Images Dated 14th June 2012

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo - from painting by Ernest Crofts. Battle between French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon and armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, supported by Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blcher. 18 June 1815. During Waterloo Campaign of findal Hundred Days (Neopolitan War) of Napoleonic Wars, between Napoleons return from exile and defeat at Waterloo. Present- day Belgium

© Lebrecht

Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris

Balloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed, and the brothers Robert built, a full-size man-carrier, the fabric of which was made imporous by the Roberts method of rubberising the cloth. This was the first modern type balloon.
1 December 1783

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A Syrian protester holds a Syrian opposition flag during a demonstration

A Syrian protester holds a Syrian opposition flag during a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad outside the Syrian embassy in Amman June 14, 2012, as they demonstrate against the reported killings in Syria. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS)