This Week In History
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18 Jul
The Ballot Act
- July 18th 1872 -
The foundations of electoral reform in the UK lay in the French Revolution in the last years of the 18th Century. This event led to an explosion of ideas and demands of democracy. The ruling classes in the UK...
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26 Jun
Queen Victoria awards the First Victoria Crosses
- 26th June 1857 -
There are occasions when the written press makes valuable contributions to British life. William Howard Russell, of The Times, was one such member. The Crimean War was...
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06 Jun
The Founding of the YMCA
- 6th June 1844 -
For many people the letters YMCA conjure up images of the Village People singing a song of that name back in 1978. However, the history of the YMCA goes back exactly 100 years from my last blog on 6th...
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15 Nov
The Capture of Winston Churchill in South Africa
- Wednesday 15th November 1899 -
The 2nd Boer War, 11th October 1899 – 31st May 1902 – was fought between the armies of Britain, the Cape and the Natal Colonies with Afrikaner support and backed by...
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12 Nov
The First Public performance by Jules Leotard
“The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze’
- 12th November 1859 -
The ‘Circus’ itself is of comparatively modern origin though elements of it go right back to ancient times. The Romans themselves...
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