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1862:

The french chemist Louis Pasteur is best known for making milk, wine and beer safe to drink by using heat.

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1858:

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a prolific and visionary engineer.

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1895:

Moving images are everywhere today – on TV, at the cinema, on computers and on mobile phones.

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1881:

Contrary to popular myth, Thomas Crapper did not invent the flushing toilet.

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1876:

The telephone is one of the greatest inventions ever, allowing instant communication between people around the globe.

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1543:

King Henry VIII might be seen as a sex-mad murderer — yet he was popular and inspired great devotion.

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1844:

Huge amounts of information can now be sent around the world in the blink of an eye.

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1517:

The clash between Martin Luther and Pope Leo X is the central drama in the 16th Century Reformation.

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1486:

The mystery of who killed the Princes in the Tower has fascinated historians for generations.

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1431:

Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who inspired the French to victory over the English in the Hundred Years War.

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1348:

The plague known as the Black Death was the most deadly and widespread pandemic to hit mankind.

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1829:

Britain was the first country to have an Industrial Revolution, between about 1760 and 1840 and it was driven by steam.

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1215:

The signing of the Magna Carta is seen as the moment when English kings acknowledged that even they must obey law.

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1822:

Charles Babbage designed an automatic computer more than 100 years before the first electronic ones.

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1066:

The year 1066 is probably the best-known date in history — and marks the last successful invasion of England by force.

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1800:

The first battery was made by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta - his invention became an invaluable piece of technology.

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1512:

The Renaissance was an astonishing period of artistic achievement between the 14th and 16th centuries.

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1462:

Vlad the Impaler, is one of history’s most murderous figures — and the inspiration for Count Dracula.

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