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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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…
January 23rd - 29th
“The birth of television; the horrors of Auschwitz are discovered; kings named Henry have a busy week; and Australians around the world celebrate all things Australia…”
December 26th - January 1st
“Happy New Year everyone! Will you begin the new year like Samuel Pepys and start to keep a diary?…”
December 5th - 11th
“A thick smog, a great storm, and a surprise attack all happened this week in history…”
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…”
September 12th - 18th
“Submarines; tanks; third time lucky for the Mayflower; but most notably the week we lost eleven days…”
September 5th - 11th
“Royal births, deaths, marriages, and coronations seem to be the focus this week in history…”
August 29th - September 4th
There is a focus on ships and boats this week in history; battles at sea, sinking at sea, collision on the Thames, and even a formal surrender on board a ship…but also not forgetting the Great Fire of London, and a busy week for Cromwell…
August 22nd - 28th
“A busy week in history with two major volcanic eruptions; the start of a civil war; the end of the longest reigning dynasty and the start of the most famous one in English royalty; Prime Ministers; executions; captures; and a Dream…”
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! ”
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…
July 25th - 31st
A popular week for a royal wedding - three of them Tudor weddings and one a little more recent…
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 2nd - 8th
“A week of great things: peace in Europe, a victorious Alfred, a new tunnel, a new heart, a new record, a new King, a new Parliament, a solo flight to Australia, and the first female Prime Minister…”
April 11th - 17th
What a week! It kicks off with a disaster in space, followed by a massacre in India, then a battle between a king and his cousins, the sinking of a ship, and a fight for the throne. It finally ends with a story fit for a king!
March 7th - 13th
“A week of major events: the first signs of WW2; a revolution began in Russia; bombers attacked Tokyo causing utter devastation; and a fatal storm hit Britain; but at least Sunday was declared a day of rest!”