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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January 9th - 15th
A week of first: the first plane to fly 1lm, the first income tax, the first London Underground railway line, the first national lottery, the first visitors to the British Museum…
December 12th - 18th
“The first airplane took flight, and the first transatlantic radio signal was sent from England to Canada 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”
July 25th - 31st
A popular week for a royal wedding - three of them Tudor weddings and one a little more recent…