Boswells History

The @BoswellsSchool History Department aims to not only educate pupils about the past, but to help them understand current events and the world we live in.

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#OnThisDay in 1842, the Treaty of Nanking marked the end of the First Opium War, opening five treaty ports to British trade and handing over Hong Kong as a British colony.

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Today in 1558, Elizabeth I was informed of the death of her sister, Mary I.

Tradition holds that she was sitting under an ancient oak tree in the grounds of Hatfield House when she heard the news that she was now Queen of England, aged 25 👑

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Why do the badges of the England and Spain football teams look the way they do?

It's a story that involves the Holy Roman Empire, a purple lion, Hercules, and the possible origins of the dollar sign...

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Today marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day

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GCSE Crime and Punishment students

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On 7 April 1739, Dick Turpin's life was snuffed out at the end of the rope, but his legend was only beginning... https://t.co/gTfUATWFXy

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Final stop for a stroll into a waterfall @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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Stop 3 Reynishverfi Beach (The Black Sand Beach)
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Stop two today was a walk towards the Solheimajokull Glacier @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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Stop one today was the @LavaCentre for an interactive exhibition @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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A few photos from our walk around Thingvellir National Park @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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Just leaving the Geysir Geothermal Area @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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Just leaving Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall). Next up Geysir Geothermal Area @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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First stop of the day at Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant. @BoswellsGeo @BoswellsSchool

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Quick stop off in the capital Reykjavik. Parliament building and a quick group photo @BoswellsSchool @BoswellsGeo

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First stop of Iceland 2024 with @BoswellsGeo
Relaxation at @SkyLagoonIS
Not a bad view @BoswellsSchool

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On 8 February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed on the reluctant orders of her cousin Elizabeth I, after her supposed involvement in the Babington Plot was uncovered.

Her death marked the first execution of a royally anointed European monarch.

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#OnThisDay in 1577, Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on his world voyage

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#OnThisDay in 1918, the Romanovs, Russia’s last imperial family, were murdered. King George V has long stood accused of withdrawing an offer of asylum to Tsar Nicholas II – could the British really have saved the Romanovs?

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On 2 July 1776, representatives from 13 of Britain’s colonies in North America voted, at last, to publicly break their bonds with the mother country and its king, George III. So why is 2 July not the day that Americans celebrate every year? https://t.co/cFOcOdiezI

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Year 8 - nice summary of the causes of WW1 for your assessment

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'#Onthisday in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Your students can discover how this event brought the world to war with this quick guide on the ‘Steps to War’.

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