This Week In History
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date:
02 Sep
2nd September 1973
- The Death of JRR Tolkien -
The Hobbit, the unexpected bestseller and cult novel, written by JRR Tolkien was never intended for publication. It stemmed from the mundane beginnings of marking exam scripts. A student had left...
date:
29 Jun
The Original Globe Theatre Burns Down
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29th June 1613
In 1597 a certain Mr Allen failed to renew the lease on the land on which the theatre owned by Richard Burbage, the leading actor in a company named ‘The Lord Chamberlain’s Men’, was built...
date:
15 Jun
The Founding of the Women’s Institute in the UK
- June 16th 1915 -
For many the WI is the epitome of Britishness - cake, Jam and Jerusalem. What some may not know is that this very British institution was originally started in Stoney Creek,...
date:
30 May
The Death of Christopher Marlowe - 30th May 1593
Much has been written about the life and career of Christopher Marlowe. For a man who has a stained glass window in honour of him in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, there is as much written...
date:
01 May
Opening of the Great Exhibition -
May 1st 1851
Many have credited Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, solely with the idea and plans for this wonderful event. However the idea and driver was a man called Henry Cole, the man also credited...
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