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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September 22nd - 28th
What did this man discover quite by accident? Find out ‘This Week in History’.
September 8th - 14th
Three years ago this week the longest reigning monarch of the UK died. Find out more ‘This Week in History’…
June 2nd - 8th
Queen ELizabeth II was crowned on this day, find out which year in ‘This Week in History’
May 12th - 18th
Two nurses from the Crimean War feature This Week in History - find out who they were 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…