The storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789 is one of the most famous dates in world history. In the same year George Washington was elected the first President of America and the mutiny on the Bounty took place. Selecting 100 similarly interesting years, from the foundation of Rome to the fall of the Berlin Wall, this miscellany of world-changing events, people and places is aimed at children and compiled by the team behind Whittaker’s Almanack. Age 9+