Cortés, in the heart of Aztec empire

Dunkirk, resist at all costs

Aral, a sea for cotton

Cuba, nuclear standoff

Constantinople, from an empire to another

The Gold Rush, for a fistful of nuggets

Black Death, the invisible enemy

The Fronde

Al Capone, child of prohibition

The Olympic Games, a mirror to society

Gutenberg, visionary inventor

The Suffragettes, battle for the ballot box

The fall of Quebec, France loses America