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 12th - 18th
Histominoes Histominoes

January 12th - 18th

Do you know what this rose is called or who designed it? And why it was designed? Find out ‘This Week in History’

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June 16th - 22nd
Histominoes Histominoes

June 16th - 22nd

Why does Baltimore in Ireland feature ‘This Week in History’? FInd out here…

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April 21st - 27th
Histominoes Histominoes

April 21st - 27th

The beginning of the Holocaust and the end of Apartheid in South Africa are featured This Week in History…

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January 27th - February 2nd
Histominoes Histominoes

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…

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