This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
French under Duquesne defeat of Allied Dutch and Spanish fleet. De Ruyter receives his first and last wound from which he died on the 29th Agousta 12 April 1676. Signed by artist/engraver in plate.
1676
National Maritime Museum
The Basso Relievos on the Frize of the Temple of the Winds. Print
12 Apr 1751
National Maritime Museum
The Basso Relievos on the Frize of the Temple of the Winds. Print
12 Apr 1751
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782. During 1782 the chief aspiration of the French in the West Indies was to capture Jamaica. Before de Grasse could get close however, he was crushed by the British Admiral Rodney’s fleet. The French sailed from
1782
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782. The chief aspiration of the French in the West Indies in 1782, at the end of the War of American Independence, was the capture of Jamaica. Sailing from Fort Royal, Martinique, their fleet under the Comte de Grasse
1782
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of The Saints, 12 April 1782: End of the Action. The Saints are a group of small islets in the West Indies between Guadeloupe and Dominica. They gave their name to the final sea battle of the War of American Independence, 1775-83, which was fou
1782
National Maritime Museum
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782: surrender of the 'Ville de Paris'. The Saints are a group of small islets in the West Indies between Guadeloupe and Dominica. They gave their name to the final sea battle of the War of American Independen
1783
National Maritime Museum
Steady (1782). SCale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for Steady, a purchased merchantman, as taken off and fitted at Deptford Dockyard as a 10-gun Armed Transport. The plan also includes a
12 April 1785
National Maritime Museum
A Topographical Map of the Northn Part of New York Island, Exhibiting the Plan of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen showing the several attacks of the Royal Army. Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War. Print
12 Apr 1793
National Maritime Museum
Plan of the Attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery upon Hudsons River which were stormed by his Majesty's Forces under the Command of Sir Henry Clinton K B on the 6th Octr. 1777. Technique includes etching.
12 Apr 1793
National Maritime Museum
Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge. The Pearl River was the principle thoroughfare into Canton and congestion was common. This engraving presents a view of the river busy with boats of various kind waiting to pass under a bridg
12 April 1796
National Maritime Museum
A story of a little parson and the sailor. (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate No.179.; Text in English below image.
12 Apr 1797
National Maritime Museum
William (purchased 1798); Selby (purchased 1798). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing a part inboard profile, upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for William (1798) and Selby (1798), both purchased merchantmen converted to 20-gun Ship Sloops. A copy of this p
Circa April 1798
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honourable Lord Hugh Seymour, Vice Admiral of the Blue. Print
12 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum
The Total Defeat of the French Squadron in the Bay of the Town of St Domingue, Feb 6 1806 by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships Commanded by Sir J T Duckworth. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
12 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum
Gezicht op de Waterloo-bridge, vanaf de oostzijde van het terras van Somerset
12 April 1818
Rijksmuseum
Sheet of studies of nine Classical heads, all named. original art: drawing
12 Apr 1826
National Maritime Museum
Station Ship of the Coastal Blockade - Rye. Signed by artist and dated.
12 Apr 1830
National Maritime Museum
H.M.S Pembroke in a squall April 12th 1839, Dedicated to Captn Fairfax Moresby, C.B. Print
1840
National Maritime Museum
Distribution of the 'Nelson Medals', in the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital. Mounted on sheet with PAI8814-PAI8815, PAI8817. This is taken from from the 'Illustrated London News' 12 April 1845, p. 240. It shows a Pensioner coming back
Unknown
National Maritime Museum
Study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with a middle parting. This 'study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with a middle parting' was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 12 years old. The 'young woman' in question
12 April 1847
National Maritime Museum
Portret van drie mannen voor een achtergronddoek beschilderd met een bosscène
12 April 1884
Rijksmuseum
Willem III, koning der Nederlanden, Emma, koningin-regentes der Nederlanden, en Wilhelmina, koningin der Nederlanden, op het balkon van het Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam bij hun bezoek aan Amsterdam op 12 april 1887
12 April 1887
Rijksmuseum
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 1
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
President Grover Cleveland's Commutation of Richard Southerland's Death Sentence - Page 2
Taken 12 Apr 1888
The U.S. National Archives
Alfred Wilkinson, clerk, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences
Taken 12 Apr 1903
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Second annual Citrus Seminar: Gainesville, Florida
Taken 12 Apr 1911
State Library and Archives of Florida
Ausweiskarten für Brot und Mehl - Verordnung - Laibach - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
12 April 1915
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Captain Edward John Farquharson Johnston. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 12 April 1915 Western Front.
Died 12 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Alexander Steele 3479, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 12 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Quested Harvey L/10235, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 12 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alexander Reginald Newton-King , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 12 April 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Collett Tyler. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 12 April 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 12 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal David George Johnson L/12561, Royal Fusiliers
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Hamilton Deans 15454, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Percival Stanley Townsend 12601, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Davies 436795, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilfred Theodore Norris 4923, 15th London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Ernest Crooks C/564, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 12 April 1916
Lives of the First World War
Thomas Musgreave 706979, Canadian Infantry, 54th Battalion
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Brot- und Warenkarten - Bekanntmachung - Hildesheim
12 April 1917
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison 472282, Canadian Infantry
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Herbert W Grice 240356, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Allan Beresford Sevestre 24, Australian Field Artillery
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Allan Beresford Sevestre. Unit: 1st Division, Ammunition Company, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 April 1917 Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. Accidently killed Western Front
Died 12 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Arthur John Benson 62651, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Herbert Lewis Tong 23003, Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
Died 12 April 1917
Lives of the First World War