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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October 7th - 13th
Histominoes Histominoes

October 7th - 13th

Girls getting shot for going to school, battles for power in Anglo-Saxon England, and finally a baby boy for King Henry VIII... find out what happened this week in history October 7th - 13th...

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March 6th - 12th
Histominoes Histominoes

March 6th - 12th

Let’s hope the snow set to hit us this week isn’t as bad as the snowstorm that hit Britain on 9th March 1891…

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August 15th - 21st
Histominoes Histominoes

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…

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June 6th - 12th
Histominoes Histominoes

June 6th - 12th

D-Day, the Great Plague, and Vikings raiding Lindisfarne - this week in history was full of major events…

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March 14th - 20th
Histominoes Histominoes

March 14th - 20th

“Beware the Ides of March (middle of March), a warning foretold to Julius Ceasar by a seer, but also an omen that should have been heeded by the five other rulers who all died this week…”

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