Major) Godfrey Barker. Unit: Royal Marines, Reserve of Officers, Adjutant of Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Death: 28 April 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Alan Arthur Fowler. Unit: "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 28 April 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Arthur Henry Prinsep Cruickshank. Unit: 32nd Sikh Pioneers, attached to 34th Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army. Death: 28 April 1915 Wounded 27 April 1915 near Ypres Western Front
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Claud Aspinall Wythes. Unit: 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1915 Missing in Action Gallipoli
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Reginald Head. Unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 28 April 1915, killed in action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Duncan Hepburn. Unit: Seaforth Highlanders, attached to the 5th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 28 April 1915, killed in action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Colonel Augustus David Geddes , 2nd East Kent Regiment
Died 28 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Colonel Augustus David Geddes. Unit: Commanding 2nd Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Death: 28 April 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major Gilbert Beresford Dyer. Unit: 51st Battalion, attached 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 April 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant (Temproary Captain) Richard Brian Shubrick. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1915 Wounded at Gallipoli Peninsula 28 April 1915. Died of wounds aboard Hospital Ship Southland, buried at sea. Gallipoli/Dardanelle
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant (Temproary Captain) Richard Brian Shubrick. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.. Death: 28 April 1915 Wounded at Gallipoli Peninsula 28 April 1915. Died of wounds aboard Hospital Ship Southland, buried at sea. Gallipoli/Dardanell
Died 28 April 1915
Imperial War Museum