Olympias, was the mother of the most powerful man then known to history. She had cosseted him, protected him, moulded and sculpted him, and, he, Alexander the Great, would go on to conquer most of the known world, and his name would be forever carved in the pantheon of heroes.

On 30 January, 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

James Crofts, later Scott, was born in Rotterdam on nine April, 1649, he was the illegitimate son of the future King Charles II and his then mistress Lucy Walter. He was always his father’s favourite and as such considered himself the rightful heir to his throne. He was to attempt to make this happen by force of arms and end up executed on the orders of his uncle.

II Risorgimento (The Resurgence) was an ill-defined movement that flourished on-and-off in Italy in the years immediately following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.