At one time The Ringing World had a feature called On This Day where notable events from the past were listed.
Unfortunately, the events weren't related to ringing. This web page is a ringing version of On This Day.
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Bill Butler has agreed to supply his collection of events that happened on this day. These complement the automated extracts from PealBase.
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| Year | Event | Reference |
| 1730 | The Leicester Youths rang their first peal, 5,040 Grandsire Triples at St Margaret's, Leicester. The report notes the time as "3 hours, 6 minutes and 27 seconds to the great satisfaction of all the hearers." | H&A/252 |
| 1783 | The College Youths rang a peal of Cambridge Surprise Major at St Giles-in-the-Fields, conducted by John Reeves. This was the second peal to be rung in the method, and like the first, the composition was false. See January 30, 1780, November 5, 1787, February 13, 1822, August 18, 1811 and February 11, 1873. | SM90 |
| 1876 | William Estcourt, a stonemason of Painswick, died aged 78. He composed and conducted a number of long peals rung by the local band. | nv |
| 1891 | The Cambridge University Guild scored the first peal of Double Norwich Court Bob Major to be rung on handbells, conducted by H Law James. A footnote stated it was the first peal to be rung in the method by either university, and was achieved at the third attempt. | BN1891/588 |
| 1898 | An attempt for 8,888 Stedman Caters on handbells by the St Martin's Guild came to grief after 8,256 changes in 4 hours and 25 minutes. (See March 23, 1898) | BN1898/544 |
| 1903 | Three years after capturing the record for the first non-conducted peal on ten handbells, the Leicester men followed it with one of Stedman Cinques. (See October 8, 1900) | nv |
| 1927 | The ring of ten at St Helens, Lancs was dedicated. The bells were nearly one hundred years old, having been cast for St Peter's, Liverpool in 1829 by Thomas Mears. They were transferred when St Peter's church was demolished. | RW1927/140 |
| Birthdays for 23rd February | ||
| First pealers for 23rd February | ||
| 1935 | First peal rung by Jack L Millhouse. Recorded peal total is 1913. | |
| 1946 | First peal rung by Joseph T Barrett. Recorded peal total is 45. | |
| 1950 | First peal rung by Alfred E Greening. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1950 | First peal rung by James F Allen. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1952 | First peal rung by Martin Webb. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1952 | First peal rung by Miss R Gray. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by David J Forder. Recorded peal total is 439. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Edgar S Hitchcox. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Geoffrey Hopkinson. Recorded peal total is 37. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Harold H N Duncan. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Harry Cadman. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Henry W Knauss. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by J Neville Parkin. Recorded peal total is 771. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Janice Grimsley. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by John F Peglar. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Valerie J Sharp. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by David J Bodicoat. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1960 | First peal rung by Michael J Cooper. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1961 | First peal rung by Christine A Boxall. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by Eric S Golland. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by James Insley. Recorded peal total is 361. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by John R Insley. Recorded peal total is 190. | |
| 1962 | First peal rung by Paul L McEvilly. Recorded peal total is 65. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Alastair D MacFadyen. Recorded peal total is 58. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Anthony Bull. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by David S Osenton. Recorded peal total is 130. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Elaine Batchelor. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Judy M Geiringer. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Peter L J Dadds. Recorded peal total is 15. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Richard Holly. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Robert L Knight. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Robert W Mitchell. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Vanessa C A Rodrigues. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1965 | First peal rung by Martin J Wooldridge. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by David Rennolds. Recorded peal total is 37. | |
| 1966 | First peal rung by Trevor Newlands. Recorded peal total is 38. | |
| 1967 | First peal rung by Judith E Carter. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1968 | First peal rung by John G Perry. Recorded peal total is 15. | |
| 1968 | First peal rung by Martin T Burston. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1969 | First peal rung by Audrey M Hill. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1971 | First peal rung by Michael Brackenbury. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1972 | First peal rung by Annie Hall. Recorded peal total is 124. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Angela Bromwich. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Ann Retter. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Frederick G Wheeler. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Laurence Bond. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Martin J Hollister. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Michael P Hartley. Recorded peal total is 40. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Nicola J Knight. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Paul Clarry. Recorded peal total is 19. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by R Nicholas Lawrence. Recorded peal total is 422. | |
| 1974 | First peal rung by Richard M Robson. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1976 | First peal rung by Angela Upton. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1976 | First peal rung by Derek B Giddins. Recorded peal total is 26. | |
| 1979 | First peal rung by Christine M Pembleton. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Brian Boyd. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Christine A Leech. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Christopher Bedell. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Deborah C Burbridge. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Ernest Heath. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Gail K Lawrence. Recorded peal total is 372. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Mark A Dawkins. Recorded peal total is 99. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Nicola J Adams. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Sandra Wynn. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Sarah Burbridge. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by Andrew D Parker. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by R Mark Shearn. Recorded peal total is 19. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Samantha Dix. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by A Jayne Brown. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by Brian J Rothera. Recorded peal total is 34. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by John R Dobson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by Kay L Norton. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by Robin J Preece. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by Simon J Moss. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Andrew P Mason. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Jacqui M Dunster. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1986 | First peal rung by Simon C Mears. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by George E G Fletcher. Recorded peal total is 22. | |
| 1990 | First peal rung by Andrew P Sparling. Recorded peal total is 106. | |
| 1990 | First peal rung by Angela M Rush. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1990 | First peal rung by Jennifer R Sparling. Recorded peal total is 333. | |
| 1990 | First peal rung by Robert P O'Halloran. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Alexander R J Wright. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Barbara Wadsworth. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by F Anthony N Finch. Recorded peal total is 27. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Graham D Goodall. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Ian Dempsey. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Ian Hudson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1991 | First peal rung by Simon J T Smith. Recorded peal total is 771. | |
| 2001 | First peal rung by Richard J Padgett. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2002 | First peal rung by Claire E Monk. Recorded peal total is 10. | |
| 2002 | First peal rung by Lois A Mansfield. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2002 | First peal rung by Sarah L Monk. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2003 | First peal rung by Robert Redgwell. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2008 | First peal rung by Clare E Roberts. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2008 | First peal rung by Tricia Everitt. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2013 | First peal rung by D Rose W Horton. Recorded peal total is 6. | |
| 2013 | First peal rung by Timothy J Ward. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2014 | First peal rung by Alexander V Morris. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2014 | First peal rung by Bill Price. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2014 | First peal rung by Matthew D Morris. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
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