1698 Collection (page 7)

Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia slain in a quarrel with a wound to his eye, 1628, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Tollbooth in Lyon is plundered as a result of increased excise duties, 1625, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Earthquake in San Severo in Sicily, 1627, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Countess of Aubigny escaped from her prison in London by jumping out of the window, 1643, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Ostend conquered by the Spaniards from the French, 1658, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Aachen burns while residents flee, 1656, Germany

Earthquake in Persia, 1641, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

The plague in Naples, 1656 Italy, print maker: Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Boy offends the Mayor of Strasbourg by stealing the stick from his clerk, 1671 France, print maker: Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Riots in Vienna as a result of anti-Semitic actions, 1617, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Victory of the Portuguese against the Spaniards in Villaviciosa, 1665, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

King Louis XIII caught up in floods and windstorms near Narbonne, France 1632, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Margaret Church in La Rochelle, France, is Catholically re-consecrated by lashing the pulpit, pillars and benches with rods, 1628, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

During the siege of La Rochelle the widow of Prosui is brought a sack of grain, 1628, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Bridge in Paris collapses during a procession, 1633, France, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Port of Sale with the English fleet and a sloop of Turks, 1638, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Victory of Sweden in the army of the emperor at Wittstock, 1636, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Fight of boys in the Chamb in the Paltz, Germany, depicting the Count of Tilly and Gustavus Adolphus, 1632, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Earthquake in Ragusa, 1667, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Reformed ministers in Hungary condemned to toil, 1674, print maker: Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

During the French bombardment of Algiers, the French consul is loaded in a cannon by the Algerians and killed, 1683, Algeria

Birth of the son of King James II of England, 1688, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Destroying of Catholic chapels in London, 1688, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Coronation of William III and Mary II Stuart by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1689, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Fire in Trondheim, Norway 1681, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

In Danzig a procession is greeted by people throwing stones, 1678, print maker: Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

On the Vistula in Warsaw Poland, two ships with clergy and pilgrims become shipwrecked in a whirlwind, 1683, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Cartoon about the struggle between Louis XIV and Pope Innocent XI, 1687, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Waldensians chased from Savoy crossing the Lake Geneva in boats back to their country, 1689, Switzerland

Battle of Solebay, 1672, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

The French invading Nijmegen, 1672, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Riot in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, where an image of Cornelis de Witt is destroyed by the people, 1672, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Battle of Seneffe, 1674, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Don Pedro, regent of Portugal, goes from Lisbon to Alcantara after his marriage to Mary, Duchess of Aumale, and is chased by masked nobles, 1668, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Battle in London between a dog and a lion, 1664, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

In the port of Bergen, Norway, Dutch merchant ships are attacked by the English, 1665

Raid of Tatars in Poland, 1666, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Five Zeeland privateers fight against eight Portuguese warships off the coast of Brazil, in 1657, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Man strapped on the back of a deer sent into the wilderness, 1666, Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Salzburg, Austria, is destroyed by a crumbling mountain, 1669, print maker: Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Eruption of Mount Etna, 1669, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Marshal Turenne falls dead from his horse, 1675, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Louis, Grand Conde lets the bridge of Strasbourg burn, 1672, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Battle of Beachy Head, 1690, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Death of Mary II Stuart, Queen of England, 1695

Arrival of William III at the Oranjepolder in a rowing boat, 1691, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1698

Polish Parliament where one party proclaims Augustus II the Strong as king and the other party proclaims Francois Louis Bourbon-Conti, 1697

Floor of the home church of the imperial attorney Count von Bercka collapses, 1697, Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

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