⚜️History In Art & Photos 🖼

9 July 1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000 people

9 July 1790: King Gustav III leads Swedish naval forces to victory over the Russian Baltic fleet during the Second Battle of Svensksund, destroying or capturing one-third of the Russian ships and ending the Russo-Swedish War

American Expeditionary Force marching in France, WWI, July 1918

🇳🇴 A Norwegian family outside their house on a summer's day, c. 1938

🇫🇷 A couple having a drink atop the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1920s

British soldiers in a muddy battlefield, WWI (colourised)

11 July, 1804: Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel. This famous pistol duel arose from long-standing personal bitterness that developed between the two men over the course of several years, which rose in tension with accusations of defamation.

The remains of a German bomber brought down on the South-East Coast of England, July 11, 1940, during a Nazi night air raid.