A village in Jamaica, c. 1900

An illustration of the medieval city of Buda, Hungary, from the 15th century Nuremberg Chronicle. Buda served as the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1361 to 1873. In 1873, Buda was administratively unified with Pest to form modern Budapest.

A sea captain aboard his vessel, c. 1900

🇮🇱 Israeli commandos who participated in the counter-terrorism hostage-rescue mission in Entebbe, 1976.
This mission was launched in response to the hijacking by Palestinian terrorists of an AirFrance flight between the cities of Tel Aviv and Paris carrying 248 passengers. The terrorists diverted the flight to Libya and then to Entebbe in Uganda, where they enjoyed support from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Israeli transport planes flew 100 commandos over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) to Uganda for the rescue effort.

🇳🇱 Two ladies enjoying a day on the beach at Scheveningen, the Netherlands, 1925

Henry II, King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. He died after being injured in a jousting tournament.

Confiscated alcohol being poured down the drain in 1920s America during Prohibition (colourized)

American artist John Singer Sargent and Italian painter Ambrogio Raffaele painting in the Alps, c.1910

🇬🇧 An ice cream salesman, London, 1921

Russian prisoners taken by the Germans during the Battle of Tannenberg. Fought between 23 and 30 August 1914, the battle resulted in the encirclement and the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army by the German Eighth Army with the Russians suffering over 50,000 killed or wounded and between 70,000 and 90,000 captured.

A couple of circus performers, 1910s

A view of St. Mary's Street, Eynesbury, looking toward the church, UK, c. 1910

Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate defeat the Byzantines at the Battle of Yarmouk, August 636 (14th century illustration).
This battle marked the first great wave of early Muslim colonial conquests after the death of the self-proclaimed prophet Mohammed, heralding the rapid Arab Islamic occupation of the then-Christian Levant.

Harvesting olives, 1930s-1940s

Clearing and marking the border between the USA and Canada, 1860s

Nazi and Soviet officers examine a map of Poland while discussing the joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland, September 1939

Evening newspaper placards in London announce the news of Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.

Portrait of Louis XIV of France. Known also as the 'Sun King', he was the most powerful monarch in Europe during his long reign from 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history.