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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March 17th - 23rd
Five years ago this week we were all told to stay at home; find out more about this and other events that happened This Week in History.
October 7th - 13th
Girls getting shot for going to school, battles for power in Anglo-Saxon England, and finally a baby boy for King Henry VIII... find out what happened this week in history October 7th - 13th...
September 30th - October 6th
Rugby, rebellions, and a crown in the bush....Find out who, where, what, why, and when this week in history...
August 15th - 21st
Henry is friends with the Pope; a world war comes to an end; Pilgrims set off for a New World; India is free; a massacre occurs in Manchester; and a telegraph across the Atlantic takes 16 hours…
June 6th - 12th
D-Day, the Great Plague, and Vikings raiding Lindisfarne - this week in history was full of major events…