This Week In History
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01 Nov
The First View of the paintings on the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel
- 1st November 1512 -
Pope Julius II celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel for four years on All Saints’ Day 1512 due to, what might be called in modern...
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08 May
Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans
- 8th May 1429 -
A war that was to last over 100 years, fought between mighty Kings of Europe, including the finest knights both sides could muster over vast tracts of land was, in effect, decided by...
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10 Mar
Charles I dissolves Parliament to start his ‘Personal Rule’
- 10th March 1629 -
During the reign of James I Parliament had grown increasingly powerful and was using finance as a way of exerting more and more power over the monarch. However,...
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30 Jan
The Death of Mohandas K. Gandhi
- 30th January 1948 -
At 5.10pm on 30th January Gandhi entered the garden of Birla House, New Delhi, to attend an evening prayer meeting. He ascended the four steps to the prayer mandap, a platform put up for the...
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06 Jan
January: New Beginnings
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January is a time of new beginnings and starts. It is perhaps worth remembering why the month is so called. All the months of our calendar come from Roman times before Christ. January itself is named after Janus the God...