This week in history…

Want to find out what happened this week in history? Click on the week you’re interested in and read the events that happened in years gone by.

Our weekly blog focuses mainly on the events that happened in Britain but there are a few international events covered.

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October 28th - November 3rd
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October 28th - November 3rd

This week sees bonfires, ghosts, feasting, and costumes to celebrate the ancient festival of Samhain better known as Halloween - find out about this ancient festival and more this week in history…

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November 14th - 20th
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November 14th - 20th

“Three royal births, four royal deaths, a royal marriage, two huge fires, and over 100 protestors arrested this week in history…”

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August 1st - 7th
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August 1st - 7th

Britain entered World War I, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Anne Frank was arrested for being Jewish, and William Wallace was betrayed and captured - not exactly a nice week in history…

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