Images Dated 15th February 2006

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1961 French Grand Prix.
Reims, France. 30 June-2 July 1961.
Wolfgang von Trips (#20) leads Phil Hill (#16), Richie Ginther (#18, all Ferrari 156) at the start. Eventual winner and debutant Giancarlo Baghetti (private Ferrari 156) can be seen centre towards the back of the grid.
World Copyright: LAT Photographic
Ref: Autosport b&w print

The Battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265, (c1880)

The Battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265, (c1880). Evesham marked the end of the Second Barons War. Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (Edward I) defeated Simon de Montfort (c1208-1265) who was slain in the battle. Here Henry III (1207-1272) who had been Montfort's prisoner, stumbles through the battle wounded and confused

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Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Jaffa (Joppa), September 1191, (c1880). Artist: William Heysham Overend

Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Jaffa (Joppa), September 1191, (c1880). Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199) was the eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and second Angevin (Plantagenet) king of England, (1189-1199). During the Third Crusade (1189-1192) Richard led the crusaders against the great Muslim leader, Saladin. Richard is reported to have jumped into the water crying Cursed for ever be he who follows me not! Richard held Jaffa until July 1192 when it fell to Saladin. Richard recaptured it on 31 July, and in September Richard and Saladin signed the Treaty of Jaffa guaranteeing a three-year truce

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