All Year Round Calendar (2010)
Every calendar month contains someting different and interesting. So, don't worry, there's always something to celebrate.
January
1.1. New Year's Day
1.1. New Year Superstition
2.1. Unluckiest Day Of The Year
5.1. Twelfth Night
6.1. Epiphany or Twelfth Day
7.1. St Distaff's Day
13.1. Coldest Month And The Day Of The Year
20.1. St Agnes's Eve
25.1. Burns Night
February
2.2. Candlemas Day
8.2. Mysterious footprints
12-14.2. Borrowed Days
14.2. Valentine's Day
16.2. Shrove Tuesday
17.2. Ash Wednesday
19.2. Kissing Friday
22.2. Thinking Day
29.2. Leap Year Day
March
1.3. St David's Day
5.3. St Piran's Day
14.3. Mother's Day
14.3. Simnel Sunday
17.3. St Patrick's Day
25.3. Lady Day
25.3. Superstition
25.3. The Tichborne Dole
28.3. Palm Sunday
31.3. Oranges And Lemons
1.4. Maundy Thursday/ Holy Thursday (2010)
2.4. Good Friday (2010)
4.4. Deffodil Sunday
4.4. Easter Day (2010)
6.4. Candle Auctions
14.4. St Tiburtius' Day
19.4. Primrose Day
23.4. St George's Day
21. or 22.6. The Longest Day
24.6. Midsummers Day
25.7 Honiton Fair in Devon
25.7 St James' Day
Harvest Festival: Traditionally 24th September use to be the day when harvesting began in medieval England.
29.9. Michaelmas Day
14.9. Holy Rood Day
October is the time when you can see the trees changing, leaves all over the place and everything is so colourful. Autumn can be very beautiful month..
7.10. Lost Traveller Story
10.10. Old Michaelmas Day
18.10. St Luke's Day
1.10. English Pudding Season
4.10. St Francis Day
21.10. Apple Day
31.10. Halloween
11.11. Armistice Day
12.11. St Cecilia's Day
Stir Up Sunday:
30.11. St Andrews Day
On 25th, Christmas is held. Christmas is a big thing to Christians because they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
The season of Advent starts at the beginnig of December. The word advent means 'coming', and it means: time of preparation for the coming feast of Christmas.
6.12. St Nicholas Day
17.12. Lord Of Misrule
28.12. Holy Innocents Day
25.12. Christmas Day
31.12. New Year's Eve
25.3. The Tichborne Dole
28.3. Palm Sunday
31.3. Oranges And Lemons
April
1.4. April Fool's Day
1.4. Maundy Thursday/ Holy Thursday (2010)
2.4. Good Friday (2010)
4.4. Deffodil Sunday
4.4. Easter Day (2010)
6.4. Candle Auctions
14.4. St Tiburtius' Day
19.4. Primrose Day
23.4. St George's Day
May
1.5. May Day
June
13.6. Trooping The Colours (this picture's from 2012)
21. or 22.6. The Longest Day
24.6. Midsummers Day
July
15.7. St Swithin's Day
25.7 Honiton Fair in Devon
25.7 St James' Day
August
August doesn't really any special days that you would celebrate every year.September
The missing 11 days: Between 3 and 13 September 1752, nothing whatsoever happend in British history.Harvest Festival: Traditionally 24th September use to be the day when harvesting began in medieval England.
29.9. Michaelmas Day
14.9. Holy Rood Day
October
7.10. Lost Traveller Story
10.10. Old Michaelmas Day
18.10. St Luke's Day
1.10. English Pudding Season
4.10. St Francis Day
21.10. Apple Day
31.10. Halloween
November
1.11. All Saints' Day
2.11. All Souls' Day
4.11. Mischief Night
5.11. Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night)
11.11. Martinmas Day
11.11. Armistice Day
12.11. St Cecilia's Day
Stir Up Sunday:
30.11. St Andrews Day
December
Christmas Month: December is very much associated with Christmas.On 25th, Christmas is held. Christmas is a big thing to Christians because they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
The season of Advent starts at the beginnig of December. The word advent means 'coming', and it means: time of preparation for the coming feast of Christmas.
6.12. St Nicholas Day
17.12. Lord Of Misrule
28.12. Holy Innocents Day
25.12. Christmas Day
31.12. New Year's Eve
Anniversaries
January:
1st - In 1772 the London Credit Exchange Company issued the first traveler's checks.
1st - In 1927 the BBC began broadcasting its first programmes.
1st - In 1931 Traffic policemen were introduced in Great Britain.
2nd - On this same date in 1770, a huge Christmas pie was baked in London for holiday consumption. According to the Newcastle, the pie was made of "two bushels of flour, twenty pounds of butter, four geese, two turkeys, two rabbits, for wild ducks, two
woodcocks, six snipes, four partridges, two neats' tongues, two curlews,
seven blackbirds, and six pigeons.. It was nearly nine feet in
circumference at bottom, weigh[ed] about twelve stone."
4th - In 1809 Louis Braille was born. An accident caused him to lose his sight when he was three years old.
9th - Income Tax was first introduced, at two shillings in the pound.
10th - In 1863 the London Underground began operate.
11th - In 1954 the first televised weather broadcast featured a presenter on screen was transmitted from the BBC's Lime Grove Studio.
11th - In 1864, Charing Cross Station, in London opened.
14th - In 1986 Motorists were required by law to wear seat belts.
17th - In 1912 Robert Scott and his party reached the South Pole.
18th - In 1882 A.A. Milne was born. He was an English author of Winnie the Pooh stories.
21st - In 1930 the BBC in London made its first world broadcast.
25th - In 1759 Robert Burns was born.
26th - Australia Day
27th - In 1756 one of the world's greatest music composers was born in Austria, Mozard.
28th - In 1807 London's Pall Mall became the first street in the world to be lit by gas lights.
29th - In 1856 the Victoria Cross originated.
February:
5th - In 1788 Robert Peel was born. And that formed the first police force in London, nickname 'Bobbies'.
6th - On this day in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne.
7th - In 1812 Charles Dickens was born. A famous English writer and the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
8th - In 1750 a minor earthquake shook Britain.
8th - A strange thing occurred in Devon (an area in England).
11th - In 1578 Sir Francis Drake became the first known Englishman to sail the pacific.
11th - In 1847 Thomas Edison was born. He was an American businessman and inventor.Thomas Edison invented more than 1,000 inventions, and the phonograph and the motion-picture projector were only a few of his inventions.
12th - In 1809 Charles Darwin was born. He was an English naturalist.
14th - St Valentines Day
15th - Britain went decimal in 1971. On the 11th and 12th all the banks were shut to prepare for the change over. Every cash register in the country had to be changed.
20th - In 1896 the cinema came to Britain when a programme of films was shown for the very first time to a paying audience.
23rd - In 1685 George Frederick Handel was born. He was famous for his oratorios, operas, anthems and organ concertos.
23rd - In 1632 Samuel Pepys was born. He was a member of Parliament and an English naval administrator.
March:
3rd - In 1847 Alexander Bell was born, inventor of the telephone.
15th - On this date in 44BC, Julius Caesar was murdered. In the Roman calendar, this date was the 'Ideas of March'. The day on which the month was divided into two equal parts.
18th - In 1935, 30 mile an hour speed limit imposed on built up areas.
22nd - In 1888 an English football league was formed.
23rd - For the first time goal nets were used for the English football in 1891.
25th - In 1948 London Heathrow Airport opened.
26th - The first daily weather forecast's anniversary.
29th - On this date in 1886 Coca-Cola was introduced.
31st - In 1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris was officially opened.
April:
February:
5th - In 1788 Robert Peel was born. And that formed the first police force in London, nickname 'Bobbies'.
6th - On this day in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne.
7th - In 1812 Charles Dickens was born. A famous English writer and the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
8th - In 1750 a minor earthquake shook Britain.
8th - A strange thing occurred in Devon (an area in England).
11th - In 1578 Sir Francis Drake became the first known Englishman to sail the pacific.
11th - In 1847 Thomas Edison was born. He was an American businessman and inventor.Thomas Edison invented more than 1,000 inventions, and the phonograph and the motion-picture projector were only a few of his inventions.
12th - In 1809 Charles Darwin was born. He was an English naturalist.
14th - St Valentines Day
15th - Britain went decimal in 1971. On the 11th and 12th all the banks were shut to prepare for the change over. Every cash register in the country had to be changed.
20th - In 1896 the cinema came to Britain when a programme of films was shown for the very first time to a paying audience.
23rd - In 1685 George Frederick Handel was born. He was famous for his oratorios, operas, anthems and organ concertos.
23rd - In 1632 Samuel Pepys was born. He was a member of Parliament and an English naval administrator.
March:
3rd - In 1847 Alexander Bell was born, inventor of the telephone.
15th - On this date in 44BC, Julius Caesar was murdered. In the Roman calendar, this date was the 'Ideas of March'. The day on which the month was divided into two equal parts.
18th - In 1935, 30 mile an hour speed limit imposed on built up areas.
22nd - In 1888 an English football league was formed.
23rd - For the first time goal nets were used for the English football in 1891.
25th - In 1948 London Heathrow Airport opened.
26th - The first daily weather forecast's anniversary.
29th - On this date in 1886 Coca-Cola was introduced.
31st - In 1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris was officially opened.
April:
1st - VAT (= Value Added Tax) was introduced in Britain in 1973.
2nd - Hans Christian Anderson was born in 1805 in Denmark. He died in 1875. He was famous for his fairy tales. He wrote potry and fables as well.
2nd - The Falklands War was on 2nd- 14th June 1982.
5th - Pocahontas got married in 1640.
6th - In 1909, North Pole was reached by Robert Edwin Peary.
7th - The first matches were sold in 1827.
8th - Buddhists celebrate the birth of the Buddha. (Buddhas Birthday).
8th - Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso died in 1973, aged 91.
9th - Brunel (Great Western Railway ) was born in 1806.
10th - The signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
12th - Union Flag became the official flag of the United Kingdom in 1606.
12th - Yuri Gagarin made the first flight into space in 1961.
13th - Jow Payne (Luton Town F.C.) scored ten goals in one match in 1936.
14th - Highway Code first issued in 1931.
15th - R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.
16th - Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889.
18th - The first launderette opened in 1934.
19th - The Post Office introduced post marks in Britain in 1978.
21st - Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926.
22nd - Earth Day.
23rd - St. George's Day. Patron Saint of England and also of Scouting.
23rd - William Shakespeare was born in 1584 and he died in 1613. He was born in Stratford on Avon. He was rewriting old plays, writing plays himself and acting small parts and that's how he earned his living. His plays were written in verse.
25th - In 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discovered DNA, the building blocks of all life forms. In 1962 they received the Nober Prize for Physiology, and then their achievement was recognised.
26th - In 1957 "The Sky at Night" was the first broadcast.
27th - Samuel Morse was born in 1791. Learn and practice Morse Code.
May:
1st - Labour Day.
1st - May Day.
5th - The first woman, Amy Johnson, flew solo from England to Australia in 1930.
6th - In 1840 "Penny Black" was the world's first postage stamp, became valid for use in teh UK.
6th - Roger Bannister ran a mile in less than four minutes in 1954.
8th - 1945. VE (=Victory in Europe) Day.
9th - In 1671, Captain Blood attempted to steal the crown jewels.
10th - Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa in 1994.
12th - Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.
18th - The first Wimpy Bar opened in London in 1955.
18th - The first British woman in space was Helen Sharman in 1991.
21st - Bread rationing was introduced in the UK in 1946.
28th - Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books, was born in 1908.
29th - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Everest in 1953.
29th - Oak Apple Day.
30th - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.
30th - King Arthur died in 542.
1st - Labour Day.
1st - May Day.
5th - The first woman, Amy Johnson, flew solo from England to Australia in 1930.
6th - In 1840 "Penny Black" was the world's first postage stamp, became valid for use in teh UK.
6th - Roger Bannister ran a mile in less than four minutes in 1954.
8th - 1945. VE (=Victory in Europe) Day.
9th - In 1671, Captain Blood attempted to steal the crown jewels.
10th - Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa in 1994.
12th - Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.
18th - The first Wimpy Bar opened in London in 1955.
18th - The first British woman in space was Helen Sharman in 1991.
21st - Bread rationing was introduced in the UK in 1946.
28th - Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books, was born in 1908.
29th - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Everest in 1953.
29th - Oak Apple Day.
30th - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.
30th - King Arthur died in 542.
June:
2nd - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
5th - World Environment Day.
6th - D Day in 1944. When the coast of France was invaded by the Allies in the Second World War.
8th - World Oceans Day.
10th - In 1829, first Oxford v Cambridge boat race. Oxford won it.
12th - Ann Frank was born in 1929.
12th - Anne Frank was given her diary on her 13th Birthay. In 1947, it was published.
12th - The Queen's official Birthday.
15th - King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
15th - Children's Day - In Britain.
18th - Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In Belgium, the Duke of Wellington beats Napoleon.
19th - Police force was formed by Robert Peel in London in 1829.
20th - The first British martyr was St. Alban.
21st - Longest Day.
24th - Midsummer Day.
28th - Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1834.
July:
1st - Emergency service 999 introduced in 1937.
1st - Registration of deaths, births and marriages begins in Britain in 1837.
1st - British rule ended in Hong Kong after 99 years, in 1997.
2nd - Equal voting rights are granted to women in 1928, in Britain.
3rd - The 'Mallard' broke the speed record for steam engines, 126 mph, in 1938.
12th - Northern Ireland - Battle of the Boyne.
13th - Bob Geldof organized a concert 'Live Aid concert' in 1985. He was raising money to help people starving in Africa.
13th - National Day in Northern Ireland.
15th - St Swithin's Day. There'll be forty more days of wet weather if it rains on this day.
21st - Euston Railway Station opened in London in 1837.
21st - Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969. Apollo 11 landed on the moon that day.
25th - St. James' Day.
25th - Whitstable Oyster Festival.
25th - St Christopher's Day.
28th - The first potatoes arrived from Columbia in 1586.
28th - First fingerprints used for identification in 1901.
August:
1st - In 1936, the eleventh Olympic Games opened in Berlin.
1st - Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in the laboratory at Bowood House, Wiltshire, in England in 1774.
1st - Lammas Day.
2nd - In 1875, the first roller skating rink opened in UK.
3rd - In 1492, Columbus set sail on his first voyage.
4th - The First World War. 4th August 1914- 11th November 1918.
6th - The sandwich was named after the Earl of Sandwich around 1762.
6th - After being a British Colony for over 300 years, Jamaica gained independence in 1962.
8th - In 1963, Great Train Robbery.
12th - In 1908, The Model T Ford, the first mass-produced car went on sale.
12th - In 1960, the first communications Satellite (Echo 1) was launched. In Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.
12th - "The Glorious 12th". That was the start of the Grouse season in Britain.
13th - During the World War II, a German spy, Josef Jakob, in 1941 is the last person to be executed at the Tower of London.
14th - In 1945, World War II ends.
14th - In 1948, Opening of the Olympic Games in London.
15th - Pakistan and India gained independence from Britain.
15th - In 1872 (in Britain). Formation of the first regular police detective force.
15th - In 1987, Corporal punishment is officially banned in schools, but not in independent schools in the private sector.
18th - In 1941, National fire service was established.
21st - In 1911, Leonardo de Vinci's painting Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Gallery. It was recovered until 1913.
22nd - International Red Cross foundation was founded in Geneva.
22nd - In 1483, The Battle of Bosworth. Henry VII v Richard III. Henry VII won it.
25th - In 1919, the first international air service started, daily flights between Paris and London.
26th - In 1936, the BBC transmits the first high-definition television pictures, in Britain.
28th - In 1963, Martin Luther King made his very famous speech "I have a dream."
31st - In 1997, Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in France.
September:
1st - Britain's very firts supermarket opens at Earl's Court in London in 1951.
2nd-6th - In 1666, The Great Fire of London was going on for four days - It destroyed almost 100 churches (and St Paul's Cathedral was one of them) and more than 13,000 houses. Only 6 people were killed.
2nd - Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar 1752.
3rd-15th -The Second World War from 1939-1945.
6th - In 1527, the first circumnavigation (of the world) was completed by Magellan.
6th - In 1852, first public library opened where you were able to lend for free.
7th - Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1533.
9th - Local government constituted in the UK in 1835.
9th - Soap rationing was introduced in 1942. Ended in Britain, in 1950.
9th - William the Conqueror died in 1087.
9th - George Cadbury was born in 1839.
18th - First parking tickets came out in London, in 1960.
19th - ITV started in 1955.
22nd - Sir Robert Walpole became the first prime minister to move into 10 Downing Street in London, in 1735. Since then, it became the official home for the British prime minister.
23rd - George Cross started in 1940.
26th - Bird's Eye fish fingers went on sale in 1955.
26th - Francis Drake who was an English seaman, retuned to Plymouth in Golden Hind in 1580. He was the first British navigator to sail the eart.
27th - The very first public passenger rail service started in 1825. Between Darlington in the north of England and Stockton.
28th - St Wenceslas Day.
28th - The National Anthem was first sung in 1745.
29th - Michaelmas Day.
29th - Nelson was born in 1758.
30th - Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
October:
1st - The first official post cards were send by the Post Office with the introduction of the halfpenny postage stamp in Britain in 1870.
1st - Henry Ford introduced the first Model T Ford in 1908.
1st - Britain opened its first McDonald's (American fast-food chain) in London, in 1974.
1st - The last commercial Hover Craft flight was made in 2000, across the English Channel.
2nd - The first Red Buses went into service in 1925 in London. They were roofed-in upper decks and they used them in the capital city (London).
3rd - An international distress signal, S.O.S. was established in 1906.
3rd - James Herriot, who was a famous author and vet, was born in 1916.
3rd - West and East Germany re-united and in 1990 they became one country.
4th - The fist to fly an aircraft for over 33 minutes was Orville Wright, in 1905.
6th - St. Francis of Assissi's Saint's day. In 1226, St. Francis died. He became a saint after seing a vision of Jesus. He was rich young man who wasted all his money in riotous living.
10th - The Post Office Tower was opened in 1965, in Maple Street, London. Now the place is called Telecom Tower.
10th - Dinner jacket was first worn in 1886.
10th - The first public building to be lit by electricity was the Savory Theatre in London, in 1881. They opened the place with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience'.
11th - Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Kennedy in 1968. .
12th - Columbus Day (USA)
12th - The first Morris Minor family car is built in Oxford (Cowley).
13th - Greenwich Mean Time started in 1884.
14th - Photographic film patented. 1884.
14th - A.A. Milne (1882-1956) wrote the Winnie-The-Pooh and it was published in 1926.
14th - In 1979, Walkman was invented by Sony and sold over 3 billion in the first 20 years.
16th - 'Blue Peter' was broadcast on BBC TV in 1958. It was Britain's most popular children's television programme at that time. Christopher Trace and Leila Williams were the first presenters.
16th - In 1834, The original House of Parliament in London was almost completely destroyed by fire.
18th - St. Luke's Day. He was a patron saint of doctors and one of the Gospel writer's.
20th - The first message between two computers was sent in California, USA, in 1966.
23rd - In 1642, there was a Battle called 'The Battle of Edgehill'. It was between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers.
24th - United Nations Day
25th - St. Crispin's Day. Patron saint of Shoemakers.
28th - Feast of St. Jude. 'Hopeless Cases'
31st - Halloween (All Hallows Eve)
November:
December:
September:
1st - Britain's very firts supermarket opens at Earl's Court in London in 1951.
2nd-6th - In 1666, The Great Fire of London was going on for four days - It destroyed almost 100 churches (and St Paul's Cathedral was one of them) and more than 13,000 houses. Only 6 people were killed.
2nd - Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar 1752.
3rd-15th -The Second World War from 1939-1945.
6th - In 1527, the first circumnavigation (of the world) was completed by Magellan.
6th - In 1852, first public library opened where you were able to lend for free.
7th - Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1533.
9th - Local government constituted in the UK in 1835.
9th - Soap rationing was introduced in 1942. Ended in Britain, in 1950.
9th - William the Conqueror died in 1087.
9th - George Cadbury was born in 1839.
18th - First parking tickets came out in London, in 1960.
19th - ITV started in 1955.
22nd - Sir Robert Walpole became the first prime minister to move into 10 Downing Street in London, in 1735. Since then, it became the official home for the British prime minister.
23rd - George Cross started in 1940.
26th - Bird's Eye fish fingers went on sale in 1955.
26th - Francis Drake who was an English seaman, retuned to Plymouth in Golden Hind in 1580. He was the first British navigator to sail the eart.
27th - The very first public passenger rail service started in 1825. Between Darlington in the north of England and Stockton.
28th - St Wenceslas Day.
28th - The National Anthem was first sung in 1745.
29th - Michaelmas Day.
29th - Nelson was born in 1758.
30th - Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
October:
1st - The first official post cards were send by the Post Office with the introduction of the halfpenny postage stamp in Britain in 1870.
1st - Henry Ford introduced the first Model T Ford in 1908.
1st - Britain opened its first McDonald's (American fast-food chain) in London, in 1974.
1st - The last commercial Hover Craft flight was made in 2000, across the English Channel.
2nd - The first Red Buses went into service in 1925 in London. They were roofed-in upper decks and they used them in the capital city (London).
3rd - An international distress signal, S.O.S. was established in 1906.
3rd - James Herriot, who was a famous author and vet, was born in 1916.
3rd - West and East Germany re-united and in 1990 they became one country.
4th - The fist to fly an aircraft for over 33 minutes was Orville Wright, in 1905.
6th - St. Francis of Assissi's Saint's day. In 1226, St. Francis died. He became a saint after seing a vision of Jesus. He was rich young man who wasted all his money in riotous living.
| 8th - New Zealand was dicovered by Captain James Cook (British explorer) in 1769. |
10th - Dinner jacket was first worn in 1886.
10th - The first public building to be lit by electricity was the Savory Theatre in London, in 1881. They opened the place with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience'.
11th - Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Kennedy in 1968. .
12th - Columbus Day (USA)
12th - The first Morris Minor family car is built in Oxford (Cowley).
13th - Greenwich Mean Time started in 1884.
14th - Photographic film patented. 1884.
14th - A.A. Milne (1882-1956) wrote the Winnie-The-Pooh and it was published in 1926.
14th - In 1979, Walkman was invented by Sony and sold over 3 billion in the first 20 years.
16th - 'Blue Peter' was broadcast on BBC TV in 1958. It was Britain's most popular children's television programme at that time. Christopher Trace and Leila Williams were the first presenters.
16th - In 1834, The original House of Parliament in London was almost completely destroyed by fire.
18th - St. Luke's Day. He was a patron saint of doctors and one of the Gospel writer's.
20th - The first message between two computers was sent in California, USA, in 1966.
23rd - In 1642, there was a Battle called 'The Battle of Edgehill'. It was between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers.
24th - United Nations Day
25th - St. Crispin's Day. Patron saint of Shoemakers.
28th - Feast of St. Jude. 'Hopeless Cases'
31st - Halloween (All Hallows Eve)
November:
| November 1969 | The first colour TV advert aired in the UK for Birds Eye in 1969. |
| 1st | All Saint's Day. |
| 2nd - All Souls' Day. | |
| 3rd | A Russian dog named Laika was the first living creature sent into space by the ship called Sputnik 2, in 1957. While he was in there, he died. |
| 4th | Thanksgiving (in USA). |
| 4th | The Tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered in Egypt, in 1922, by English explorers Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. |
| 6th | In 1942, The Church of England relaxes one of their rules that Women don't have to wear a hat when they're in the church. |
| 7th | They had their last public hanging in England in 1783. The person who was hanged was John Austin. They hanged him at Tyburn, near where Marble Arch now stands. |
| 7th | Marie Curie was born. She was the one who discovered radium. And she was a Polish-French Chemist and Physicist. |
| 8th | Covent Garden was a world famous vegetable and fruit market in London. It closed in 1974 after existing for more than 300 years. |
| 9th | The first motorbike was ridden in 1885. |
| 9th | The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. |
| 11th | Remembrance Day. The Great war ends at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. |
| 13th | The author of "Treasure Island" Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850. |
| 13th | In 1907 the first helicopter took off. |
| 14th | Horseless carriages speed limit raised from 4mph to 14mph in Britain in 1896. |
| 20th | Windsor Castle was damaged by fire in 1992. |
| 21st | First person(man) to fly in a hot air balloon in 1783. |
| 22nd | Feast Day of St. Cecilia. |
| 23rd | St. Clement’s Day. |
| 25th | St. Catherine’s Day. |
| 27th | Britain's first policewoman in Gratham in Lincolnshire went on duty in 1914. |
| 30th | Winston Churchill was born in 1874. He was a Prime Minister. |
| 30th | St. Andrew's Day. Patron saint of Scotland. |
December:
| 1st | The Channel tunnel between Britain and France opened. |
| 1st | World AIDS Day. |
| 2nd | The new St. Paul's Cathedral was opened in London in 1697. |
| 3rd | The originator of the Penny Post, Rowland Hill was born in 1795. |
| 4th | Feast of St Barbara. |
| 5th | Walt Disney was born in 1901. |
| 5th | Britain's first motorway was opened by Prime Minister Harold MacMillan in 1958. |
| 5th | St. Nicholas Eve. |
| 6th | St. Nicholas’ Day. |
| 10th | They showed the first episode of "Coronation Street" in 1960. A popular British soap opera . |
| 10th | The Nobel Prizes's annual presentation. |
| 13th | Francis Drake started off his sail round the world in 1577 in the Golden Hind. |
| 13th | St. Lucia's Day. |
| 17th | Orville and Wilbur Wright were the ones who made the first powered aeroplane flight in 1903. |
| 18th | The Gates of Derry was closed. |
| 21st | The first full-length animated cartoon "Snow White adn teh Seven Dwarfs" was the premiere in 1937. |
| 21st | Winter Solstice. |
| 24th | Joseph Franz Mohrs' "Silent Night, Holy Night" was first sung. He wrote the lyrics and Herr Gruber made the music to it in Oberndorf, Austria, in 1818. |
| 25th | Christmas Day. |
| 25th | Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642. |
| 26th | St. Stephen’s Day. |
| 26th | Boxing Day. |
| 28th | Holy Innocents Day. |
| 28th | Consecration of Westminster Abbey in 1065. |
| 29th | St. Thomas of Canterbury. St. Thomas à Becket. |
| 30th | In 1903, Orville was the first one to do powered flight. |
| 30th | Author of "Jungle Book", Rudyard Kipling was born. |
| 31st | New Year’s Eve. |
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