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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June 20th - 26th
It’s all about the kings this week in history, especially Edwards and Richards…
June 13th - 19th
“A week with a strong focus on democracy (and the odd battle); the Peasant’s Revolt, the Battle of Naseby, the end of the Falklands War, victory at Waterloo, and the signing of the Magna Carta…”
June 6th - 12th
D-Day, the Great Plague, and Vikings raiding Lindisfarne - this week in history was full of major events…
May 30th- June 5th
A good week in history for royalty: two births, two coronations, and a wedding. And to top it all off, this week in 2022, sees the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II our longest reigning monarch.
May 16th - 22nd
The execution of a queen and the murder of a king both happened this week in history…
May 9th - 15th
“A royal reward; a life-saving vaccine; exiled to Australia; a terrible defeat; and two assassination attempts in one day... Want to find out more? Read on...”
May 2nd - 8th
“A week of great things: peace in Europe, a victorious Alfred, a new tunnel, a new heart, a new record, a new King, a new Parliament, a solo flight to Australia, and the first female Prime Minister…”
April 25th - May 1st
A week of new beginnings both grand and horrific; from the birth of new Kings and inauguration of Presidents, and the opening of a skyscraper and a zoo, to the inception of one of man’s most horrific creations - Auschwitz…
April 18th - 24th
“A week of new things - a new museum, a new war, a new city, a new king, and a new Republic…”
April 11th - 17th
What a week! It kicks off with a disaster in space, followed by a massacre in India, then a battle between a king and his cousins, the sinking of a ship, and a fight for the throne. It finally ends with a story fit for a king!
April 4th - 10th
A week of tragedy, disaster and death, but also new beginnings… Martin Luther King Jr, Pocahontas, Ibrox Park, King Richard I, Olympic Games, World War I, Dick Turpin, Buddha, Margaret Thatcher, King Henry V, King Edward IV, Eadweard Muybridge, Prince Charles, Titanic
March 28th - April 3rd
“Seems like a good week to invade, raid, and lay seige - Vikings in Paris, English in Scotland, and Argentinians in the Falklands…”
March 21st - 27th
Three new kings; the death of a queen and a burial fit for a king; the abolition of the slave trade; and a national lockdown… Find out what happened this week in history
March 14th - 20th
“Beware the Ides of March (middle of March), a warning foretold to Julius Ceasar by a seer, but also an omen that should have been heeded by the five other rulers who all died this week…”