This week in history…
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Our weekly blog focuses mainly on the events that happened in Britain but there are a few international events covered.
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November 28th - December 4th
“The first Englishman, and so far only Englishman ever, is elected Pope…”
November 21st - 27th
“A new type of Parliament; a new way of thinking about evolution; and a new way to sharpen your pencils all appear this week in history…”
October 3rd - 9th
“Unemployment; two cities on fire; the last independent ruler of Wales executed for treason; and a girl shot for going to school…it was not a good week in history”
August 15th - 21st
Henry is friends with the Pope; a world war comes to an end; Pilgrims set off for a New World; India is free; a massacre occurs in Manchester; and a telegraph across the Atlantic takes 16 hours…
August 8th - 14th
“A second atomic bomb; a stolen Stone; victorious Vikings; Britain declares war; Macbeth kills King Duncan; and Pakistan becomes a country...It was a very busy week in history! ”
July 18th - 24th
Jews forced to leave England, French invade England, England takes Stirling Castle and gives back Independence to India, a Queen is forced to abdicate, the Pope's power is revoked, a King loses his ship, and man walks on the moon...What a busy week in history!
July 4th - 10th
“This was not a good week to be a king or ruler; six died, one was captured, one got divorced, one lost a battle and another lost an entire nation…
May 9th - 15th
“A royal reward; a life-saving vaccine; exiled to Australia; a terrible defeat; and two assassination attempts in one day... Want to find out more? Read on...”
March 28th - April 3rd
“Seems like a good week to invade, raid, and lay seige - Vikings in Paris, English in Scotland, and Argentinians in the Falklands…”
February 28th - March 6th
“A week about Wales - their patron saint; new English laws; and a fatal daring escape from the Tower of London…” Valentinian I, Saint David, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, King Robert II, Queen Victoria, Roderick Maclean, King Edward I, The Statute of Rhuddlan, Alexander Graham Bell, RNLI, Forth Bridge, King Henry II, Flora MacDonald, John of Gaunt, Aspirin, Michelangelo