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Charles Darwin sports his trademark bushy beard in 1877. (Photo by Corbis Historical/Getty Images)

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War: the locomotive of history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A drawing of surgeon James Barry (c1789–1865) in uniform. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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“We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

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In pictures: The photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot

Czar Nicholas II with family. (Getty Images)

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British reenforcement land on 'Gold Beach' for the big push into the Normandy town of Caen

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Tom Holland in conversation with Pankaj Mishra about his book Age of Anger

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Illustration of the capture of Jerusalem during the third crusade

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The Tibetan plateau lies at an altitude averaging over 4,500 metres above sea level

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Colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town South Africa

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British leader of the Labour Party Clement Attlee leaves the Treasury, 27 May 1945. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

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Robin Hood statue outside Nottingham Castle. (Getty Images)

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Bombay, the East India Company's port on the Malabar Coast of India, 1755. Company trading vessels are depicted in the foreground and quayside warehouses and buildings behind. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, near Wrexham, North Wales. The aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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King James II of England and VII of Scotland (1633 - 1701), c. 1680. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Gibraltar

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The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American president Franklin D Roosevelt

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Life of the Week: President Franklin D Roosevelt

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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Dark Ages

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20th Century

How to become a local historian

The Temple Church, London, a late 12th-century church built for and by the Knights Templar. (Photo by LatitudeStock - David Williams/Getty Images)

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Wrought iron lace adorns many old buildings and houses in the streets of New Orleans. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: New Orleans, Louisiana

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