Anniversaries of Historic Events

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Anniversaries of Historic Events

Date	Day	Event year	Anniv- ersary	Event	Comment
2009
17 Jan	Sat	1209	800	800th anniversary of Cambridge University	800 of Cambridge rung around the world
2010
2011
24 Mar	Thu	1911	100	Publication of The Ringing World	Centenary articles in The Ringing World
7-8 Apr	Thu-Fri	1761	250	Extent of Major rung at Leeds, Kent by 14 ringers
12 Apr	Tue	1961	50	Yuri Gagarin became first human in space
2 May	Mon	1611	400	King James Bible published
10 Jun	Fri	1921	90	Duke of Edinburgh born
14 Dec	Wed	1861	150	Prince Albert died	Consort to Queen Victoria, d 1861
2012
8 Jan	Sun	1912	100	African National Congress founded	South Africa
17 Jan	Tue	1912	100	Robert Falcon Scott reached South Pole	But found Amundson had been there first
23 Jan	Mon	1912	100	International Opium Convention signed	First international drug control treaty
6 Feb	Mon	1952	60	Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	On the death of George VI
7 Feb	Tue	1812	200	Charles Dickens born	Author and social commentator
27 Mar	Tue	1912	100	James Callaghan born	UK Prime Minister 1976-79
10 Apr	Tue	1912	100	RMS Titanic left Southampton on maiden voyage	Designed to be 'unsinkable'
15 Apr	Sun	1912	100	RMS Titanic sank	2:20am after hitting iceberg a few hours earlier
11 May	Fri	1812	200	Spencer Perceval assassinated	UK Prime Minister 1809-1812 (only one to be assassinated)
12 May	Sat	1812	200	Edward Lear born	English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for literary nonsense, especially limericks
13 May	Sun	1912	100	Royal Flying Corps established	Forerunner of the Royal air Force
19 May	Sat	1662	350	Act of Uniformity	Prescribed use of the Book of Common Prayer
24 May	Thu	1862	150	Opening of new Westminster Bridge	Oldest bridge in central London
23 Jun	Sat	1912	100	Alan Turing born	British mathematician, pioneer of computer science
4 Jul	Wed	1862	150	Lewis Carroll conceives outline of Alice in Wonderland	During a boat trip with Alice Liddell
20 Jul	Fri	1912	100	First peal by all ladies band	Christchurch, Cubitt Town, London
2013
17 Jan	Thu	1863	150	David Lloyd George born	UK Prime Minister 1916-22
19 Jan	Sat	1813	200	Henry Bessemer born	British engineer, invented the modern steel-making process
19 Mar	Tue	1813	200	David Livingston born	Scottish missionary and explorer
20 Mar	Wed	1413	600	Henry IV died	King of England 1399-1413
27 Mar	Wed	1863	150	Henry Royce born	English engineer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce
22 May	Wed	1813	200	Richard Wagner born	German composer
2 Jun	Sun	1953	60	Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
29 Jun	Sat	1613	400	Globe Theatre destroyed by fire	Built in 1599 for Shakespeare's playing company
27 Jul	Sat	1963	50	Extent of Major rung by 8 ringers	At Loughborough, in 17h58m
30 Jul	Tue	1863	150	Henry Ford born	Founder of Ford Motor Company
31 Aug	Sat	1913	100	Bernard Lovell born	'Father of radio astronomy'
20 Sep	Fri	1863	150	Jacob Grimm died	German folklorist
30 Sep	Mon	1913	100	Rudolf Diesel died	German engineer, inventor of the diesel engine
22 Nov	Sat	1713	300	Fabian Stedman buried at St Andrew Undershaft, London	Exact date of death unknown
22 Nov	Fri	1963	50	John F Kennedy assassinated	35th US President
24 Dec	Tue	1863	150	William Makepeace Thackeray died	British novelist
2014
7 Jun	Thu	1954	50	Alan Turing died	British mathematician, pioneer of computer science
23 - 24 Jun	Mon-Tus	1314	700	Battle of Bannockburn
28 Jul	Mon	1914	100	Start of the Great War
31 Jul	Thu	1714	300	Queen Anne died
1 Aug	Fri	1714	300	Accession of George I
2015
2 May	Sat	1715	300	First recorded peal	Plain Bob Triples at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
31 May	Sun	1975	40	First National Twelve-bell Striking Competition	St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
15 Jun	Mon	1215	800	Magna Carta signed	By King John, on Runnymede Island
18 Jun	Thu	1815	200	Battle of Waterloo
2016
Unknown		1666	350	Isaac Newton discovered gravity
18 Feb	Thu	1516	500	Queen Mary Tudor born
21 Apr	Thu	1926	90	Queen Elizabeth II born
23 Apr	Sat	1616	400	Willaim Shakespeare died
26 Aug	Fri	1716	300	First recorded peal	Plain Bob Triples, St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
30 Dec	Fri	1966	50	First peal of 23-spliced all the work Major rung
2017
31 Oct	Tue	1517	500	Martin Luther's 'Ninety Five Themes' began the Protestant Reformation
2018
11 Nov	Sun	1918	100	End of the Great War
2019
2 May	Thu	1519	500	Leonardo da Vinci died
20 Aug	Tue	1819	200	Prince Albert born
20 Sep	Tue	1519	700	Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the world

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