The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.
6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence
6th February 2020
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.
15th August 1941: Last execution takes place at the Tower of London
15th August 2020
14th August 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strike in Gdańsk shipyard
14th August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018