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Dominic Sandbrook

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

The battle of Marston Moor: what happened?

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)
General History

10 historical events that happened in March

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

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

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

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

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General Modern

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

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Medieval

8 remarkable historical events that happened in May

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)
20th Century

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
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My favourite place: Dominic Sandbrook

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Video: Dominic Sandbrook on 1970s Britain

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