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2009 Back to: Things to ring for | |||||
17 Jan | Sat | 1209 | 800 | 800th anniversary of Cambridge University | 800 of Cambridge rung around the world |
2010 | |||||
2011 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
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 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
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 |
4 Nov | Sun | 1942 | 70 | Battle of El Alamein | Turning point in World War 2 |
2013 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
10 Jan | Thu | 1863 | 150 | World’s first underground railway opened to the public | 6km of the Metropolitan Line between Paddington & Farringdon |
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 |
25 Apr | Thu | 1943 | 70 | Wartime ban on ringing lifted for service ringing | The ban was lifted for all ringing in June |
15 May | Wed | 1863 | 150 | Frank Hornby born | Inventor of Meccano and Hornby model railways |
22 May | Wed | 1813 | 200 | Richard Wagner born | German composer |
2 Jun | Sun | 1953 | 60 | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II | |
28 Jun | Fri | 1838 | 175 | Coronation of Queen Victoria | |
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 |
4 Aug | 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 | Wed | 1963 | 50 | Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech | |
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 |
10 Oct | Thu | 1813 | 200 | Giuseppe Verdi born | Italian Romantic composer |
16 Nov | 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 | Tue | 1863 | 150 | Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address | During the American Civil War |
22 Nov | Fri | 1913 | 100 | Benjamin Britten born | British composer |
22 Nov | Fri | 1963 | 50 | John F Kennedy assassinated | 35th US President |
24 Dec | Tue | 1863 | 150 | William Makepeace Thackeray died | British novelist |
2014 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
25 Apr | Fri | 1874 | 140 | Guglielmo Marconi born | Father of long distance Radio Transmission |
26 Apr | Sat | 1564 | 450 | William Shakespeare baptised | Date of birth unknown |
6 May | Tue | 1954 | 60 | Roger Banister runs the mile in 4 minutes | First person to do so |
20 May | Tue | 1514 | 500 | Royal Charter granted to Trinity House General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, and British territorial waters (except) Scotland | |
7 Jun | Sat | 1954 | 50 | Alan Turing died | British mathematician, pioneer of computer science |
24 Jun | Tue | 1314 | 700 | Battle of Bannockburn | |
31 Jul | Thu | 1714 | 300 | Queen Anne died | |
1 Aug | Fri | 1714 | 300 | Accession of George I | |
4 Aug | Mon | 1914 | 100 | Britain entered First World War | Ringing for First World War centenary |
22 Aug | Fri | 1864 | 150 | First Geneva Convention signed | |
20 Oct | Mon | 1714 | 300 | Coronation of King George I | |
22 Oct | Wed | 1814 | 200 | First plastic surgery in Britain | |
2015 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
Jan-Dec | FirstPeal2015 | A year long initiative to mark a special year for ringing | |||
20 Jan | Tue | 1265 | 750 | First English Parliament held | |
24 Jan | Sat | 1965 | 50 | Winston Churchill died | |
4 Mar | Wed | 1890 | 125 | Forth Rail Bridge opened | |
24 Apr | Fri | 1965 | 50 | Pennine Way – Opening ceremony on Malham Moor | Britain’s first long distance footpath (267 miles) |
2 May | Sat | 1715 | 300 | First recorded peal | Plain Bob Triples at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich |
8 May | Fri | 1945 | 70 | VE Day | World War II end of hostilities in Europe |
31 May | Sun | 1975 | 40 | First National Twelve-bell Striking Competition | St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol |
14 Jun | Sun | 800 | Grand Ringing Day for Magna Carta | Magna Carta, the Grand Ringing Day and LiberTeas | |
15 Jun | Mon | 1215 | 800 | Magna Carta sealed | By King John, on Runnymede Island |
18 Jun | Thu | 1815 | 200 | Battle of Waterloo | |
4 Jul | Sat | 1865 | 150 | Alice in Wonderland published | |
15 Aug | Sat | 1945 | 70 | VJ Day | World War II end of hostilities in Japan |
9 Sep | Wed | Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning British Monarch | Surpassing the record of Queen Victoria (63 years & 216 days) | ||
28 Sep | Mon | 1865 | 150 | Britain’s first Woman doctor qualified | |
25 Oct | Sun | 1415 | 600 | Battle of Agincourt | Henry V victory on St Crispins Day |
2016 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
Unknown | 1666 | 350 | Isaac Newton discovered gravity | ||
6 Jan | Wed | 1066 | 950 | Harold crowned King of England | |
21 Jan | Thu | 1976 | 40 | Concorde’s first commercial flight | London to Bahrain & Paris to Rio |
18 Feb | Thu | 1516 | 500 | Queen Mary Tudor born | |
31 Mar | Thu | 1891 | 125 | First meeting of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers | |
21 Apr | Thu | 1926 | 90 | Queen Elizabeth II born | See also Official Birthday weekend in June |
20 Apr | Wed | 1916 | 100 | Sir A P Heywood died | Founder and first president of the Central Council. [Ringing biography] |
23 Apr | Sat | 1616 | 400 | William Shakespeare died | |
23-24 Apr | 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/1 Jun | Tue – Wed | 1916 | 100 | Battle of Jutland | |
3 Jun | Fri | BBC Music Day | Widespread ringing at 7pm. Let the BBC know you are taking part. | ||
10-12 Jun | Fri – Sun | 1926 | (90) | Celebration for Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday | 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 | 1956 | 60 | Friends of Cathedral Music founded | www.fcm.org.uk |
1 Jul | Fri | 1916 | 100 | Battle of the Somme began | |
2 Sep | Fri | 1666 | 350 | Great Fire of London began | |
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 | 1066 | 950 | Battle of Hastings | |
17 Oct | Mon | 1956 | 60 | Calder Hall power station opened | World’s first commercial scale nuclear power station |
28 Oct | Fri | 1216 | 800 | Henry III crowned | Re-enactment there on the day |
18 Nov | Fri | 1916 | 100 | Battle of the Somme ended | One of the bloodiest in human history |
25 Dec | Sun | 1066 | 950 | William the Conqueror crowned | |
30 Dec | Fri | 1966 | 50 | First peal of 23-spliced all the work Major rung | |
2017 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
6 Jan | Fri | 1007 | 1000 | Coronation of King Cnut – in London | (Also known as Canute) |
11 Jan | Wed | 1717 | 300 | first 10-bell peal rung | 5040 Grandsire Caters at St Brides, in Fleet Street by London Scholars |
17 Feb | Fri | 1867 | 150 | First ship passes through Suez Canal | |
21 Mar | 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 April | Sun | 1867 | 150 | Wilbur Wright born | American pioneer of manned flight |
8 Jun | Thu | 1867 | 150 | Frank Lloyd Wright born | American architect (‘greatest American architect of all time’) |
18 Jul | Tue | 1817 | 200 | Jane Austen died | English novelist (Pride and Prejudice) |
3 Aug | Thu | 1867 | 150 | Stanley Baldwin born | British prime minister |
27 Sep | Wed | 1817 | 200 | Hiram R Revels born | 1st African American US senator |
4 Oct | Wed | 1957 | 60 | Sputnik launched | World’s first artificial satellite |
31 Oct | Tue | 1517 | 500 | Martin Luther’s ‘Ninety Five Themes’ began the Protestant Reformation | |
4 Nov | Sat | 1942 | 75 | Battle of El Alamein | Turning point in World War 2 |
15 Nov | Wed | 1942 | 75 | Ban on ringing lifted for one Sunday | Winston Churchill’s request victory ringing after El Alamein |
17 Nov | Fri | – | – | Peal for Pudsey! | Fund raising for Children in Need |
20 Nov | Mon | 1947 | 70 | Marriage of Queen Elizabeth & Duke of Edinburgh | |
23 Nov | Thu | 1917 | 100 | Bell ringing to mark initial British success in the Battle of Cambrai | The first tank battle |
25 Nov | Sat | 1867 | 150 | Alfred Nobel patented dynamite | Founder of the Nobel prizes |
10 Dec | Sun | 2008 | 9 | ‘We sound the bell in Europe to support Human Rights’ | Italian initiative supported in Germany & UK – ringing at 8pm |
2018 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
1 Jan | Mon | 1818 | 200 | Publication of Frankenstein | By Mary Shelley — published anonymously |
14 Jan | Sun | 1818 | 200 | James Barham died | Bellringer who conducted the extent of Major rung in relays in 1761. [Ringing biography] |
6 Feb | Tue | 1918 | 100 | Women first get the vote in Britain | Representation of the People Act |
1 Apr | Sun | 1918 | 100 | Formation of the Royal Air Force | Amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service |
25 Apr | Wed | 1943 | 75 | Wartime ban on ringing lifted for service ringing | The ban was lifted for all ringing in June |
4 May | Fri | 1818 | 200 | Treaty against illegal slave handling | Signed by Britain & Netherlands |
5 May | Sat | 1818 | 200 | Karl Marx born | German philosopher |
10 May | Thu | 1818 | 200 | Paul Revere died | American patriot and bell founder |
19 May | Sat | 2018 | 0 | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry | St George’s Chapel, Windsor |
6 Jun | Wed | 1868 | 150 | Robert Falcon Scott born | Leader of the ill-fated south pole expedition |
7 Jun | Thu | 1868 | 150 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh born | Influential Scottish architect and artist |
2 Jul | Mon | 1928 | 90 | Equal voting rights for women and men in Britain | Equal Franchise Act |
20 Jul | Mon | 1818 | 200 | Emily Brontë born | English novelist (Wuthering Heights) |
16 Aug | Thu | 1768 | 250 | Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth aboard the Endeavour | His first voyage bound for the Pacific Ocean |
26 Aug | Sun | 1718 | 300 | First peal of Grandsire Triples | At St Peter Mancroft, Norwich |
25 Sep | Tue | 1818 | 200 | First human blood transfusion | |
21 Oct | Sun | 1958 | 60 | First women peers enter House of Lords | |
11 Nov | Sun | 1918 | 100 | End of First World War hostilities | Ringing for Armistice and for Peace Article about ringing during the centenary of the war |
6 Dec | Thu | 1768 | 250 | First publication of Encyclopaedia Britannica | First of 100 weekly parts. It was completed by 1771 |
10 Dec | Mon | 1868 | 150 | First traffic signals in Britain | |
19 Dec | Wed | 1843 | 175 | Dickens publishes ‘A Christmas Carol’ | |
2019 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
19 Feb | Tue | 1819 | 200 | Henry Haley born | Bellringer who conducted the first peal outside the British Isles, at Philadelphia in 1850. [Ringing biography] |
2 Mar | Sat | 1969 | 50 | Concorde’s first flight | |
3 Mar | Sun | 1869 | 150 | Sir Henry Wood born | Founder of ‘The Proms’ |
24/25 Mar | Sun/Mon | 1944 | 75 | ‘The Great Escape’ | From Stalag Luft III PoW camp |
28 Mar | Thu | 1819 | 200 | Sir Joseph Bazalgette born | English civil engineer who created London‘s sewage system |
4 Apr | Tue | 1949 | 70 | Nato founded | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
1 May | Wed | 1769 | 250 | Arthur Wellesley born | Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister |
2 May | Thu | 1519 | 500 | Leonardo da Vinci died | Renaissance architect, engineer, and painter (Mona Lisa) |
10 May | Fri | 1994 | 25 | Nelson Mandella becomes President of South Africa | |
24 May | fri | 1819 | 200 | Queen Victoria born | |
5 Jun | Wed | 1949 | 70 | First appearance of Noddy | In ‘Noddy Goes to Toyland’ by Enid Blyton |
12 Jun | Wed | 1819 | 200 | Charles Kingsley born | English vicar/historian, author of The Water-Babies |
28 Jun | Fri | 1919 | 100 | Treaty of Versailles | Formal end of First World War Ringing for First World War centenary |
20 Jul | Sat | 1969 | 50 | First manned lunar landing | Appollo 11 at 20:17 UTC |
21 Jul | Sun | 1969 | 50 | First people to walk on moon | Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin at 02:56 UTC |
19 Aug | Mon | 1819 | 200 | James Watt died | Scottish inventor who played a critical role in the development of the steam engine |
20 Aug | Tue | 1819 | 200 | Prince Albert born | |
20 Sep | Tue | 1519 | 700 | Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the world | |
6 Oct | Sun | 1769 | 250 | Captain Cook reaches New Zealand | |
17 Nov | Sun | 1869 | 150 | Suez Canal inaugurated | |
22 Nov | Fri | 1819 | 200 | George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) born | English author |
28 Nov | Thu | 1919 | 100 | First female MP enters parliament | Nancy, Viscountess Astor took her seat in the Commons |
2020 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
10 Jan | Fri | 1840 | 180 | Postal service began in Britain | Penny Post |
12 Jan | Sun | 1820 | 200 | Royal Astronomical Society founded | |
17 Jan | Fri | 1820 | 200 | Anne Brontë born | English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) |
29 Jan | Wed | 1820 | 200 | King George III died | |
10 Feb | Mon | 1840 | 180 | Queen Victoria & Prince Albert married | |
18 Mar | Wed | 1870 | 150 | Neville Chamberlain born | British Prime Minister |
7 Apr | Tue | 1770 | 250 | William Wordsworth born | English poet laureate |
19 Apr | Sun | 1770 | 250 | Captain James Cook reached Australia | |
28 Apr | Tue | 1770 | 250 | Captain James Cook lands in Australia | At Botany Bay. (His journal said Sunday 29th but civil time was 28th) |
6 May | Wed | 1840 | 180 | Penny Black issued | World’s first stamp |
11 May | Mon | 1820 | 200 | Launch of HMS Beagle | The ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage |
12 May | Tue | 1820 | 200 | Florence Nightingale born | British nurse (Crimean War) |
2 Aug | 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 | Fri | 1870 | 150 | William Pye born | Bellringer who became the second person to ring 1000 peals |
2 Oct | Fri | 1870 | 200 | Mahatma Gandhi born | Pacifist and spiritual leader (real name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) |
21 Nov | Sat | 1620 | 400 | Mayflower lands in America | |
16 Dec | Wed | 1770 | 250 | Ludwig van Beethoven born | German composer |
31 Dec | Thu | 1720 | 300 | Bonnie Prince Charlie born | Charles Edward Stuart, ‘The Young Pretender’ |
2021 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
29 Jan | Fri | 1921 | 100 | First peal of Yorkshire Surprise Royal | All Saints, Chesterfield |
3 Feb | Wed | 1821 | 200 | Elizabeth Blackwell born | First woman physician, born in Bristol |
23 Feb | Tue | 1821 | 200 | John Keats died | Romantic poet. (died of tuberculosis aged 25) |
29 Mar | Mon | 1871 | 150 | Royal Albert Hall opened | By Queen Victoria |
17 Apr | Sat | 1951 | 70 | Peak District National Park created | Britain’s first National Park |
15 Aug | Sun | 1771 | 250 | Walter Scott born | Scottish novelist/poet |
19 Aug | Thu | 1871 | 150 | Orville Wright born | American pioneer aviator |
30 Aug | Mon | 1871 | 150 | Ernest Rutherford born | New Zealand physicist ‘father of nuclear physics’ |
20 Oct | Wed | 1871 | 150 | Charles Babbage died | English mathematician who invented the Difference Engine, precursor of the computer |
5 Nov | Fri | 1821 | 200 | First peal of Superlative Surprise Major | St Peter, Huddersfield |
10 Nov | Wed | 1871 | 150 | Henry Morton Stanley met David Livingstone | At Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika with the immortal words ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’ |
2022 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
22 Jan | Sat | 1997 | 25 | First female American Secretary of State | Madeleine Albright |
27 Feb | Sun | 1997 | 25 | Divorce became legal in Irish Republic | |
16 Mar | Wed | 1872 | 150 | First FA Cup held | Wanderers FC beat Royal Engineers AFC 1-0 at the Oval |
26 Mar | Sat | 1972 | 50 | Last trolleybus system in UK closed | In Bradford, after over 60 years operation |
30 Mar | Wed | 1997 | 25 | Chanel Five began broadcasting in UK | |
24 Jun | Fri | 1822 | 200 | Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine | In a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society |
18 Jul | Mon | 1872 | 150 | Secret ballot introduced in Britain | No further Poll Books produced |
31 Aug | Wed | 1997 | 25 | Death of Diana, Princess of Wales | |
5 Sep | Mon | 1997 | 25 | Death of Mother Teresa | Indian nun, missionary and saint |
6 Sep | Tue | 1522 | 500 | First ship known to circumnavigate the world | The Victoria, one of the ships that survived Magellan’s expedition |
26 Oct | Wed | 1822 | 200 | First peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal | All Saints, Wakefield |
28 Oct | Fri | 1972 | 50 | First flight of Airbus A300 | The first Airbus aircraft |
18 Dec | Sun | 1922 | 100 | Irish Free State came into existence | |
2023 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
2 Jan | Mon | 1998 | 25 | Frank Muir died | Famous comedian who rang in his youth [Ringing biography] |
11 Feb | Sat | 1873 | 150 | First peal of Cambridge Surprise Major | St Peter, Bennington, Hertfordshire |
10 Apr | Mon | 1998 | 25 | Good Friday Agreement signed
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Between the British & Irish governments, & most political parties in Northern Ireland |
2 Jun | Fri | 1953 | 70 | Queen Elizabeth II crowned | |
27 Jun | Tue | 1898 | 125 | First solo circumnavigation of the globe | Completed at Rhode island by Joshua Slocum in Spray |
4 Jul | Tue | 1623 | 400 | William Byrd died | English composer |
25 Sep | Mon | 1763 | 259 | First peal of Stedman Doubles | St Andrew, Birmingham |
28 Sep | Thu | 1923 | 100 | Radio Times first published | |
11 Oct | Wed | 1773 | 250 | First peal of Grandsire Major | St George, Southwark, London |
6 Dec | Wed | 1773 | 250 | First peal of Plain Bob Minor | At Garboldisham, Norfolk |
31 Dec | Sun | 1923 | 100 | Chimes of Big Ben first broadcast on radio | At Midnight to announce the New Year |
2024 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
5 Feb | Mon | 1924 | 100 | The ‘pips’ first broadcast by the BBC | Hourly Time Signals from the Royal Greenwich Observatory |
4 Mar | Mon | 1824 | 200 | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded | Initially called the “National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck” |
6 Mar | Wed | 1899 | 125 | Aspirin first marketed | By Bayer |
21 Mar | Thu | 1999 | 25 | First circumnavigation of the world in a hot air balloon | By Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones |
23 Apr | Tue | 1934 | 100 | First Broadcast by British Monarch | George V, at the opening of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley |
9 May | Thu | 1924 | 100 | Brian Price born | Notable ringing composer who introduced the use of singles into Surprise [Ringing biography] |
19 May | Sun | 1824 | 200 | National Gallery in London opened to the public | |
26 May | Sun | 1999 | 25 | Welsh Assembly opened in Cardiff | First for over 600 years |
5 Jun | Wed | 1774 | 250 | First peal of Kent Treble Bob Major | St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent |
16 Jun | Sun | 1824 | 200 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) founded | |
1 Jul | Mon | 1999 | 25 | Scottish Executive received devolved powers from London | Scottish Parliament officially opened by Elizabeth II |
31 Jul | Wed | 1924 | 100 | Wilfrid Moreton born | Prominent Yorkshire ringer who founded the Hereford Ringing Course. [Ringing biography] |
3 Dec | Tue | 1999 | 25 | First woman rowed solo across the Atlantic | Tori Murden, in 81 days |
2025 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
9 Jan | Sun | 1725 | 300 | First peal of Grandsire Cinques | St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London |
24 Jan | Fri | 1965 | 60 | Winston Churchill died | |
4 Apr | Fri | 1875 | 150 | William Chattell died | Prominent Birmingham ringer and teacher [Ringing biography] |
26 Apr | Sat | 1725 | 300 | First peal of Plain Bob Major | St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London |
24 Aug | Sun | 1875 | 150 | Captain Matthew Webb swam the English Channel | First person to do so, in 21 hours 45 mins |
27 Sep | Sat | 1825 | 200 | Stockton to Darlington Railway opened | First service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains |
22 Nov | Sat | 1725 | 300 | First peal of Plain Bob Royal | St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London |
2026 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||
30 Jan | Fri | 1826 | 200 | Menai Straits Bridge opened | The world’s first modern suspension bridge, designed by Thomas Telford |
26 Feb | Thu | 1726 | 300 | First peal of Plain Bob Maximus | St Bride, St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London |
2027 Back to: Things to ring for See also: Notable Secular Annual Days | |||||