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1797 the Bank of England issued £1 banknotes for the first time.

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1815 Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba.

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1848 The Communist Manifesto was published, having been printed in London.

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1924 Adolf Hitler appeared in court, charged with treason for leading the failed coup d’état known as the beer-hall putsch.

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1935 a Heyford bomber flying in the main beam of a BBC short-wave transmitter gave back reflected signals to the ground, winning Robert Watson-Watt government approval to develop radar technology.

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1936 Hitler opened the first factory to manufacture the Volkswagen, the people’s car.