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’.
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…
December 9th - 15th
How old was Mary Queen of Scots when she became Queen? FInd out this and more this week in history…