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June 2015

Articles from the June 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Schools of hard knocks: Georgian and Victorian public schools. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Colonel Blood

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What happened to Colonel Thomas Blood?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King John hunting on horseback

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Was King John really that bad? Yes!

Osborne House from terrace.

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Inside Osborne: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's island residence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Endurance, the ship of Ernest Shackleton

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My history hero: Ernest Shackleton (d1922). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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8 historical events that happened in June

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Did Anne Boleyn crave the crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo

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Why Waterloo fires our imaginations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Denis Dighton's painting shows the defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard at Waterloo

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10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Corfu: a Greek island getaway that owes much of its popularity to the Venetians. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

A dead German soldier during the Antwerp offensive

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The LibraryArdennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The Plum Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

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James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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