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1848:

Karl Marx, the founder of communism, is one of the most influential thinkers of all time.

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1800:

Thomas Jefferson’s love-child was the first sex scandal to rock a President.

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1789:

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, by a Paris mob has become the enduring symbol of the French Revolution.

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1780:

The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and early 19th Centuries changed society forever.

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1776:

The Declaration of Independence and the eight-year war that achieved its aims marked the birth of America as a nation.

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1765:

James Watt’s steam engine had an huge influence on the Industrial Revolution and the development of the modern world.

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1666:

The Great Fire of London began in the early hours of Sunday September 2, 1666, in the shop of baker Thomas Farynor.

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1620:

The Pilgrim Fathers were not quite the first British settlers in America - but they were the first to thrive.

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1605:

The Gunpowder Plot was hatched by a group of prominent Catholics who regarded King James I as a traitor.

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1889:

When the Football Association sanctioned a switch to professionalism it unleashed pandemonium

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1850:

Most of us take the humble fridge for granted but it is an invention which had a huge impact on the modern world

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1796:

English Doctor Edward Jenner performed the first vaccination in 1796 and was met with wide public scepticism

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1940:

The Blitz was Adolf Hitler's attempt to crush Britain's spirit during World War Two with a massive bombing campaign

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1926:

Television is one of the greatest technological advances of the 20th century

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1859:

Charles Darwin was the first scientist to produce a detailed theory of evolution in his book On The Origin Of Species

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1846:

THE invention of anaesthetics was a huge leap forward for medicine and health enabling routine surgery

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1705:

Almost 300 years after his death, Sir Isaac Newton is still a household name thanks to his theories on gravity

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1512:

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

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