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Stuart

Argyll’s Lodging, Stirling

Detail of a column showing Norman soldiers, c12th century. (CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The White Tower, one of the oldest parts of the Tower of London complex, was built by William the Conqueror. (Getty Images)

Norman

Castles of the Conqueror

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Wreck sites under threat

A Victorian drawing room with pictures in heavy frames and ornately covered furniture, c1860. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The battle of the Nile, fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. (Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Second World War

Britain’s 10 most significant naval battles

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General Modern

North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland

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Giuseppe Garibaldi's body to be exhumed

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The Vicar of Bray

Scenes of frivolity in the 16th century. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Plate of Brass

Tudor

Executed queen

Woodcutting depicting the beheading of Charles I. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The vulgar tower

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20th Century

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Georgian

Fort George

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Guinness o'clock

An illustration depicting medieval pilgrims. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Industrial might: Blenheim bombers in production in England, late 1939. The Allies’ combined industrial strength proved too much for the Axis. (Getty Images) 

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The LibraryThe world in flames

The Fire of Rome, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808). "It was the worst possible place for a fire to break out, and fear turned into outright panic," says Dominic Sandbrook.  Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryA big day in history: the Great Fire of Rome

A 19th-century woodblock print of Edo, now known as Tokyo. (GraphixaArtis/Getty Images)

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Richard Buckminster standing next to his draft of a house of the 21st century. (Ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and British prime minister from 1782–83, was instrumental in the Genevan exiles’ move to southern Ireland. (Getty Images) 

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The replica of 'The Matthew' arriving at Douarnenez, France in 1998. It was on the original 15th-century vessel that John Cabot travelled to North America. (Getty Images)

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