British History Series - A contested throne, iconic flights, the dawn of modern comms and the birth of Pennsylvania - this is This Week in British History: 2nd - 8th March

A contested throne, iconic flights, the dawn of modern comms and the birth of Pennsylvania - this is This Week in British History: 2nd - 8th March

03/08/20 • 12 min

In this week's episode; ✈ Two iconic aeroplanes took off; Spitfire (5:28) and Concorde (1:11) 🔏Willian Penn was granted lands in America by Charles II (3:37) 🔔The aptly named Scottish born inventor Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone (6:33) 👑Queen Anne becomes the last Stuart monarch - but she wasn't the only Stuart claiming the throne! (8:46) ⚔️ Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jzUy9L9khek Find me at: 📱Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BritishHisto...🖼Instagram https://www.instagram.com/british_his...💻Online at britishhistorytours.com https://www.britishhistorytours.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/british-history/message

Previous Episode

Elizabeth I, Galileo, Wren and the £1 banknote - all in This Week in British History, 24th Feb - 1st Mar

👑Why was the protestant Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Pius V? (01:36)

⚰️Why does the architect of St Paul's Cathedral have such an unassuming grave? (04:33)

💷When did Britain use a £1 note? and (10:10)

🔭How did Galileo annoy the Church? (07:12)

These questions, all answered in this week’s ‘This Week In British History’.

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Next Episode

Murder, jousting, a rousing song and a Boleyn death, all in 'This week in British History' 9-15 Mar

This week 9th - 15th March:

👸🏻Mary Queen of Scots witnesses the brutal murder of her close friend,

🎠Henry VIII has his 1st serious jousting accident,

🎼the composer of possibly the most patriotic and rousing song for the British is born and

💀Thomas Boleyn dies at Hever Castle.

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⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Further Reading and Watching

Rule Britannia and Thomas Arne https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Arne http://www.classical-music.com/event/alfred-masque-thomas-arne https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Rule-Britannia/ Anne Boleyn and the events of May 1536 https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com

⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Production Credits

Presented by Philippa Lacey Brewell. Music licensed by YouTube. Filming & Editing YourSocialMediaFairy.com. Research Philippa Brewell, Ruthie Goodall. Script Philippa Lacey Brewell

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