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 |
| 1806 | The "Society of Union Youths for the Parishes of Gravesend, Northfleet and Southfleet" was formed. | nv |
| 1877 | The Norwich Diocesan Association was founded, although the inaugural meeting was not until September 24, 1977. (q.v.) | RW1967/872 |
| 1888 | The Holt Society, Birmingham rang the third peal of Stedman Cinques in hand, conducted by Henry Bastable. Rung at 102 Queens Road, Aston, the home of Henry Johnson, jnr., it was the first handbell peal of Stedman Cinques to be rung outside London. See February 10, 1854. | RW1956/426 |
| 1891 | A peal of Grandsire Triples at St Edmund, Northampton was claimed as the first to be rung by a band all from the town. | nv |
| 1904 | William Willson conducted 11,008 changes of Double Norwich Court Bob Major at South Wigston in 6 hours and 45 minutes. This was a practice peal for the 17,104 rung at the same tower later in the year. See October 27, 1904. | nv |
| 1936 | A peal on handbells at Hinton-on-the-Green, Worcs was rung by the three Johnson sisters, and was claimed as the first handbell peal to be rung by an all-ladies band. See January 6, 1940. | RW1936/236 |
| 1952 | William Keeble died in a mental home at Colchester, Essex. Born March 29, 1878, he learnt to ring at Kelvedon, Essex in his mid 'teens and soon became an excellent ringer and conductor on six and eight bells. He took part with the Pye brothers in ringing the first peal of Surprise Major on handbells in 1904. Had rung over 700 peals before he was taken ill in 1936. | RW1952/366 |
| 1981 | 10,000 changes of Plain Bob Major at Brockenhurst, Hants, specially composed by Roy LeMarechal and conducted by him on the day he reached the age of 10,000 days. | nv |
| Birthdays for 4th April | ||
| 1938 | Douglas H C Taylor born | |
| First pealers for 4th April | ||
| 1934 | First peal rung by Leslie L Williams. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1951 | First peal rung by Jean A Minchin. Recorded peal total is 23. | |
| 1951 | First peal rung by John Cuthbert. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Eric Birkett. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Nora Bates. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1953 | First peal rung by Ronald Poole. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1956 | First peal rung by John H Gregory. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1956 | First peal rung by Norman L Phillips. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1956 | First peal rung by Robert A Reeves. Recorded peal total is 213. | |
| 1956 | First peal rung by Sidney Whitefoot. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1957 | First peal rung by Anthony Plows. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1958 | First peal rung by Geoffrey Donson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1958 | First peal rung by Geoffrey W Burt. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by David M Hibbert. Recorded peal total is 7. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Eddie M Griffiths. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Edward J Cavill. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Henry J Cavill. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by John A W Fuller. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Olive Jones. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Ronald I Langford. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1959 | First peal rung by Stanley E Parish. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1961 | First peal rung by Helen Williams (Towersey). Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1961 | First peal rung by Marian Cotton. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Anne E Cowling. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Helen J Pettet. Recorded peal total is 92. | |
| 1963 | First peal rung by Jennifer A Murphy. Recorded peal total is 83. | |
| 1964 | First peal rung by Douglas F Welch. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1964 | First peal rung by John A Dieppe. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1968 | First peal rung by John A Smith (Hobart). Recorded peal total is 26. | |
| 1969 | First peal rung by Nigel Rogers. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by Arthur Cuthbert (Stepney). Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by David J Ketley. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by Glan Kingdon. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by Nicholas C R Cronin. Recorded peal total is 36. | |
| 1970 | First peal rung by Ronald G Brown. Recorded peal total is 11. | |
| 1972 | First peal rung by Stephen J D Britten. Recorded peal total is 18. | |
| 1972 | First peal rung by Susan J Bennett. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1973 | First peal rung by Laurence E T Clark. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 1980 | First peal rung by Timothy P Bradley. Recorded peal total is 494. | |
| 1981 | First peal rung by Gerald H Sewell. Recorded peal total is 58. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Deborah F Rees. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Helen J Mears. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1983 | First peal rung by Susan A Fisher. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by David V Craggs. Recorded peal total is 574. | |
| 1985 | First peal rung by John A Craggs. Recorded peal total is 217. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Catherine M LeJeune. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Christopher W Foxall. Recorded peal total is 141. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Helen V Fox. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Ian Selvey-Willars. Recorded peal total is 5. | |
| 1987 | First peal rung by Simon D Ogier. Recorded peal total is 382. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Caroline J Brash. Recorded peal total is 163. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Catherine M Lloyd. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Gordon R Holmes. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Robert Lloyd. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1988 | First peal rung by Susan H Jablonski. Recorded peal total is 28. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Andy Cole. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1992 | First peal rung by Michael Bramble. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1993 | First peal rung by Britt E Hartenberger. Recorded peal total is 44. | |
| 1993 | First peal rung by Gillian E Potter. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Andrew Borrill. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Ann Bachelor. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Ben Gooch. Recorded peal total is 8. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by David J Bowen. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Evelyn W M Jukes. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Jennifer R Pick. Recorded peal total is 23. | |
| 1994 | First peal rung by Tony J T Evans. Recorded peal total is 9. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Annabelle M Davys. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Brenda C Harper. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Craig Davies. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 1998 | First peal rung by Rachel M Reed. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 1999 | First peal rung by Joanne M Mikkelson. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 1999 | First peal rung by Michael Wilkinson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Frances H Allison. Recorded peal total is 2. | |
| 2000 | First peal rung by Roger P A Bailey. Recorded peal total is 3. | |
| 2001 | First peal rung by John W Collins. Recorded peal total is 14. | |
| 2004 | First peal rung by Timothy M D Stanford. Recorded peal total is 24. | |
| 2005 | First peal rung by Jennifer C E Lane. Recorded peal total is 49. | |
| 2009 | First peal rung by Gemma L Evans. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2010 | First peal rung by Iain Swinton. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2010 | First peal rung by Jon Goldie. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2010 | First peal rung by Ricky Morse. Recorded peal total is 4. | |
| 2010 | First peal rung by Roger Higginson. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
| 2010 | First peal rung by Steve Henshall. Recorded peal total is 1. | |
If you think an event should be included in On This Day or you believe that an event is incorrect please email otd@pealbase.co.uk
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