W.D. & H.O. Wills

Historic Events

Stock ID: 80x

Full set of 50 antique cigarette cards.

This series consists of the following subjects:

• 1. The Landing of the Romans
• 2. The Martyrdom of St. Alban
• 3. Maximus Proclaimed Emperor
• 4. St. Augustine in England
• 5. King Alfred and the Cakes
• 6. Eight Princes Rowing King Edgar down the Dee
• 7. The Murder of Edward the Martyr
• 8. The Death of William Rufus
• 9. The Wreck of the “White Ship”
• 10. The Murder of Becket
• 11. King John Granting Magna Carta
• 12. The First Prince of Wales
• 13. Wat Tyler’s Rebellion
• 14. The Battle of Agincourt
• 15. The Plucking of the Rival Roses
• 16. Caxton’s Printing Press
• 17. The Murder of the Princes
• 18. Cabot Sailing from Bristol
• 19. Cardinal Wolsey Dismissed
• 20. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
• 21. The Burning of Latimer and Ridley
• 22. The Escape of Mary, Queen of Scots
• 23. Raleigh Smoking
• 24. Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh
• 25. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
• 26. Drake’s Game of Bowls
• 27. The Wreck of the Armada
• 28. Shakespeare Reading to Queen Elizabeth
• 29. The Arrest of Guy Fawkes
• 30. Charles I Demanding the Surrender of the Five Members
• 31. The Execution of Charles I
• 32. Charles II Hiding in the Oak Tree
• 33. Cromwell Dissolving the Rump Parliament
• 34. The Great Fire of London
• 35. The Trial of the Seven Bishops
• 36. Capture of Gibraltar
• 37. The South Sea Bubble
• 38. The Battle of Dettingen
• 39. The Battle of Culloden
• 40. Prince Charlie and Flora Macdonald
• 41. The Battle of Plassey
• 42. The Gordon Riots
• 43. The Glorious 1st of June
• 44. Nelson at the Battle of the Nile
• 45. The Battle of Trafalgar
• 46. Napoleon on the “Bellerophon”
• 47. The announcement of Queen Victoria’s Accession
• 48. The Retreat from Cabul
• 49. The Funeral of the Duke of Wellington
• 50. Funeral of Edward VII