Date |
Day |
Anniv- ersary |
Event |
Event year |
Comment |
2016 |
31 May/1 Jun |
Tue – Wed |
100 |
Battle of Jutland |
1916 |
|
3 Jun |
Fri |
|
BBC Music Day |
|
Widespread ringing at 7pm. Let the BBC know you are taking part. |
10-12 Jun |
Fri – Sun |
(90) |
Celebration for Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday |
1926 |
Official birthday is 11 June (real birthday 21 April), see below |
12 Jun |
Sun |
|
National birthday ringing |
|
Plan your ringing and publicity for 10 – 12 June |
25 Jun |
Thu |
60 |
Friends of Cathedral Music founded |
1956 |
www.fcm.org.uk |
1 Jul |
Fri |
100 |
Battle of the Somme began |
1916 |
|
2 Sep |
Fri |
350 |
Great Fire of London began |
1666 |
|
8 Sep |
Thu |
|
Challenge 500 |
|
Widespread ringing at 6pm – register with Heritage Open Days. |
8-11 Sep |
Thu-Sun |
|
Heritage Open Days |
|
See Challenge 500 above: |
14 Oct |
Fri |
950 |
Battle of Hastings |
1066 |
|
17 Oct |
Mon |
60 |
Calder Hall power station opened |
1956 |
World’s first commercial scale nuclear power station |
28 Oct |
Fri |
800 |
Henry III crowned |
1216 |
Re-enactment there on the day |
18 Nov |
Fri |
100 |
Battle of the Somme ended |
1916 |
One of the bloodiest in human history |
25 Dec |
Sun |
950 |
William the Conqueror crowned |
1066 |
|
30 Dec |
Fri |
50 |
First peal of 23-spliced all the work Major rung |
1966 |
|
2017 |