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This post contains the copyright info for the images used in the video "We Didn't Start the Fire" (18th century cover, chronological version). The first line in each block of text is the lyric, then comes the title and creator information, then the copyright information, then the wikimedia link if there is one.


Fire
Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck (1778)
Source: Library of Congress
No known restrictions on publication. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.19163.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Representation_du_feu_terrible_a_Nouvelle_Yorck_LCCN2004670215.jpg

Frederick One
Coronation of Frederick as King in Prussia at Königsberg Castle in 1701
By Unknown author - http://www.museumkoenigsberg.de/Seite3-Geschichte.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=864959

Prussia
Prussian arms of 1702
By Felipe Fidelis Tobias - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121266386

Hanover
Herrenhausen: The Great Garden, c. 1708
By Unknown author - Marieanne von König (Hg.), Herrenhausen. Die Königlichen Gärten in Hannover, Göttingen 2006, S. 21., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23859291

and Russia
Execution of streltsy by Tsar Peter I (to the right on a horse) in Red Square, 1698 (painted 1881)
By Vasily Surikov - lj.rossia.org (Currently unavailable), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138990

Karl of Sweden
Portrait of King Charles XII. Johan David Schwartz, 1706
By Johan David Schwartz - Bengt Liljegren. Karl XII: en biografi. Historiska Media (2000)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32642310

Gottfried Leibniz
Pages from Leibniz's papers in the National Library of Poland
By Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata, Maciej Dąbrowski (2000). Nad złoto droższe: skarby Biblioteki Narodowej (More precious than gold: treasures of the National Library). Biblioteka Narodowa. ISBN 83-70092-97-7, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12799252

Augustus the Strong
August II
By Louis de Silvestre - skd.museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2024475

William Three
The formation of the Dutch fleet that sailed for England with more than 450 ships, more than twice the size of the Spanish Armada of 1588
By Rijksmuseum - http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.467508, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85985251

Gian Gastone
Anonymous, Grand Duke Gian Gastone in bed while receiving Cosimo Riccardi and Giulia Spada , 1736, oil on canvas, Silver Museum , Pitti Palace, Florence
Di Unknown Master, Italian (active 1730s in Florence) - Web Gallery of Art: Immagine Info about artwork, Pubblico dominio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15465941

Periwigs and song
The Five Orders of Perriwigs as they were Worn at the Late Coronation Measured Architectonically, William Hogarth, 1761.
By William Hogarth - This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60861803

Saxony
Königstein fortress
Selenak https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1404731.html

Northern War
Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII. A romanticized painting by Gustaf Cederström, 1884
By Gustaf Cederström - Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52123620

Poland-Lithuania
Leszczyński's first "election" (1704) was enforced by the Swedish troops present
By Anonymous plate - http://www.polona.pl/dlibra/doccontent2?id=6738&dirids=1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6023885

Petersburg
The third Winter Palace of 1727. Designed by Domenico Trezzini it incorporated the second Winter Palace of 1721 by Georg Mattarnovy as one of its terminating pavilions. c.1732
By Yefim Vinogradov - https://gallerix.ru/album/Hermitage-3/pic/glrx-130816650, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128682351

Scorched Earth
Charles XII and Mazepa at the Dnieper River after Poltava by Gustaf Cederström
By Gustaf Cederström - http://www.battle.poltava.ua/svensk/art.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74753371

Countess Cosel
Anna Constantia during her exile at Burg Stolpen
By Unidentified painter - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=303178

Marriage Jam
Stolpen Castle, 2020, photo courtesy of Selenak

Handel
Handel (centre) and King George I on the River Thames, 17 July 1717, by Edouard Hamman (1819–88)
By Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (1819-1888) - P.M. History. Januar 2006, S. 29., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3025480

“Agrippina”
A caricature of Margherita Durastanti, the original Agrippina, from between 1709 and 1712
By Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680–1757) - http://www.haendel.it/persone/zanetti_foto.htm ("Durastanti"), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1761341

"Alcina"
Rich’s Glory or his Triumphant Entry into Covent-Garden
Von Autor/-in unbekannt - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rich-Covent-Garden.jpg, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15257243

and “Messiah”
Performance of "Messiah" in 1784 at Westminster Abbey
Von Edward Edwards - WAHbaQ7yBttgGQ at Google Cultural Institute, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22007723

Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
By gailf548 from New York State, USA - P81201232-Blenheim Palace, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7405476

Prince Eugene
Oberes Belvedere
Von C.Stadler/Bwag - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68490636

Stuarts end with Anne as Queen
Portrait by Charles Jervas
By Charles Jervas/ After Godfrey Kneller - Royal Collection RCIN 405676Royal Collection object 405676, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9097617

Aging Sun King
Louis in 1701
By Hyacinthe Rigaud - Galería online, Museo del Prado., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=817068

War in Spain
Portrait of Philip V of Spain exhibited upside down in the Museum of Almodí [es], Xàtiva, for having burned the city in 1707.
By Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10252983

Habsburgs out and goodbye
A first edition of the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713, in Spanish (left), and a copy printed in 1714 in Latin and English (right).
By The_Treaty_of_Utrecht.jpg: Original uploader was RedCoat10 at en.wikipediaderivative work: Angel paez (talk) - The_Treaty_of_Utrecht.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12037511

Frederick William
Selbstbildnis Friedrich Wilhelms I., ca. 1737.
Von Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen - Preussenchronik, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32708117

Grumbkow
Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow
By Bescheky - Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur: object 20086161 – image file fmc429988a.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12279457

Soldier King
Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William as David with a Sling by Anthoni Schoonjans
By Anthoni Schoonjans - http://www.sconejhan.be/antoonschoonjans.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70979023

and Gundling
Satirisches Porträt von Gundling und Anne de Larray. Etwa 1725
Von Anonym - "Herr und Hanswurst", DVA Stuttgart/München 2001, ISBN 3-421-05512-2, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2591172

George the First
George in 1718, by George Vertue, after Godfrey Kneller
By George Vertue/ After Godfrey Kneller - http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw143590, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5816745

Bubble bursts
Satirical engraving by Bernard Picart on the different aspects of the "Law system" and its bankruptcy in 1720. (Text in French and Dutch ).
Par Bernard Picart (1673-1733) — gallica.fr, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27379550

Traders in shock
A bubble-era stock promoter, caricatured as a "night wind hawker" (The Great Picture of Folly, 1720)
By Source (specific): https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/south-sea-bubble/catalog/68-8001629695_URN-3:HBSBAKER:245610 (Print #2). (HOLLIS ID 8001629695)Source (1-level up): Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (Plate 16).Source (Main site): The South Sea Bubble, 1720 – Exhibition. CURIOSity Digital Collections. Harvard Library., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50059723

Voltaire
Voltaire's Rising by Jean Huber (circa 1768-1772) Voltaire puts on his pants while dictating a letter.
Par Jean Huber — Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15731644

shorter hair
Louis XV, portrait by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (1748)
By Maurice Quentin de La Tour - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=784295

The Ruspanti
Portrait of Giuliano Dami
Di Anonimo - Alberto Bruschi, Giuliano Dami, aiutante di camera del Gran Duca Giovan Gastone de' Medici. Private collection of Alberto Bruschi., Pubblico dominio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5789122

Moltke
Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710-1792), Danish courtier and arts patron
By Carl Gustaf Pilo - https://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/boganmeldelser/faglitteratur_boger/art5018700/Rigets-mægtigste-mand-havde-god-smag, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99588407

France now has a regency
Regent Philippe II. und König Ludwig XV.
Von Unbekannter Maler - Ursprung unbekannt, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1716902

The Spanish king’s a frog
Proclamation of Philip V as King of Spain in the Palace of Versailles on 16 November 1700
By François Pascal Simon Gérard (1770-1837) - http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?E=2K1KTSU2T6FG6&SubE=2C6NU0H9GQT9, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5506815

Farinelli
Farinelli – Italian opera singer
By Bartolomeo Nazari - Self-photographed Taken on 4 May 2019 Didier Descouens, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79867224

Castrato
The castrato Carlo Scalzi, by Joseph Flipart, c. 1737
By Charles Joseph Flipart - originally uploaded on en.wikipedia by Voxclamans (talk · contribs) at 28 February 2007, 06:51. Filename was Scalzi by Flipart.jpg., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16243423

Mary Wortley Montagu
Alexander Pope declared his love to Lady Mary, who responded with laughter.
By William Frith (1819 - 1909) – Creator (Great Britain)Born in North Yorkshire, England.Details on Google Art Project - kQESZ68oYk0uOw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22491922

Moll Flanders
Book cover of The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders &c. who was born in Newgate, and during a life of continu'd variety for threescore years, besides her childhood, was twelve year a whore, five times a wife (whereof once to her own brother) twelve year a thief, eight year a transported felon in Virginia, at last grew rich, liv'd honest, and died a penitent, London : W. Chetwood & T. Edlingby by Daniel Defoe (1722)
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2066716

Liliput
Gulliver inspecting the army of Lilliput
By Louis Rhead - http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Gullivers_Travels/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15984084

Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach 1746, mit Rätselkanon (Zweitversion des Ölgemäldes von Elias Gottlob Haußmann)
Von Elias Gottlob Haußmann - http://www.jsbach.net/bass/elements/bach-hausmann.jpg, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106500145

and sons
Von Dr. Martin Falck-Leipzig : C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, c1913. Printed in Leipzig by C. F. Kahnt (Publisher). A front page has a 1913 copyright notice and a 1919 printing year. The image is credited to P. Guelle taken from the original in the Royal Library, Berlin..Original uploader was SchroCat at en.wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia. - Übertragen aus en.wikipedia nach Commons.(Original text : HathiTrust record for their copy of the book. Image is on front pages of book with no page number given.Perma Link to HathiTrust copy of book.), Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48500179
Von Nach Johann Philipp Bach - http://www.cpebach.org/, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21479656
Von Georg David Matthieu - 1. haendel.it2. kottanelkul.reblog.hu, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=186279

George Two
Depicted at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743 by John Wootton
By John Wootton - P.M. History. Januar 2006, S. 30., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3019575

Orzelska
Anna Orzelska in riding habit by Louis de Silvestre, 1730.
By Louis de Silvestre - israel.silvestre.free.fr, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4635609

Dresden
Dresden, the capital of Saxony, as seen by Bernardo Bellotto called Canaletto
By Bernardo Bellotto - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148640

porcelain
A Meissen porcelain platter from Augustus III’s dinner set for the Warsaw Royal Castle. The service was delivered to Warsaw in August 1756, where it was used by the king during Seven Years' War and is currently held at the National Museum in Warsaw.
By anonymous - https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/369596, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150201644

Tobacco
Tabakskollegium Friedrich Wilhelms I. von Preußen, 1737
Von Möglicherweise Georg Lisiewski/ Georg Lisiewski zugeschrieben - Der Bischof mit der E-Gitarre am 25. Oktober 2005 in die deutschsprachige Wikipedia geladen., Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4424698

Teenage Fritz
Katte warning Frederick and Quantz of the King’s approach
Adolph Menzel, in Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, Franz Theodor Kugler, 1840, p 52.
https://archive.org/details/geschichtefriedr00kugluoft/page/51/mode/1up

Paris Wits
Portrait c. 1720s, the Musée Carnavalet
By Nicolas de Largillière - Voltaire.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5266773

English Marriage Project
Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711-1786)
By Jean-Baptiste van Loo - Sotheby's, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16188437

Zeithain
Lager bei Zeithain, Gemälde von Johann Alexander Thiele 1730
Von Johann Alexander Thiele - https://www.militärhistorik-zeithain.de/historie/zeithainer-lustlager-1730.html, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9430831

planned escape
Young Frederick
Adolf Menzel, published in Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, by Franz Kugler, page 51.

Lieutenant Katte
Hans Hermann von Katte, Ölgemälde von Georg Lisiewski, 1730
Von Georg Lisiewski - Friedrich Benninghoven, Helmut Börsch-Supan, Iselin Gundermann, Friedrich der Große (Berlin 1986), p. 25., Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5583730

what a scrape
Katte passes Frederick's window on his way to his execution
Adolf Menzel, published in Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, by Franz Kugler, page 63.

Küstrin
Festung Altstadt Küstrin – Bastion König (Zustand 2017)
Von A.Savin - Eigenes Werk, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64480435

Fredersdorf
Selenak, https://rheinsberg.dreamwidth.org/22874.html

Russian noble marries dwarf
Wedding of the Court Jester in the Ice House (Wedding at the House of Ice ; Valery Jacobi, 1878)
By Valery Jacobi - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9724156

Ice Palace
Plan of the ice house St. Petersburg (1740).
By Unknown author - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23497518

Force vive
Institutions de physique, Madame du Châtelet, 1740.
Par Madame du Câtelet — http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k75646k/f11.image, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69024304

Émilie du Châtelet
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749)
By Maurice Quentin de La Tour - http://enlenguapropia.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/emilie_chatelet.jpg viahttps://gallica.bnf.fr/essentiels/du-chatelethttp://classes.bnf.fr/pdf/Chatelet.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211016012211/http://classes.bnf.fr/pdf/Chatelet.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29159624

Gay men killed in Netherlands
Timely punishment depicted as a warning to godless and damnable sinners. Engraving depicting the Dutch massacre of sodomites. Published in Amsterdam, 1731.
By Unknown author - Gleich und Anders, Ed. Robert Aldrich ISBN 3-938017-81-3, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8529988

Poland still in Saxon hands
Augustus III by Rotari, 1755
By Workshop of Pietro Rotari - Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15464405

Christian Wolff
Elementa matheseos universae, 1746
By Christian Wolff - Available in the BEIC digital library and uploaded in partnership with BEIC Foundation., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116519810

Pöllnitz
Memoires du baron de Pollnitz, 1741
Von Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz - Verfügbar in der digitalen Bibliothek der Europäischen Bibliothek für Information und Kultur (BEIC) und hochgeladen im Rahmen einer Partnerschaft mit der BEIC., Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53214295

Franklin prints and writes and quips
1739 Edition of Poor Richard's Almanack
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1940575

Female Heir in Austria
Maria Theresa as the Queen Regnant of Hungary
By Unidentified painter - http://www.dorotheum.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16039784

Father’s treaties don’t go far
Aanranding van de koningin van Hongarije, 1742. De Koninginne van Hongaryen ontkleedt
Public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aanranding_van_de_koningin_van_Hongarije,_1742_De_Koninginne_van_Hongaryen_ontkleedt_(titel_op_object),_RP-P-OB-83.780.jpg

Triple
Friedrich Wilhelm I's death mask
Das Ewige Antlitz, by Ernst Benkard, 1926

Monarch
Tomb of the emperor in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
By Welleschik - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3946431

Turnover
Portrait of Empress Anna of Russia (1693-1740)
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

Fritz invades Silesia
Facsimile of Frederick II's drawing of the Battle of Mollwitz in a letter to Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.
By Wtfiv - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97679452

Algarotti
Francesco Algarotti (Liotard)
By Jean-Étienne Liotard - Friederisiko. Friedrich der Große. Die Ausstellung, ed. Generaldirektion der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (Munich: Hirmer, 2012), p. 339, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29385316

Newton’s lore
Il Newtonianismo per le dame
Public domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algarotti_-_Il_Newtonianismo_per_le_dame,_1737.djvu

Austrian Succession War
Colonels of the French Guards and British guards politely discussing who should fire first at the battle of Fontenoy, 1745
By http://fr.muzeo.com/reproduction-oeuvre/fontenoy-1745-le-salut-avant-la-bataille/detaille-jean-baptiste-edouard, http://fr.muzeo.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_basse_def/public/oeuvres/peinture/moderne/fontenoy_1745_le_salut_avant85583.jpg?itok=eO4fZrj2 image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8725071

Diderot
Louis-Michel van Loo: Portrait of Denis Diderot (1767).
By Unknown author - originally uploaded on commons.wikipedia by TheLarch (talk · contribs) at 2005. Filename was Denis Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo.jpg., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3916635

Gottsched
Portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, c. 1750
By Elias Gottlob Haussmann - Uni-Bibliothek Leipzig, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1568339

Biche is stolen, Fritz upset
From Solange wir zu zweit sind: Friedrich der Große und Wilhelmine Markgräfin von Bayreuth in Briefen

Culloden
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, an oil on canvas, painting by David Morier depicting the 1746 Battle of Culloden
By David Morier (1705?–1770) - Royal Collection Trust, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3290900

'45
Lovat, sketched by William Hogarth at St Albans, on his way to London for trial and later execution
By William Hogarth - Scanned from The genius of William Hogarth or Hogarth's Graphical Works, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2714725

Charlie fled but still alive
Flora MacDonalds Farewell to Bonnie Prince Charlie
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flora_MacDonalds_Farewell_to_Bonnie_Prince_Charlie.jpg#globalusage

“Letters from Peruvia”
First page of Peruvian Letters, by Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt de Graffigny (1695-1758)
Par Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt de Graffigny — Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt de Graffigny, Peruvian Letters, A Peine [Paris?] : [s.n.], 1747, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2299156

Fritz has Voltaire-mania
Die Tafelrunde by Menzel. The oval domed "Marble Hall" is the principal reception room of the palace. On the left side, in the purple coat, sits Voltaire; the other guests are Casanova, Marquis d'Argens, La Mettrie, the Keiths, Von Rothenburg, Von Stille and Francesco Algarotti.
By Adolph von Menzel - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16329006

Lisbon
1755 copper engraving showing Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor
By Unknown author - The Earthquake Engineering Online Archive - Jan Kozak Collection: KZ128, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9869

dead Chatelet
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy , French edition of 1759, translation “By the late Madame la Marquise du Chastellet”, first volume.
Par Newton — Gallica, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3681640

Barbarina runs away
Die Barberina, Gemälde von Antoine Pesne
Von Antoine Pesne - Ursprung unbekannt, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=698821

Sophie becomes Catherine en route to Russia from Berlin
Young Catherine soon after her arrival in Russia, by Louis Caravaque, 1745
By Louis Caravaque - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3844093

Epic bust up Fritz/Voltaire - Fritz is claiming not to care
"I am your number one fan"
https://kattestrophe.tumblr.com/post/732280058629210112

Mozart children traveling
Mozart family on tour: Leopold, Wolfgang, Nannerl; watercolour by Carmontelle, c. 1763
By Louis Carrogis Carmontelle - pAG4oubzF9IxKg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21911733

Invading Fritz is back again
Engraving of the Battle of Lobositz, 1756
By Unknown authorThe original uploader was Wladimirkusnezow at Russian Wikipedia. - www.meulovo.cz/dnesek/2006/0607_06.htmlTransferred from ru.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45345042

World War Zero
Plan of Pondicherry, the French capital in India, taken by the British
By Bellin - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/coromandel/pondicherry/pondicherry.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44847212

Menorca
The English Lion dismembered after the French conquer the island of Menorca.
By Auteur inconnu - brown.edu, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12422064

Four-front war in Prussia
Depiction of the current political game of ombre in the house of Lady Germania. Anonymous broadsheet
Public domain, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/7UI3OERFNJRBB4V74MG3EY4B56YZLSVO

Kolin
Frederick II after the Battle of Kolin
By Julius Schrader - http://www.britishbattles.com/frederick-the-great-wars/seven-years-war/battle-of-kolin/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48757267
Seydlitz

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721–1773)
By Adolph Menzel (1815–1905) - Aus König Friedrichs Zeit. Kriegs- und Friedens-Helden, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27401357

Rossbach
Battle of Rossbach. Oil on canvas, 154 x 195 cm. Weissenfels Museum in Neu-Augustusburg Castle, V-2173 K 2
By Unknown artist - Friederisiko. Friedrich der Große. Die Ausstellung, ed. Generaldirektion der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (Munich: Hirmer, 2012), p. 143Uploader: James Steakley, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29367712

No one has the last laugh
Kopie (von Otto Rose, 1911) des Bilds von Carl Röchling († 1920): Friedrich II. in der Schlacht bei Zorndorf 1758. Öl/Lwd. 82 x 115 cm
By After Carl Röchling - Auktionshaus Zeller, Privatbesitz, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12203990

Court must flee to Magdeburg
Russians and Austrians devastate the arsenal in Berlin, October 1760
Berlin, Schloßplatz: Die Russen brandschatzen in Berlin im October 1760, Kupferstich von Daniel Chodowiecki, Illustration zu Die Geschichte des siebenjährigen Krieges in Deutschland von J. W. v. Archenholz

Miracle of Brandenburg
Peter III depicted as emperor on a 10 ruble gold coin (1762)
By Russian Empire - National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43694761

Enlightenment
An engraving from the 1772 edition of the Encyclopédie; Truth, in the top center, is surrounded by light and unveiled by the figures to the right, Philosophy and Reason
By Benoît-Louis Prévost - From English Wikipedia: Encyclopedie frontispice full 473px.jpg; original source: [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=314800

Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn’s Ritual Laws of the Jews, 1826 edition, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
By LGLou - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111367352

Lessing
Second edition of Nathan the Wise in its first year of publication 1779. In the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.
By LGLou - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111364763

and Wilhelm von Dohm
Title page of Über die bürgerliche Verbesserung der Juden
Google Books

France in debt
A contemporary illustration of the Women's March on Versailles.
By Unknown author - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8410839z/f1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81743244

Scottish vets
Detail from a painting showing 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) recruits being reviewed on Glasgow Green, c. 1758
By Unknown author - photograph of painting in Black Watch Regimental Museum (oil on canvas, 1758, H 58 x W 149 cm, gift from the Sergeants' Mess, The Black Watch Depot, 1947), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28923066

Yankees won't stop dodging tax
The 1779 portrait Washington at Princeton
By Charles Willson Peale - https://www.pafa.org/collection/george-washington-princeton, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55102883

Slaves get dumped into the sea
Massacre of slaves from the ship Zong , thrown overboard (1781).
Par Unknown, originally published in The Liberator — Handler, J. S. (2006). "Identifying pictorial images of Atlantic slavery: Three case studies". Slavery & Abolition 27: 55. DOI:10.1080/01440390500499943., Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22407267

Poland partitioned into three
The Troelfth Cake. French original. Black and white engraving
By Noël Le Mire/ After Jean-Michel Moreau - http://www.kolekcjonerzy.mnw.art.pl/64483.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2661864

Rousseau fans call "Liberty!"
Allegory of the French Revolution in honor of Rousseau, by Nicolas Henri Jeaurat de Bertry (1794). The final version of the painting was offered to the National Convention
By Nicolas Henri Jeaurat de Bertry - Paris Musées, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101185235

What’s that guillotine I see?
Nine émigrés are executed by guillotine, 1793
By Unknown author - book La Guillotine en 1793 by H. Fleischmann (1908), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11471992

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