Europe through conflict

Exhibit 2: Seven Years War

Period: Mar 20, 1756 to Mar 20, 1763

This is a picture of the capture of Martinique during the Seven Years War. This illustrates the international nature of European warfare.

Exhibit 1: Firearms - a new way of fighting

Jan 1, 1786

This is a picture of a helmet from 1570. This is a picture of a Rifleman who wore no armor. These pictures illustrate the transformation in warfare.

Exhibit 3: Revolutionary Wars

Period: Mar 20, 1792 to Mar 20, 1802

Nation in Arms, a depiction of the National Guard going to fight in the Revolutionary Wars

Exhibit 4a: Napoleonic Wars

Period: May 18, 1803 to Nov 20, 1815

This is a picture idealizingNapoleon Bonaparte. This depicts the departure of conscripts going to fight in the Napoleonic Wars

Exhibit 4b - Battle of Trafalgar

Oct 21, 1805

Painting of the Battle of Trafalgar by Auguste Mayer Animation Depicting events of the sea battle

Exhibit 4c - Congress of Vienna

Jan 1, 1815

A picture depicting the Congress of Vienna,

Exhibit 5: Crimean War

Period: Oct 1, 1853 to Feb 1, 1856

The treaty of Paris which ended the Crimean War Charge of the Lightening Brigade, a poem written about a calvary charge during the Crimean War.

Exhibit 6: World War One

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

British Tanks Indian Troops with gas masks in GreeceTanks German and Ottoman soldiers with machine Guns in trenches