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Just to confirm, this is like.. a history of how the franchise has developed, and not a lore history thing, right? Both would be interesting, but I think you're inquiring about the former. It's not a history of Pokemon per se, but that youtuber Mother's Basement did a great video on the history of Pokemon knock offs, which by necessity explains a lot of the history of how Pokemon started up, could be worth a watch for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrK2CEHXOH4