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 8th - 14th
Three years ago this week the longest reigning monarch of the UK died. Find out more ‘This Week in History’…
September 1st - 7th
This man has a lot going on on just one day of ‘This Week in History’ Find out who he is and which of the days was his busiest.
July 7th - 13th
Which Roman leader wanted to become King of Rome? Find out ‘This Week in History’…
April 21st - 27th
The beginning of the Holocaust and the end of Apartheid in South Africa are featured This Week in History…
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…
December 16th - 22nd
Who is this and how did she turn the world of British Medicine on its head? Find out the answer and more in This week in history…