The historic events listed here had significant anniversaries in recent years. For events with anniversaries in future years see here. Back to list of Things To Ring For
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 17 Jan 2009 | Sat | 1209 | 800 | 800th anniversary of Cambridge University | 800 of Cambridge rung around the world |
| 24 Mar 2011 | Thu | 1911 | 100 | Publication of The Ringing World | Centenary articles in The Ringing World |
| 07 Apr 2011 | Thu - Fri | 1761 | 250 | Extent of Major rung at Leeds, Kent by 14 ringers | |
| 12 Apr 2011 | Tue | 1961 | 50 | Yuri Gagarin became first human in space | |
| 02 May 2011 | Mon | 1611 | 400 | King James Bible published | |
| 10 Jun 2011 | Fri | 1921 | 90 | Duke of Edinburgh born | |
| 14 Dec 2011 | Wed | 1861 | 150 | Prince Albert died | Consort to Queen Victoria, d 1861 |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 08 Jan 2012 | Sun | 1912 | 100 | African National Congress founded | South Africa |
| 17 Jan 2012 | Tue | 1912 | 100 | Robert Falcon Scott reached South Pole | But found Amundson had been there first |
| 23 Jan 2012 | Mon | 1912 | 100 | International Opium Convention signed | First international drug control treaty |
| 06 Feb 2012 | Mon | 1952 | 60 | Accession of Queen Elizabeth II | On the death of George VI |
| 07 Feb 2012 | Tue | 1812 | 200 | Charles Dickens born | Author and social commentator |
| 27 Mar 2012 | Tue | 1912 | 100 | James Callaghan born | UK Prime Minister 1976-79 |
| 10 Apr 2012 | Tue | 1912 | 100 | RMS Titanic left Southampton on maiden voyage | Designed to be 'unsinkable' |
| 15 Apr 2012 | Sun | 1912 | 100 | RMS Titanic sank | 2:20am after hitting iceberg a few hours earlier |
| 11 May 2012 | Fri | 1812 | 200 | Spencer Perceval assassinated | UK Prime Minister 1809-1812 (only one to be assassinated) |
| 12 May 2012 | Sat | 1812 | 200 | Edward Lear born | English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for literary nonsense, especially limericks |
| 13 May 2012 | Sun | 1912 | 100 | Royal Flying Corps established | Forerunner of the Royal air Force |
| 19 May 2012 | Sat | 1662 | 350 | Act of Uniformity | Prescribed use of the Book of Common Prayer |
| 24 May 2012 | Thu | 1862 | 150 | Opening of new Westminster Bridge | Oldest bridge in central London |
| 23 Jun 2012 | Sat | 1912 | 100 | Alan Turing born | British mathematician, pioneer of computer science |
| 04 Jul 2012 | Wed | 1862 | 150 | Lewis Carroll conceives outline of Alice in Wonderland | During a boat trip with Alice Liddell |
| 20 Jul 2012 | Fri | 1912 | 100 | First peal by all ladies band | Christchurch, Cubitt Town, London |
| 04 Nov 2012 | Sun | 1942 | 70 | Battle of El Alamein | Turning point in World War 2 |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 10 Jan 2013 | Thu | 1863 | 150 | World's first underground railway opened to the public | 6km of the Metropolitan Line between Paddington & Farringdon |
| 17 Jan 2013 | Thu | 1863 | 150 | David Lloyd George born | UK Prime Minister 1916-22 |
| 19 Jan 2013 | Sat | 1813 | 200 | Henry Bessemer born | British engineer, invented the modern steel-making process |
| 19 Mar 2013 | Tue | 1813 | 200 | David Livingston born | Scottish missionary and explorer |
| 20 Mar 2013 | Wed | 1413 | 600 | Henry IV died | King of England 1399-1413 |
| 27 Mar 2013 | Wed | 1863 | 150 | Henry Royce born | English engineer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce |
| 25 Apr 2013 | Thu | 1943 | 70 | Wartime ban on ringing lifted for service ringing | The ban was lifted for all ringing in June |
| 15 May 2013 | Wed | 1863 | 150 | Frank Hornby born | Inventor of Meccano and Hornby model railways |
| 22 May 2013 | Wed | 1813 | 200 | Richard Wagner born | German composer |
| 02 Jun 2013 | Sun | 1953 | 60 | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II | |
| 28 Jun 2013 | Fri | 1838 | 175 | Coronation of Queen Victoria | |
| 29 Jun 2013 | Sat | 1613 | 400 | Globe Theatre destroyed by fire | Built in 1599 for Shakespeare’s playing company |
| 27 Jul 2013 | Sat | 1963 | 50 | Extent of Major rung by 8 ringers | At Loughborough, in 17h58m |
| 30 Jul 2013 | Tue | 1863 | 150 | Henry Ford born | Founder of Ford Motor Company |
| 04 Aug 2013 | Sun | 1213 | 800 | Barons and Clergy met at St Albans Abbey | Start of the process that led to Magna Carta 2 years later |
| 28 Aug 2013 | Wed | 1963 | 50 | Martin Luther King's 'I have a Dream' speech | |
| 31 Aug 2013 | Sat | 1913 | 100 | Bernard Lovell born | Father of radio astronomy' |
| 20 Sep 2013 | Fri | 1863 | 150 | Jacob Grimm died | German folklorist |
| 30 Sep 2013 | Mon | 1913 | 100 | Rudolf Diesel died | German engineer, inventor of the diesel engine |
| 10 Oct 2013 | Thu | 1813 | 200 | Giuseppe Verdi born | Italian Romantic composer |
| 16 Nov 2013 | Sat | 1713 | 300 | Tercentenary of Fabian Stedman's burial at St Andrew Undershaft, London | (Exact date of death unknown.) Details of ringing and publicity |
| 19 Nov 2013 | Tue | 1863 | 150 | Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address | During the American Civil War |
| 22 Nov 2013 | Fri | 1913 | 100 | Benjamin Britten born | British composer |
| 22 Nov 2013 | Fri | 1963 | 50 | John F Kennedy assassinated | 35th US President |
| 24 Dec 2013 | Tue | 1863 | 150 | William Makepeace Thackeray died | British novelist |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 25 Apr 2014 | Fri | 1874 | 140 | Guglielmo Marconi born | Father of long distance Radio Transmission |
| 26 Apr 2014 | Sat | 1564 | 450 | William Shakespeare baptised | Date of birth unknown |
| 06 May 2014 | Tue | 1954 | 60 | Roger Banister runs the mile in 4 minutes | First person to do so |
| 20 May 2014 | Tue | 1514 | 500 | Royal Charter granted to Trinity House General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, and British territorial waters (except) Scotland | |
| 07 Jun 2014 | Sat | 1954 | 50 | Alan Turing died | British mathematician, pioneer of computer science |
| 24 Jun 2014 | Tue | 1314 | 700 | Battle of Bannockburn | |
| 31 Jul 2014 | Thu | 1714 | 300 | Queen Anne died | |
| 01 Aug 2014 | Fri | 1714 | 300 | Accession of George I | |
| 04 Aug 2014 | Mon | 1914 | 100 | Britain entered First World War | Ringing for First World War centenary |
| 22 Aug 2014 | Fri | 1864 | 150 | First Geneva Convention signed | |
| 20 Oct 2014 | Mon | 1714 | 300 | Coronation of King George I | |
| 22 Oct 2014 | Wed | 1814 | 200 | First plastic surgery in Britain | |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 01 Jan 2015 | | | | FirstPeal2015 | A year long initiative to mark a special year for ringing |
| 20 Jan 2015 | Tue | 1265 | 750 | First English Parliament held | |
| 24 Jan 2015 | Sat | 1965 | 50 | Winston Churchill died | |
| 04 Mar 2015 | Wed | 1890 | 125 | Forth Rail Bridge opened | |
| 24 Apr 2015 | Fri | 1965 | 50 | Pennine Way - Opening ceremony on Malham Moor | Britain's first long distance footpath (267 miles) |
| 02 May 2015 | Sat | 1715 | 300 | First recorded peal | Plain Bob Triples at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich |
| 08 May 2015 | Fri | 1945 | 70 | VE Day | World War II end of hostilities in Europe |
| 31 May 2015 | Sun | 1975 | 40 | First National Twelve-bell Striking Competition | St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol |
| 14 Jun 2015 | Sun | | 800 | Grand Ringing Day for Magna Carta | Magna Carta, the Grand Ringing Day and LiberTeas |
| 15 Jun 2015 | Mon | 1215 | 800 | Magna Carta sealed | By King John, on Runnymede Island |
| 18 Jun 2015 | Thu | 1815 | 200 | Battle of Waterloo | |
| 04 Jul 2015 | Sat | 1865 | 150 | Alice in Wonderland published | |
| 15 Aug 2015 | Sat | 1945 | 70 | VJ Day | World War II end of hostilities in Japan |
| 09 Sep 2015 | Wed | | | Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning British Monarch | Surpassing the record of Queen Victoria (63 years & 216 days) |
| 28 Sep 2015 | Mon | 1865 | 150 | Britain's first Woman doctor qualified | |
| 25 Oct 2015 | Sun | 1415 | 600 | Battle of Agincourt | Henry V victory on St Crispins Day |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 06 Jan 2016 | Wed | 1066 | 950 | Harold crowned King of England | |
| 21 Jan 2016 | Thu | 1976 | 40 | Concorde's first commercial flight | London to Bahrain & Paris to Rio |
| 18 Feb 2016 | Thu | 1516 | 500 | Queen Mary Tudor born | |
| 31 Mar 2016 | Thu | 1891 | 125 | First meeting of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers | |
| 20 Apr 2016 | Wed | 1916 | 100 | Sir A P Heywood died | Founder and first president of the Central Council |
| 21 Apr 2016 | Thu | 1926 | 90 | Queen Elizabeth II born | See also Official Birthday weekend in June |
| 23 Apr 2016 | Sat | 1616 | 400 | William Shakespeare died | |
| 23 Apr 2016 | Sat - Sun | | | Weekend organised by Derby DA & CC | Ringing and other events in Duffield / Derby to mark centenary of death of AP Heywood death and 125th anniversary of the Central Council. |
| 31 May 2016 | Tue - Wed | 1916 | 100 | Battle of Jutland | |
| 03 Jun 2016 | Fri | | | BBC Music Day | Widespread ringing at 7pm. Let the BBC know you are taking part. |
| 10 Jun 2016 | Fri - Sun | 1926 | -90 | Celebration for Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday | Official birthday is 11 Jun (real birthday 21 April), see below |
| 12 Jun 2016 | Sun | | | National birthday ringing | Plan your ringing and publicity for 10 - 12 June |
| 25 Jun 2016 | Thu | 1956 | 60 | Friends of Cathedral Music founded | www.fcm.org.uk |
| 01 Jul 2016 | Fri | 1916 | 100 | Battle of the Somme began | |
| 02 Sep 2016 | Fri | 1666 | 350 | Great Fire of London began | |
| 08 Sep 2016 | Thu | | | Challenge 500 | Widespread ringing at 6pm - register with Heritage Open Days. |
| 08 Sep 2016 | Thu - Sun | | | Heritage Open Days | See Challenge 500 above: |
| 14 Oct 2016 | Fri | 1066 | 950 | Battle of Hastings | |
| 17 Oct 2016 | Mon | 1956 | 60 | Calder Hall power station opened | World's first commercial scale nuclear power station |
| 28 Oct 2016 | Fri | 1216 | 800 | Henry III crowned | Re-enactment there on the day |
| 18 Nov 2016 | Fri | 1916 | 100 | Battle of the Somme ended | One of the bloodiest in human history |
| 25 Dec 2016 | Sun | 1066 | 950 | William the Conqueror crowned | |
| 30 Dec 2016 | Fri | 1966 | 50 | First peal of 23-spliced all the work Major rung | |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 06 Jan 2017 | Fri | 1007 | 1000 | Coronation of King Cnut - in London | (Also known as Canute) |
| 11 Jan 2017 | Wed | 1717 | 300 | first 10-bell peal rung | 5040 Grandsire Caters at St Brides, in Fleet Street by London Scholars |
| 17 Feb 2017 | Fri | 1867 | 150 | First ship passes through Suez Canal | |
| 21 Mar 2017 | Tue | 1617 | 400 | Burial of Pocahontas | Native American who married a plantation owner, moved to England and became a celebrity. Died at Gravesend, Kent |
| 16 Apr 2017 | Sun | 1867 | 150 | Wilbur Wright born | American pioneer of manned flight |
| 08 Jun 2017 | Thu | 1867 | 150 | Frank Lloyd Wright born | American architect ('greatest American architect of all time') |
| 18 Jul 2017 | Tue | 1817 | 200 | Jane Austen died | English novelist (Pride and Prejudice) |
| 03 Aug 2017 | Thu | 1867 | 150 | Stanley Baldwin born | British prime minister |
| 27 Sep 2017 | Wed | 1817 | 200 | Hiram R Revels born | 1st African American US senator |
| 04 Oct 2017 | Wed | 1957 | 60 | Sputnik launched | World's first artificial satellite |
| 31 Oct 2017 | Tue | 1517 | 500 | Martin Luther's 'Ninety Five Themes' began the Protestant Reformation | |
| 04 Nov 2017 | Sat | 1942 | 75 | Battle of El Alamein | Turning point in World War 2 |
| 15 Nov 2017 | Wed | 1942 | 75 | Ban on ringing lifted for one Sunday | Winston Churchill's request victory ringing after El Alamein |
| 17 Nov 2017 | Fri | | | Peal for Pudsey! | Fund raising for Children in Need |
| 20 Nov 2017 | Mon | 1947 | 70 | Marriage of Queen Elizabeth & Duke of Edinburgh | |
| 23 Nov 2017 | Thu | 1917 | 100 | Bell ringing to mark initial British success in the Battle of Cambrai | The first tank battle |
| 25 Nov 2017 | Sat | 1867 | 150 | Alfred Nobel patented dynamite | Founder of the Nobel prizes |
| 10 Dec 2017 | Sun | 2008 | 9 | We sound the bell in Europe to support Human Rights' | Italian initiative supported in Germany & UK - ringing at 8pm |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 01 Jan 2018 | Mon | 1818 | 200 | Publication of Frankenstein | By Mary Shelley - published anonymously |
| 14 Jan 2018 | Sun | 1818 | 200 | James Barham died | Bellringer who conducted the extent of Major rung in relays in 1761 |
| 06 Feb 2018 | Tue | 1918 | 100 | Women first get the vote in Britain | Representation of the People Act |
| 01 Apr 2018 | Sun | 1918 | 100 | Formation of the Royal Air Force | Amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service |
| 25 Apr 2018 | Wed | 1943 | 75 | Wartime ban on ringing lifted for service ringing | The ban was lifted for all ringing in June |
| 04 May 2018 | Fri | 1818 | 200 | Treaty against illegal slave handling | Signed by Britain & Netherlands |
| 05 May 2018 | Sat | 1818 | 200 | Karl Marx born | German philosopher |
| 10 May 2018 | Thu | 1818 | 200 | Paul Revere died | American patriot and bell founder |
| 19 May 2018 | Sat | 2018 | | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry | St George's Chapel, Windsor |
| 06 Jun 2018 | Wed | 1868 | 150 | Robert Falcon Scott born | Leader of the ill-fated south pole expedition |
| 07 Jun 2018 | Thu | 1868 | 150 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh born | Influential Scottish architect and artist |
| 02 Jul 2018 | Mon | 1928 | 90 | Equal voting rights for women and men in Britain | Equal Franchise Act |
| 20 Jul 2018 | Mon | 1818 | 200 | Emily Brontë born | English novelist (Wuthering Heights) |
| 16 Aug 2018 | Thu | 1768 | 250 | Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth aboard the Endeavour | His first voyage bound for the Pacific Ocean |
| 26 Aug 2018 | Sun | 1718 | 300 | First peal of Grandsire Triples | At St Peter Mancroft, Norwich |
| 25 Sep 2018 | Tue | 1818 | 200 | First human blood transfusion | |
| 21 Oct 2018 | Sun | 1958 | 60 | First women peers enter House of Lords | |
| 11 Nov 2018 | Sun | 1918 | 100 | End of First World War hostilities | Ringing for Armistice and for Peace |
| 06 Dec 2018 | Thu | 1768 | 250 | First publication of Encyclopaedia Britannica | First of 100 weekly parts. It was completed by 1771 |
| 10 Dec 2018 | Mon | 1868 | 150 | First traffic signals in Britain | |
| 19 Dec 2018 | Wed | 1843 | 175 | Dickens publishes 'A Christmas Carol' | |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 19 Feb 2019 | Tue | 1819 | 200 | Henry Haley born | Bellringer who conducted the first peal outside the British Isles, at Philadelphia in 1850 |
| 02 Mar 2019 | Sat | 1969 | 50 | Concorde’s first flight | |
| 03 Mar 2019 | Sun | 1869 | 150 | Sir Henry Wood born | Founder of 'The Proms' |
| 24 Mar 2019 | Sun/Mon | 1944 | 75 | The Great Escape' | From Stalag Luft III PoW camp |
| 28 Mar 2019 | Thu | 1819 | 200 | Sir Joseph Bazalgette born | English civil engineer who created London‘s sewage system |
| 04 Apr 2019 | Tue | 1949 | 70 | Nato founded | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| 01 May 2019 | Wed | 1769 | 250 | Arthur Wellesley born | Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister |
| 02 May 2019 | Thu | 1519 | 500 | Leonardo da Vinci died | Renaissance architect, engineer, and painter (Mona Lisa) |
| 10 May 2019 | Fri | 1994 | 25 | Nelson Mandella becomes President of South Africa | |
| 24 May 2019 | Fri | 1819 | 200 | Queen Victoria born | |
| 05 Jun 2019 | Wed | 1949 | 70 | First appearance of Noddy | In 'Noddy Goes to Toyland' by Enid Blyton |
| 12 Jun 2019 | Wed | 1819 | 200 | Charles Kingsley born | English vicar/historian, author of The Water-Babies |
| 28 Jun 2019 | Fri | 1919 | 100 | Treaty of Versailles | Formal end of First World War |
| 20 Jul 2019 | Sat | 1969 | 50 | First manned lunar landing | Apollo 11 at 20:17 UTC |
| 21 Jul 2019 | Sun | 1969 | 50 | First people to walk on moon | Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin at 02:56 UTC |
| 19 Aug 2019 | Mon | 1819 | 200 | James Watt died | Scottish inventor who played a critical role in the development of the steam engine |
| 20 Aug 2019 | Tue | 1819 | 200 | Prince Albert born | |
| 20 Sep 2019 | Tue | 1519 | 700 | Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the world | |
| 06 Oct 2019 | Sun | 1769 | 250 | Captain Cook reaches New Zealand | |
| 17 Nov 2019 | Sun | 1869 | 150 | Suez Canal inaugurated | |
| 22 Nov 2019 | Fri | 1819 | 200 | George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) born | English author |
| 28 Nov 2019 | Thu | 1919 | 100 | First female MP enters parliament | Nancy, Viscountess Astor took her seat in the Commons |
| 17 Dec 2019 | Tue | 1919 | 100 | Save the Children founded | |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 10 Jan 2020 | Fri | 1840 | 180 | Postal service began in Britain | Penny Post |
| 12 Jan 2020 | Sun | 1820 | 200 | Royal Astronomical Society founded | |
| 17 Jan 2020 | Fri | 1820 | 200 | Anne Brontë born | English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) |
| 27 Jan 2020 | Mon | 1945 | 75 | Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp | Holocaust Memorial Day |
| 29 Jan 2020 | Wed | 1820 | 200 | King George III died | |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Mon | 1840 | 180 | Queen Victoria & Prince Albert married | |
| 07 Apr 2020 | Tue | 1770 | 250 | William Wordsworth born | English poet laureate |
| 18 Apr 2020 | Wed | 1870 | 150 | Neville Chamberlain born | British Prime Minister |
| 19 Apr 2020 | Sun | 1770 | 250 | Captain James Cook reached Australia | |
| 28 Apr 2020 | Tue | 1770 | 250 | Captain James Cook lands in Australia | At Botany Bay. (His journal said Sunday 29th but civil time was 28th) |
| 06 May 2020 | Wed | 1840 | 180 | Penny Black issued | World's first stamp |
| 11 May 2020 | Mon | 1820 | 200 | Launch of HMS Beagle | The ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage |
| 12 May 2020 | Tue | 1820 | 200 | Florence Nightingale born | British nurse (Crimean War) |
| 02 Aug 2020 | Sun | 1820 | 200 | John Tyndall born | Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved the greenhouse effect of Earth's atmosphere |
| 14 Aug 2020 | Fri | 1870 | 150 | William Pye born | Bellringer who became the second person to ring 1000 peals |
| 02 Oct 2020 | Fri | 1870 | 200 | Mahatma Gandhi born | Pacifist and spiritual leader (real name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) |
| 21 Nov 2020 | Sat | 1620 | 400 | Mayflower lands in America | |
| 16 Dec 2020 | Wed | 1770 | 250 | Ludwig van Beethoven born | German composer |
| 31 Dec 2020 | Thu | 1720 | 300 | Bonnie Prince Charlie born | Charles Edward Stuart, 'The Young Pretender' |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 03 Feb 2021 | Wed | 1821 | 200 | Elizabeth Blackwell born | First woman physician, born in Bristol |
| 23 Feb 2021 | Tue | 1821 | 200 | John Keats died | Romantic poet. (died of tuberculosis aged 25) |
| 23 Mar 2021 | Tue | 2020 | 1 | Start of first Covid lockdown | Tolling after noon silence to remember those lost on 'Day of Reflection'. BellBoard event |
| 29 Mar 2021 | Mon | 1871 | 150 | Royal Albert Hall opened | By Queen Victoria |
| 17 Apr 2021 | Sat | 1951 | 70 | Peak District National Park created | Britain’s first National Park |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Wed | 1821 | 200 | James Robert Hawarth born | Professional ringer & tutor |
| 26 June 2021 | Sat | 1821 | 200 | Invention of Ellacombe Chimes | Rev H T Ellacombe, engineer/vicar of St Mary’s Bitton devised a mechanism for one person to chime the bells from a frame below the tower. See: http://www.bittonhistory.org.uk/ellacombe-chimes/ |
| 5 July 2021 | Mon | 2021 | | Social Care & Frontline Workers' Day | Bells rung 73 times at 8pm along with 'Clapping Our Heroes', see: https://www.nhsfrontlineday.org/programme/clapping-our-heroes-and-the-ringing-of-church-bells/ |
| 15 Aug 2021 | Sun | 1771 | 250 | Walter Scott born | Scottish novelist/poet |
| 19 Aug 2021 | Thu | 1871 | 150 | Orville Wright born | American pioneer aviator |
| 30 Aug 2021 | Mon | 1871 | 150 | Ernest Rutherford born | New Zealand physicist ‘father of nuclear physics’ |
| 5-12 Sep 2021 | Week | | | Cycle Tour of Britain | 2021 Tour of Britain |
| 21 Sep 2021 | Tue | | | Ringing for Peace & Heritage | Sponsored by Europa Nostra |
| 20 Oct 2021 | Wed | 1871 | 150 | Charles Babbage died | English mathematician who invented the Difference Engine, precursor of the computer |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Sat | | | (eve of) COP 26 Climate Summit hosted in Glasgow (31 Oct - 12 Nov) | Ringing at 6pm |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 23 Jan 2022 | Sat | 1997 | 25 | First female American Secretary of State | Madeleine Albright |
| 6 Feb 2022 | Sun | 1952 | 70 | Accession of Queen Elizabeth II | |
| 27 Feb 2022 | Sun | 1997 | 25 | Divorce became legal in Irish Republic | |
| 16 Mar 2022 | Wed | 1872 | 150 | First FA Cup held | Wanderers FC beat Royal Engineers AFC 1-0 at the Oval |
| 26 Mar 2022 | Sat | 1972 | 50 | Last trolleybus system in UK closed | In Bradford, after over 60 years operation. |
| 30 Mar 2022 | Wed | 1997 | 25 | Channel Five began broadcasting in UK | |
| 2-3 Jun 2022 | Thu-Fri | | | Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday | DCMS announcement |
| 24 Jun 2022 | Fri | 1822 | 200 | Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine | In a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society |
| 18 Jul 2022 | Mon | 1872 | 150 | Secret ballot introduced in Britain | No further Poll Books produced |
| 7-17 Jul 2022 | | | | World Games | World Games |
| 28 Jul - 8 Aug 2022 | | | | Commonwealth Games | In Birmingham UK Commonwealth Games |
| 31 Aug 2022 | Wed | 1997 | 25 | Death of Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| 5 Sep 2022 | Mon | 1997 | 25 | Death of Mother Teresa | Indian nun, missionary and saint |
| 6 Sep 2022 | Tue | 1522 | 500 | First ship known to circumnavigate the world | The Victoria, one of the ships that survived Magellan's expedition, |
| 5 Oct 2022 | Wed | 1972 | 50 | Formation of United Reformed Church | Official celebration will be a grand party on 1 October in London |
| 26 Oct 2022 | | 1822 | 200 | First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal | All Saints, Wakefield |
| 28 Oct 2022 | Fri | 1972 | 50 | First flight of Airbus A300 | The first Airbus aircraft |
| 5 Nov 2022 | Sat | 2022 | 0 | Ring out for climate! | 15-30 minutes at 5pm during COP27 |
| 18 Dec 2022 | Sun | 1922 | 100 | Irish Free State came into existence | |
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| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 2 Jan 2023 | Mon | 1998 | 25 | Frank Muir died | Famous comedian who rang in his youth |
| 11 Jan 2023 | Wed | 1973 | 50 | First graduates from the Open University | |
| 13 Mar 2023 | Mon | 2013 | 10 | Commonwealth Charter | Signed by Queen Elizabeth II. Ringing at 8pm requested to include at least 10 whole pulls of Queens. |
| 10 Apr 2023 | Mon | 1998 | 25 | Good Friday Agreement signed | Between British & Irish governments, & most N Ireland parties |
| 6 May | Sat | 2022 | 0 | Charles III crowned | Details of coordinated ringing TBA |
| 2 Jun 2023 | Fri | 1953 | 70 | Queen Elizabeth II crowned | |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Tue | 1898 | 125 | First solo circumnavigation of the globe | Completed at Rhode island by Joshua Slocum in Spray |
| 4 Jul 2023 | Tue | 1623 | 400 | William Byrd died | English composer |
| 28 Sep 2023 | Thu | 1923 | 100 | Radio Times first published | |
| 12 Nov 2023 | Sun | 1933 | 90 | First known photos of the 'Loch Ness Monster' taken | |
| 6 Dec 2023 | Wed | 1773 | 250 | First peal of Plain Bob Minor | At Garboldisham, Norfolk |
| 27 Dec 2023 | | 1773 | 250 | George Cayley born | Aviation pioneer who built & flew the first successful manned glider |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Sun | 1923 | 100 | Chimes of Big Ben first broadcast on radio | At Midnight to announce the New Year |
| Date | Day | Event Year | Anniversary | Event | Comment |
| 5 Feb 2024 | Mon | 1924 | 100 | The 'pips' first broadcast by the BBC | Hourly Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory |
| 4 Mar 2024 | Mon | 1824 | 200 | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded | Initially called the "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" |
| 6 Mar 2024 | Wed | 1899 | 125 | Aspirin first marketed | By Bayer |
| 21 Mar 2024 | Thu | 1874 | 150 | Guild of Devonshire Ringers founded | First territorial ringing society |
| 21 Mar 2024 | Thu | 1999 | 25 | First circumnavigation of the world in a hot air balloon | By Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones |
| 4 Apr 2024 | Thu | 1934 | 90 | First use of 'Cats eyes' on UK roads | Laid by Percy Shaw on a road near Bradford the day after he patented them |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Tue | 1924 | 100 | First Broadcast by British Monarch | George V, at the opening of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley |
| 9 May 2024 | Thu | 1924 | 100 | Brian Price born | Notable ringing composer who introduced the use of singles into Surprise |
| 19 May 2024 | Sun | 1824 | 200 | National Gallery in London opened to the public | |
| 20 May 2024 | Mon | 1976 | 50 | George Ernest Fearn died | Prominent Birmingham ringer |
| 26 May 2024 | Sun | 1999 | 25 | Welsh Assembly opened in Cardiff. | First for over 600 years |
| 5 Jun 2024 | Wed | 1774 | 250 | First peal of Kent Treble Bob Major | St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent |
| 6 Jun 2024 | Thu | 1944 | 80 | Normandy Landings (D-Day) | Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious invasion. Ring out for Peace at 6pm |
| 15 Jun 2024 | Sat | 1874 | 150 | Inaugural ringing by the Guild of Debvonshire Ringers | At St Andrew's Plymouth |
| 16 Jun 2024 | Sun | 1824 | 200 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) founded | |
| 1 Jul 2024 | Mon | 1999 | 25 | Scottish Executive received devolved powers from London | Scottish Parliament officially opened by Elizabeth II |
| 31 Jul 2024 | Wed | 1924 | 100 | Wilfrid Moreton born | Prominent Yorkshire ringer who founded the Hereford Ringing Course |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Tue | 1999 | 25 | First woman rowed across the Atlantic alone | Tori Murden, after 81 days |
For events with anniversaries in future years see here.
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