This Week in History

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
5th October 1910 - The centuries-old Portuguese monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'état organized by the Portuguese Republican Party. 
10th October 1881 - The Savoy Theatre - the first public building to be lit by electricity - opens with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience.
11th October 1440 - King Henry the Sixth founds Eton College. It was established as a charity school to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge.

28th September 1985: The shooting of Cherry Groce in her own home during a mishandled police raid, leads to clashes between the police and the black community in Brixton.
28th September 48 BC: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the order of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
28th September 1865: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson becomes the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain.

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
23rd September 1846: Through applying maths and physics, the planet Neptune is officially observed and identified by the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. 
22nd September 1735: The man regarded as the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, moves into Number 10 Downing Street.
26th September 1968: Theatre censorship is abolished in the UK, ending restrictions which had existed for over 200 years.

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
19th September 1991: Two tourists stumble onto the mummified body of a man who lived around 3;500 years ago - Ötzi the Iceman
16th September 1400: Owain Glyndŵr begins a fierce but ultimately unsuccessful Welsh revolt against English rule.
14th September 1752:  The British Empire adopts the Gregorian Calendar after skipping 11 days between September 3 and September 13.
Presented by Caroline Nicholls and Jane Steel.

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
7th Sept 1978: Georgi Markov is assassinated in London by a poison umbrella.
13th Sept 1814: Francis Scott Key writes 'The Star Spangled Banner'.
Sept 12th 1878: Cleopatra's needle is erected in London.