Historic Anniversaries & other events

 
 

Other historic events, with notable anniversaries in recent years are listed here. You may also be interested in annual events: church festivals, or notable annual secular days. Back to list of Things To Ring For

DateDayEvent YearAnniversaryEventComment
14 Jan 2025Tues1725300James Barham bornLeading 18th century ringer who conducted the 40,320 in 1761
19 Jan 2025Sun1725300First peal of Grandsire CinquesSt Bride's, Fleet Street, London
24 Jan 2025Fri196560Winston Churchill died
27 Mar 2025Thu1625400King James o of England and VI of Scotland died
27 Mar 2025Thu1625400King Charles I acceded to the English throne
4 Apr 2025Fri1875150William Chattell diedProminent Birmingham ringer and teacher
23 Apr 2025Wed1775250Joseph M W Turner bornFamous English landscape artist
26 Apr 2025Wed1775250First peal of Grandsire MajorSt Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel
26 Apr 2025Sat1725300First peal of Plain Bob MajorSt Bride's, Fleet Street, London
8 May 2025Thu194580VE DayRinging for peace at 6.30pm
3 Jul 2025Thu1875150Yorkshire Association of Change RingersMotion passed in York to initiate the formation of the society
7 Aug 2025Thu1875150Yorkshire Association of Change RingersRules of the society adopted at a meeting in Leeds
10 Aug 2025Sun1675350Royal Greenwich Observatory foundedKing Charles II laid the first stone
15 Aug 2025Fri194580VJ DayRinging for peace
24 Aug 2025Sun1875150Captain Matthew Webb swam the English ChannelFirst person to do so, in 21 hours 45 mins
27 Sep 2025Sat1825200Stockton to Darlington Railway openedFirst service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains
30 Oct 2025Thu1875150Yorkshire Association of Change RingersFirst meeting of the society at Birstall
22 Nov 2025Sat1725300First peal of Plain Bob RoyalSt Bride's, Fleet Street, London
29 Nov 2025Sat1875150Society of Framland Ringers foundedAt Waltham on the Wolds
16 Dec 2025Sun1775250Jane Austen bornProminent English author
DateDayEvent YearAnniversaryEventComment
8 Jan 2026Thu1876150Jabez Armiger Trollope bornNotable ringer & author
21 Jan 2026Wed197650First commercial supersonic flightConcorde from London Heathrow to Bahrain
26 Jan 2026Mon1926100First demonstration of televisionAt the Royal Institute in London
30 Jan 2026Fri1826200Menai Straits Bridge openedThe world's first modern suspension bridge, designed by Thomas Telford
26 Feb 2026Thu1726300First peal of Plain Bob MaximusSt Bride, St Bride's, Fleet Street, London
7 Mar 2026Sat1926100First 2-way transatlantic phone callBetween the Post Office in London and Bell Labs in New York
10 Mar 2026Tue1876150First telephone callBy Alexander Graham Bell
17 Mar 2026Tue1776250John Harrison bornClock maker who also wrote on bell manufacture
26 Mar 2026Thu197650Queen Elizabeth II sent the first Royal emailFrom Malvern, Worcs.
8 May 2026Fri1926100David Atenborough bornBroadcaster & environmental advocate
10 Jun 2026Wed1876150Lancashire Association of Change Ringers first meetingAt Chorley National School-room
11 Jun 2026Thu1776250John Constable bornEnglish painter
20 Jun 2026Sat1726300First municipal fire brigadeBeverley, East Yorkshire
14 Oct 2026Wed1926100Winnie the Pooh published as a bookBy A A Milne
4 Nov 2026Wed1876150William Henry Barber bornProminent Birmingham ringer who conducted the first handbell peal in Scotland.
DateDayEvent YearAnniversaryEventComment
7 Mar 2027Sun1777270First peal of Grandsire DoublesSt Lawrence, Alton, Hants
4 Apr 2027Sun1877150Norwich Diocesan Association founded
30 Apr 2027Fri1927100First peal of Superlative Surprise MaximusSt Mary le Tower, Ipswich
10 Oct 2027Sun1877150William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield bornEnglish motor magnate & philanthropist
24 Nov 2027Wed1877150Durham Association of Ringers inaugural meetingHeld at North Shields. (Precursor to Durham & Newcastle Association)
13 Dec 2027Mon1577450Francis Drake sets out on round the world voyageFrom Plymouth
DateDayEvent YearAnniversaryEventComment
5 Jan 2028Wed1778250First peal of Kent Treble Bob RoyalSt Nicholas, Leeds, Kent
8 Jan 2028Sat1878159Gloucester & Bristol Association founded
13 Jan 2028Thu1878150John Sparkes Goldsmith bornProprietor and first editor of The Ringing World
12 Oct 2028Thu1878150Bertam Prewitt bornProminent peal ringer & conductor killed in WW1

Other historic events, with notable anniversaries in recent years are listed here. You may also be interested in annual events: church festivals, or notable annual secular days. Back to list of Things To Ring For

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