From the webpage:
Read by both world leaders and the general public, The Times has offered readers in-depth, award-winning and objective coverage of world events since its creation 1785 and is the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th – 20th Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Covers the time period 1785-2006.
Unfortunately, the publisher of this collection, GALE, has limited access to individuals at institutions with subscriptions.
Still, if you have access, this is a great resource for recent event topic maps.