We didn't start the fire (non-chronological): image credits

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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, non-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
A fire which destroyed the Foire Saint-Germain on the night of 16/17 March 1762
By Chez Jacques Chéreau - The engraved upper part of the image has been flipped horizontally, the light levels adjusted, a color cast removed, and the file converted to jpeg format (quality level 8) with Photoshop Elements 10., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26179436

Francis Stephen of Lorraine
Tomb of Kaiser Franz I. in the Imperial Crypt
by Oliver Bruchez - [1], CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6772260

George III has gone insane
Engraving by Henry Meyer, 1817, depicting an elderly George
Henry Hoppner Meyer - one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof. This may be due to recognition of the "sweat of the brow" doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions. As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement.

Independence
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
This image is a work of an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, all images created or made by the Architect of the Capitol are in the public domain in the United States.

Incognito
Joseph II depicted plowing a field near Slawikowitz in rural southern Moravia on 19 August 1769
By Unknown author - http://is.muni.cz/th/80005/pedf_m/Joseph_II..pdfP, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10420575

Duke of Marlborough
The Duke of Marlborough greeting Prince Eugene of Savoy mounted after their victory at Blenheim by Robert Alexander Hillingford.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/The_Duke_of_Marlborough_greeting_Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy_after_their_victory_at_Blenheim.jpg

Whiff of grapeshot
The Journée of 13 Vendémiaire, Year 4, The Saint Roch Church, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.
By Charles Monnet - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23260148

Wolfgang Mozart
Portrait of Mozart, aged 13, in Verona, 1770, attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli
By anonymous - https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/a-rare-portrait-of-mozart-at-auction archive, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84378571

Cameralism
Johann Friedrich von Pfeiffer
Von Johann Conrad Krüger - Datenbank Tripota in der Wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek der Stadt Trier/Stadtarchiv, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=98358362

Reign of Terror
Heads of aristocrats on pikes
Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6021479

Sturm und Drang
Schiller recites Die Räuber, ink drawing by Carl Alexander Heideloff after his father Viktor Heideloff
Von Carl Alexander Heideloff - Beilage 55 der 6. Lieferung der Illustrierten Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von Dr. Anselm Salzer, † 1938, Bild-PD-alt, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5055013

Romanticism
Horse Attacked by a Lion (1768-69), oil on panel, 25.7 x 29.5 cm., Yale Center for British Art
By George Stubbs - VwGl2fh3doS02w at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21981849

Liberum veto
In 1791, the "Great Sejm" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–1792 and Senate adopted the May 3rd Constitution at the Royal Castle in Warsaw
By Kazimierz Wojniakowski - http://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/dmuseion/docmetadata?id=5327, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43370833

Adam Smith
Portrait of Smith by John Kay, 1790
By John Kay - This file was derived from: AdamSmith1790.jpg, which is from Library of Congress[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4680616

pamphlet
Frontispiece of Voltaire's pamphlet Docteur Akakia, originally published 1752
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6276210j.texteImage#

Antoinette without a head
Marie Antoinette's execution by guillotine on 16 October 1793
After Charles Monnet - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b69499604/f1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154301634

Plenty here to read
Sanssouci library, 2020, photo courtesy of Selenak

Pamela
L'affaire Pamela: Lettres de monsieur de Voltaire à madame Denis de Berlin Paperback, André Magnan, ed., 2013

Voltaire's Candide
The Shooting of Admiral Byng, Unknown engraver, 1757
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Victory with Washington
British general Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown in October 1781
By John Trumbull - http://www.aoc.gov/cc/photo-gallery/ptgs_rotunda.cfm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1379717

Painting Emma Hamilton
Emma as Circe, at Waddesdon Manor. This is the first portrait in which Romney painted Emma in this guise, from July to August 1782.
By George Romney - National Trust, Waddesdon Manor, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58354635

Rococo
Sanssouci concert room, 2020, photo courtesy of Selenak

phlogiston
Equipment used by Priestley in his experiments on gases, 1775
By Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) - Frontispisce of Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7123539

Johnson writes a lexicon
Portrait of Samuel Johnson ("Blinking Sam")
By Joshua Reynolds - Museum source: [1]Immediate source: [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150551931

Lady Mary
Lady Montagu in Turkish Dress by Jean-Étienne Liotard, c. 1756, Palace on the Water in Warsaw
By Jean-Étienne Liotard - pl.pinterest.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20021518

Catherine
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform, by Vigilius Eriksen
By Vigilius Eriksen - http://www.ceremonija.lv/pages/maska.ru.php, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4577103

Charles the 12th
Uniform worn by Charles XII in Frederikshall on 30 November 1718. Shown in The Royal Armoury in Stockholm.
By Unknown author - LSH 39295 (lm_t08871), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28894641

Bonnie Prince
Charles Edward Stuart as European royalty, painted at Holyrood, late 1745
By Allan Ramsay - nationalgalleries.org, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31304144

Colonies
Main countries of the world in 1750.
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

slave trade
Interior of the reconstructed slave cabin at Mount Vernon
By Tim Evanson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/16186674334/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41520998

Eugene on campaign
Prince Eugene crossing the Alps, 1701. Coloured copperplate engraving.
By L. Covens, C. Mortiers - Karl Gutkas: Prinz Eugen und das barocke Österreich : Ausstellung der Republik Österreich und des Landes Niederösterreich, Wien: 1986., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3967926

Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait)
By Maurice Quentin de La Tour - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24158

Diderot
Le Dîner des philosophes painted by Jean Huber. Denis Diderot is the second from the right (seated).
By Jean Huber - http://www.stanislasurbietorbi.com/stanislas/repas-votaire.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20834461

Casanova
Giacomo Casanova portrayed by his brother Francesco
Di Francesco Casanova - Adriano C. from en: wikipedia, Pubblico dominio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134753

Crusoe
Statue of Robinson Crusoe at Alexander Selkirk's birthplace of Lower Largo by Thomas Stuart Burnett
By SylviaStanley - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8051043
Edward Gibbon

Portrait of Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
By Joshua Reynolds - http://www.myartprints.co.uk/a/reynolds-sir-joshua/portrait-of-edward-gibbon-1.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8646190

Rothschild fortune made
The Elector of Hesse entrusting Mayer Amschel Rothschild with his treasure
By Moritz Daniel Oppenheim - Art UK, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91934240

Hussars horseback
Hessian hussars in America, 1799
By C. Ziegler - Self-scanned, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23433

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata 1ma á Violino Solo senza Baßo di JSBach: Adagio; Autograph 1720
Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=523797

Siege of Dresden
The ruins of the Kreuzkirche, destroyed by Prussian bombardment. Bernardo Bellotto, oil on canvas, 1765
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=148651

Rights of Man
Thomas Paine Author of the Rights of Man from John Baxter's Impartial History of England, 1796
By Das48 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76217331

Telemachus
Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso
By Angelica Kauffmann — 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=57670004

Caps and Hats
Uncut original of the Freedom of the Press Ordinance from 1766 in an openable frame
Av Tryckfrihetsförordningen1766 - Eget arbete, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57074441

Saint-Georges
Monsieur de St George (1745-1799), West Indian fencer and violinist. Reproduction of mezzotint, original published 1788, National Portrait Gallery, London.
By Mather Brown, William Ward - National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122498240

Corsica
Pascal Paoli at the battle of Ponte Novu (Ponte-Novo), 1769
Di Henry Benbridge - musée Pascal Paoli, Pubblico dominio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95406243

Prussian muskets
A Prussian grenadier with a 1723 pattern musket at Potsdam City Palace in 1786
By Richard Knötel, (Milgesch) - Richard Knötel (* 12. Januar 1857, † 26. April 1914): Uniformenkunde, Lose Blätter zur Geschichte der Entwicklung der militärischen Tracht, Berlin, 1890. Band III, Tafel 56, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6382017

Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe and the Indians, frieze in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Photo courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol
By USCapitol - Oglethorpe and the Indians, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21978204
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Louverture
Toussaint Louverture Chef des Noirs Insurgés de Saint Domingue, circa 1800
By unknown, Image publisher: Chez Jean rue Jean de Beauvais, No. 10, Paris - John Carter Brown Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=445617

Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher , circa 1758. (Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland).
Par François Boucher — The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202., Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148223

Battle of Poltava
The position of the troops at the beginning of the battle
Author: OOO "Dilettant". http://www.diletant.ru/articles/1809326/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28501283

Spanish Bourbons
Detail of the painting The Family of Philip V by Van Loo (1743), in which the Prince of Asturias, Ferdinand VI , appears standing, next to his father, King Philip V, and his stepmother, Queen Isabel Farnesio, both seated.
De Louis-Michel van Loo - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/La_familia_de_Felipe_V_%28Van_Loo%29.jpg, Dominio público, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17155751

Poniatowski
Fragment of the painting The Election of Stanisław August by Bernardo Bellotto
Autorstwa Bernardo Bellotto - Image taken by User:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk, Domena publiczna, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9608696

Struensee
Portraits of Struensee and Brandt from the hand of Christian VII with the note "I would have gladly saved them both."
Von Christian VII of Denmark (held by the Danish State Archives) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/statensarkiver/6987409883/in/set-72157629597791025/, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23907186

Stanislaus Leszczynski
Coronation of Stanisław Leszczyński in Warsaw in 1705
Autorstwa Anonimowy - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Domena publiczna, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14173557

Savoy changing sides
Victor Amadeus in 1706; during the Siege of Turin
By Maria Giovanna Clementi - https://www.altesses.eu/max.php?image=f6db1b5f61, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12382269

Painfully the Sun King dies
The Death of Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles, Thomas Jones Barker, 1835-1840
By Thomas Jones Barker, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123233505

Amber Room
Tsarskoye Selo, Catherine Palace. The Amber Room in 1917. Autochromes of Andrei Andreyevich Zeest made in June-August 1917.
By Андрей Андреевич Зеест - http://igor-bon.narod.ru/index/avtokhrom/0-106, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36742083

Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft in 1790–1791, by John Opie
By John Opie - Tate Britain, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2358904

Gulliver
The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver by James Gillray (1803), (satirising Napoleon Bonaparte and George III).
By James Gillray - Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection: entry 391822, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42257313

Maurice de Saxe
Moritz von Sachsen
Par Auteur inconnu — Le maréchal de Saxe, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12208260

Treatise by Montesquieu
Montesquieu's 1748 De l'Esprit des loix
By Smuconlaw. - Own work; photographed from an original copy., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39705801

Several Russian palace coups
Tsarevna Elizabeth and the Preobrazhenskys in Anna Leopoldovna's bedroom. Folk engraving from the mid-18th century.
Author: Unknown. http://chron.eduhmao.ru/img_4_25_1_1.html, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10599407

Guillotine
The execution of Maximilien Robespierre;
By Unknown author - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b6950750j, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=529857

Vienna
Das kaiserliche Lustschloß Schönbrunn, Ehrenhofseite by Bernardo Bellotto, 1759-1760
By Bernardo Bellotto - Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=637573

French Encyclopedia
Cover of the "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers"
By Long List of Contributors to the Encyclopédie - File:ENC 1-NA5 600px.jpeghttp://ets.lib.uchicago.edu/ARTFL/OLDENCYC/images, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28864546

Tsarevitch Alexei
Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich at Peterhof, history painting by Nikolai Ge, 1871, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
By Nikolai Ge - [1]., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3502757

Émilie du Châtelet
In the frontispiece to Voltaire's book on Newton's philosophy, du Châtelet appears as Voltaire's muse, reflecting Newton's heavenly insights down to Voltaire.
By Mr. De Voltaire : Elémens de la philosophie de Newton, mis à la portée de tout le monde, éditeur Etienne Ledet et Compagnie - http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/galleries/18thCentury/Voltaire/1738b/Voltaire-1738b-000fp-image/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1299482

Potsdam
Neues Palais im Park Sanssouci
Von A.Savin - Eigenes Werk, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63986032

Petersburg
Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. View from the Spit of Vasilievsky Island
By Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49250446

Turk ships at Chesma burn
Hackert, The Destruction of the Turkish Fleet in the Battle of Chesma, 1771
By Jacob Philipp Hackert - Andreas Stolzenburg et al., Jakob Philipp Hackert. Europas Landschaftsmaler der Goethezeit, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag; Weimar: Klassik Stiftung Weimar; Hamburg: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2008, p. 300., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9406403

Great Frost, too cold
Le lagon gelé en 1709, by Gabriele Bella, part of a lagoon which froze over in 1709, Venice, Italy
By Gabriele Bella - New Scientist (Image: The Art Archive / Querini Stampalia Foundation Venice / Gianni Dagli Orti), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8949519

Panic, it's the Redcoats!
Infantry uniforms of the British Army from 1750 to 1835
By Not identified - Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army (5th ed.). London: Gale & Polden. 1916. p. 53., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12143830

Salonistes
Reading of Molière by Jean-François de Troy , around 1728.
Par Jean-François de Troy — Source inconnue, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1305323

satirists
Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse. A self-portrait depicting Hogarth painting Thalia, the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry, 1757–1758
By William Hogarth - one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof. This may be due to recognition of the "sweat of the brow" doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions. As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement.

French is spoken everywhere
Peter [III]'s 1746 letter to his wife Catherine [the Great] in French, the language of the Russian aristocracy
Own work: Shakko; 3 July 2012, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24341855

Famous wits
Voltaire, about 1736, after Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Von Nach Maurice Quentin de La Tour - [1], Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21921083

Old Fritz
Portrait of Frederick by Anton Graff (1781, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin).
By Anton Graff - Originally uploaded to de.wikipedia (All user names refer to de.wikipedia):18:53, 24. Nov 2005 . . Caro1409 (Diskussion) . . 286 × 350 (17967 Byte)18:51, 24. Nov 2005 . . Caro1409 (Diskussion) . . 286 × 350 (17967 Byte), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=529840

Saxony invasion
Plan of the Saxon and Prussian camps at Pirna
Von Autor/-in unbekannt - Ursprung unbekannt, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61124099

Gustav at the opera
The Swedish King Gustaf III is surrounded and shot by masked conspirators, during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm on March 16, 1792. Contemporary engraving by Abraham Wolfgang Küfner in Nuremberg. Royal Library.
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Giant soldier–mania
Grenadier Schwerid Rediwanoff from Moscow, one of the men Peter the Great sent to Berlin in exchange for the Amber Room, Johann Christof Merck, 1718, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin
Von Johann Christof Merck - own Photograph by Wuselig (Diskussion · Beiträge) on 08. September 2007, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3082975

Meissen
Part of a table centrepiece, 1727–1728
By Johann Gottlieb Kirchner/ Meissen Manufactory - 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=60171795

Versailles
Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
By Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15781169

Executing Jacobites
Execution of the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerino
This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID Blaikie.SNPG. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33981967

That's Tsar Peter building ships
A statue of Peter I working incognito at a Dutch wharf.
By Heidas - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=568245

Scientific Pompeii digs
By Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla from Sevilla, España - 10000 a "Frontispicio", CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51276735
Of the antiquities of Herculaneum. First volume. - The ancient paintings of Herculaneum and engraved outlines with some explanations. First volume. - Naples:|bnella Regia Stamperia, 1757

Black plague, go away
Contemporary painting of Marseille during the Great Plague of 1720
By Michel Serre - Own work, Rvalette, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56832600

Porcelain
Logo of the Royal Porcelain Factory
By Original: User:KPM Berlin Vector: Doc Taxon - Own work based on: File:KPM Logo.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99106341

Bonaparte
Napoleone Buonaparte as Lieutenant Colonel of the Corsican National Guard (1792)
Von Félix Philippoteaux - Übertragen aus de.wikipedia nach Commons durch Stefan Bernd.Alt source: [1], Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5556134

Hapless Damiens torn apart
Damiens' execution at the Place de Grève
Par G.Garitan — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126581195

Silkworms
Mulberry trees at Zernikow, 2020, photo courtesy of Selenak

Hochkirch
Hyacinth de La Pegna: Der Überfall bei Hochkirch am 17. Oktober 1758. Wien, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Erstellt: etwa 1759/60
Von Hyacinth de La Pegna - (Originaltext: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien)(21. Juni 2009 (original upload date))Original uploader was Pappenheim at de.wikipedia, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11710316

Second round: Falkirk
Monument erected to commemorate the battle
By James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9246208

Bleeding counts as medicine
Bloodletting equipment. Encyclopédie méthodique 1798/99
Von Autor/-in unbekannt - Encyclopedie methodique, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84522620

Orlovs oust a sovereign
Catherine II on a balcony of the Winter Palace on 9 July [O.S. 28 June] 1762, the day of the coup
By Кестнер (Kaestner) Иоахим X. - http://img12.nnm.me/0/f/7/c/4/726dd1bc75ab581fe1ff33e482a.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32951794

Washout of the Medici
The funeral of Gian Gastone in the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Di Sconosciuto - Old engraving from the book: Giuseppe Conti, Firenze dai Medici ai Lorena, 1907., Pubblico dominio, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18222657

British navy rules the sea
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1759
By Richard Paton - http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11889, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62758814

Pragmatic Sanction
Maria Theresa being crowned Queen Regnant of Hungary, St. Martin's Cathedral, Pressburg
By Unidentified painter - MEK, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145110091

Fake memoirs are fiction
Henri de Catt. Painting by Paul Joseph Bardou, 1780
Von Paul Joseph Bardou 1747-1814 - http://ub-dok.uni-trier.de/argens/pic/pers/Catt.php, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22921560

Minden
the Battle of Minden 1759, 1785
By Unknown author - http://www.1609-nrw.de/index.php?id=11, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7067549

Maxen
Franz Paul Findenigg: Das Gefecht von Maxen, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Wien, 1760
Von Franz Paul Findenigg (1726-1771) - (Originaltext: selbst erstellt von Pappenheim im Heeresgeschichtlichen Museum.) Original uploader was Pappenheim at de.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by WWSS1 at de.wikipedia.(2. Juli 2010 (first version); 23. September 2010 (last version)), Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11830575

Habsburgs
Maria Theresa with her family, 1754, by Martin van Meytens
By Martin van Meytens - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1619608

Brandenburg
The new (current) Brandenburg Gate in 1796, following reconstruction
By Daniel Berger - Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25682717

Joseph clawing back reforms
Joseph II as cult object of the liberals, 1828–1835 (Antonín Machek).
By Národní galerie v Praze - File:Antonin Machek 31. 10. 1775-18. 11. 1844 - Josef II. panovnicky cyklus.jpg, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52044985

Once-great Poland is no more
Partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793 and 1795.
By Halibutt - Own workCorresponding maps available online:http://wlaczpolske.pl/pliczki/2030Map. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40646

Curse all these succession wars
Europe after the 1738 Treaty of Vienna, which concluded the War of the Polish Succession
By Bryan Rutherford - Own work, based on File:Europe 1748-1766 en.png, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61894279