Dominic Sandbrook

French government officials at an inaugural tour to mark the completion of the main structural work on the Eiffel Tower, c1889. (Time Life Pictures/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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10 historical events that happened in March

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16 things that happened in December through history

Floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, outside Kensington Palace. (Photo by Liba Taylor/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Princess Diana: when grief gripped a nation

Police Constable Neil finds the body of MARY ANN NICHOLS in Buck's Row, Whitechapel Date: 31 August 1888

A big day in history: Mary Ann Nichols becomes the first victim of ‘Jack the Ripper’ (31 August 1888)

The first baby is born to English settlers in the Americas. (Illustration by Lynn Hatzius)

A big day in history: the first baby is born to English settlers in the Americas

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Why has Britain decided to leave the EU?

Parisians man the barricades in the 2012 film production of the Victor Hugo classic Les Misérables, a work inspired by the June Rebellion of 1832. (Rex)

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8 historical events that happened in June

Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Marston Moor. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

A big day in history: Tuesday 2 July 1644

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8 remarkable historical events that happened in May

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18 September AD 96 – Domitian is stabbed

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The ultimate guide to the Queen and her times

Miners on strike after the decision from the High Court of Justice to seize all assets of the labor unions, 1984. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

There was more to the 80s than Maggie

View from the ramparts of the ancient fortress on Nebet Hill in the old town in Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria, Europe

My favourite place: Dominic Sandbrook

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History Weekend 2014 preview: 5 minutes with… Dominic Sandbrook