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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November 10th - 16th
How old will our king be this week? Can you work it out from ‘This Week in History’?
August 11th - 17th
Who is this man? Find out who and why would the world be a different place without his invention in ‘This Week in History’.
June 16th - 22nd
Why does Baltimore in Ireland feature ‘This Week in History’? FInd out here…
January 27th - February 2nd
Eighty years ago the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps were fully realised when Auschwitz was liberated. Find out this and other events that happened This Week in History…
