Across
- 1. The last episode of 'Watch With Mother' was broadcast by BBC Television
- 6. Maximilien Robespierre was executed by guillotine
- 8. The Soviet Union dissolved and was succeeded by the Russian Federation
- 9. Napoleon was installed First Consul of France
- 11. 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' was published
- 12. The Beatles broke up ten years after the band's formation and less than eight years after the release of their first single
- 14. Ireland gained its independence from the United Kingdom
- 15. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire
Down
- 2. The first Greggs was opened in Newcastle
- 3. Queen Victoria was granted the title 'Empress of India'
- 4. The Beatles released their first album
- 5. Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo
- 6. The October Revolution successfully overthrew Alexander Kerensky's provisional government
- 7. Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were born
- 10. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published
- 11. The first 'Star Wars' film was released
- 13. Elizabeth II's Coronation took place