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Opulent headquarters East India House in London, 1850. From inside this grand building, the East India Company directors oversaw the governance of India and its associated territories (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Babies from a nursery are walked in a pram, c1953

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17th century engraving showing the execution by hanging of four witches. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

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A broker looks at his screens at Frankfurt's stock exchange on 15 September 2008. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images)

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A 1782 cartoon by James Gillray that depicts Buller as ‘Judge Thumb’. (Photo by Library of Congress)

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The Great Fire of London, 2-5 September 1666 (Photo by Alamy)

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A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the battle of Hastings. Anglo-Saxon foot soldiers are seen defending themselves with a wall of shields against Norman cavalry. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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Triumphant Death chases Londoners from their city

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Eadwine the Scribe, c mid-12th century. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794

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