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April
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Elvis Presley visits Salisbury (this is a test)
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1st January 1457 - Saint Osmund, Salisbury's patron saint, is canonized
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3rd January 1797 - a Stonehenge trilithon falls
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5th January 1818 - Prince Leopold, future king of Belgium visits Salisbury
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6th January 2011 - Sam Christer's 'Stonehenge Legacy' published
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6th January - Little Christmas
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6th January 1915 - Salisbury Cathedral is flooded
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7th January 1941 - birthday of Iona Brown OBE, violinist
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7th January 1217 - death of Bishop Poore
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7th January 2012 - Salisbury play Sheffied United in 3rd Round of FA Cup
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28th January 1897 - MOD buys 40,000 acres of Salisbury Plain
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9th January 1728 - Thomas Warton, 'Written at Stonehenge' writer was born
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10th January 1833 - first gas lights in Salisbury turned on
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10th January 1226 - William Longspee returns to Salisbury
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10th January 1941 - Dr John Gordon arrives in UK to set up Harvard Hospital
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11th January 2001 - English Heritage declares Stonehenge 'is not a fake'
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12th January 1895 - the National Trust is founded
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14th January 1863 - Prince Louis of Hesse visits Stonehenge
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14th January 1904 - Cecil Beaton is born
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14th January 2002 - UK declared free of foot-and-mouth
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15th January 1820 - John Constable sketches Stonehenge
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17th January 1885 - bomb explodes at Warminster Town Hall
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18th January 2010 - 10 objects tell a history of Wiltshire and the world
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18th January 1965 - Millie stars in Pantomime at the Odeon
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19th January 1942 - Michael Crawford born in Salisbury
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22nd January 1861- birth of poet Maurice Hewlett
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23rd January 1892 - Arabella Roberts dies. Clock tower built in her memory
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25th January 1858 - installation of Russian cannon in Salisbury Market Place
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25th January 1842 - celebrations in Salisbury for the christening of Edward VII
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25th January 1950 - Phil Harding's birthday
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26th January 1969 - Laverstock gets a panda
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26th January 1993 - Ewan MacGregor is in 'What the Butler Saw' at Salisbury Playhouse
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27th January 1847 - the first Salisbury Railway station opens
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29th January 1993 - Odstock Hospital becomes Salisbury District Hospital
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29th January 2013 - Michael Portillo's Great Railway Journey passes through Salisbury
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29th January 1728 - premier of the Beggars Opera
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29th January 1853 - celebrations for opening of Saint Paul's
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30th January 1227 - Henry III signs Salisbury Charter
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30th January 2003 - the 'Millennium Stone' is installed at National Botanic Gardens of Wales
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31st January 2010 - John Glen wins Salisbury Conservatives' Open Primary
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7th February 1812 - birth of Charles Dickens
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1st February 1971 - prog-rockers Uriah Heep release 'Salisbury'
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2nd February 2010 - Doctor Who films at Stonehenge
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4th February 1965 - Michael Hamilton elected MP for Salisbury
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6th February 1831 - 98 alleged Swing Rioters transported to Tasmania
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16th February 1972 - Free play at Salisbury City Hall
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18th February 1831 - 35 Swing Rioters board ship at Portsmouth
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24th February 1297 - Edward I quarrels with barons at Salisbury
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10th March 1863 - Salisbury celebrates the wedding of the future Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
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11th March 1655 - Penruddock rebellion begins at Clarendon Park
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12th March 1655 - Penruddock enters Salisbury
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23rd March 1943 - HMS Stonehenge is launched
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25th March 1539 - King Henry VIII grabs Wilton Abbey
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1st April 1899 - the Automobile Club visit Stonehenge
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1st April 2009 - Salisbury District Council is abolished
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1st April 1801 - Gypsy Joshua Scamp is wrongfully hanged
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1st April 1974 - John Glen's birthday
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1st April 1986 - Phil Lynott dies
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3rd April 1969 - Desmond Dekker play the Alex Disco
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4th April 1964 - Gene Vincent plays Salisbury City Hall
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4th April 1989 - BBC Wiltshire begins
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5th April 1092 - dedication of Cathedral at Old Sarum
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6th April 1967 - Pink Floyd play Salisbury City Hall
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7th April 1224 - William Longspee lands at Bourdeaux
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7th April 1948 - Lester Piggott rides professionally for the first time - at Salisbury Races
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8th April 1965 - Dusty Springfield and the Zombies play Salisbury Gaumont
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8th April 1219 - wooden chapel started on site of Salisbury Cathedral
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10th April 1534 - Salisbury Council decides to set up a workhouse
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10th April 1092 - old Cathedral partially destroyed by thunderstorm
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10th April 1779 - William Hazlitt born
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10th April 1969 - Fairport Convention play the Alex Disco
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11th April 1992 - Common Cold Research Unit burns down
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13th April 1980 - Salisbury Rugby club-house is opened
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14th April 2013 - more Swing Rioters transported
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15th April 1912 - the Titanic sinks
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18th April 1698 - the first HMS Salisbury is launched
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18th April 1655 - Penruddock goes on trial at Exeter
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19th April 1882 - hoax 'dynamite outrage' at Salisbury Cathedral
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21th Apr 1965 - the Kinks play the City Hall
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22nd April 1681 - Salisbury Council passes by-law discriminating against Catholics and non-Conformists
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22nd April 1737 - Act of Parliament allows for improvements in Salisbury
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23rd April 1655 - John Penruddock convicted of High Treason against Cromwell
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23rd April 2006 - Salisbury twins with Xanten
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24th Apr 1968 - The Bee Gees play Salisbury Gaumont
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24th April - Guild of Saint George procession
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24th April 2010 - Salisbury Journal publishes 'dog hurts nose' story
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25th April 2011 - 'Songs of Praise' films at Salisbury Cathedral
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26th April 1630 - George Herbert comes to Bemerton
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28th April 1220 - foundations laid for Salisbury Cathedral
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28th April 1948 - Terry Pratchett's birthday
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29th April 1384 - Parliament meets in the Bishop's Palace in the Close
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29th April 2001 - census day
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29th April 2003 - Buzzcocks play Salisbury City Hall
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3rd May 2002 - Wessex Archaeologists uncover the Amesbury Archer
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8th May 1945 - VE Day
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21st May 1774 - Benjamin Franklin signs letter as 'A Freeholder of Old Sarum'
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1st June 1802 - Salisbury celebrates peace with France, which turns out to be temporary
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6th June 1835 - Pugin converts to Catholicism
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6th June 2007 - John Major talks about cricket
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8th June 1983 - Mrs Thatcher visits Salisbury
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15th June 1786 - Matcham meets 'the Dead Drummer', possibly
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15th June 1215 - King John assents to the Magna Carta
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20th June 1897 – Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee – Day 1
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21st of June 1741 - Salisbury Cathedral spire catches fire
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23rd June 1887 – Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee – Day 2
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27th June 1908 - Edward VII visits Wilton House
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28th June 1837 - Salisbury celebrates Victoria becoming Queen
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End of July 1665 - Charles II comes to Salisbury to escape the Plague
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5th July 2008 - Canon Ezra, a new statue on the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral
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11th July 1827 - Queen Adelaide and Princess Amelia visit Salisbury
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15 Jul 1965 - Them play Salisbury City Hall
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22nd July 1857 - Prince Consort visits Salisbury for Royal Agricultural Show
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22nd July 1654 - diarist John Evelyn visits Stonehenge
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26th July 1945 - Labour win post-war election
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4th August 1873 - Blondin appears before 20,000 at Wilton Foresters Fete
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6th August 1903 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West show visits Salisbury
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7th August 1983 - Black Sabbath release 'Born Again'
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August 10th 1871 - Crown Prince of Prussia, Victoria the Princess Royal and the future Kaiser Willhelm II visit Salisbury and Stonehenge
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10th August 1901 - Miss Moberly meets Marie Antoinette
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17th August 1792 - George III visits Salisbury
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18th August 1983 - Black Sabbath's Born Again tour opens
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29th August 1782 - the Royal George sinks
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4th September 1835 - Prince George of Cambridge stays at the White Hart
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22nd September 1766 - Salisbury people force famers to sell at a fair price
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24th September 2012 - 'Come Dine With Me' in Salisbury
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26th Sept 1963 Gene Vincent plays in Salisbury
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28th September 1625 - King Charles I visits Salisbury and Wilton
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1st October 1981 - Crass play The Grange
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2nd October 1538 - King Henry VIII steals the Friary
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6th October 1970 - planning permission for Barbara Hepworth sculpture refused
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7th October 2010 - Helen Skelton changes light bulb at the top of Salisbury Cathedral spire
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8th October 1835 - the Lord Chancellor speaks from the balcony of the White Hart
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9th October 1845 - Wilton's Italianate church consecrated
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18th October 2010 Boston Tea Party opened in what was the George Inn
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24th October 1978 - XTC play Salisbury City Hall
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24th October 1800 - Birth of Richard Cockle Lucas
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1st November 1990 - Levellers and Manics play SAC
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7th November 1846 - illustrator William Brassey Hole born in Salisbury
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14th November 1676 - birth date of Bishop Hoadly
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19th November 1688 - James II reaches Salisbury
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23rd November 1830 - Swing riots on Bishop's Down Farm, Salisbury
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24th November 1979 - Salisbury FC play Millwall in FA Cup 3rd Round
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27th November 1736 - issue no. 1 of William Collins' Salisbury Journal
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30th November - Saint Andrew's Day
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4th December 1540 - Amesbury Abbey is surrendered to Henry VIII
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5th December 1595 - Henry Lawes born at Dinton
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6th December 1882 - Duke of Albany raises money for proposed Royal College of Music
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6th December - Saint Nicholas and the Boy Bishop
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11th December 1916 - 'The Picture House' opens
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15th December 1814 - Princess Charlotte of Wales visits Salisbury
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16th December 2011 - Ian Anderson with Justin Hayward and Greg Lake plays at Salisbury Cathedral
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20th December 1800 - Nelson given freedom of Salisbury
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21st December 1971 - Led Zeppelin play Salisbury City Hall
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27th December 1830 - Salisbury court convenes to try 830 Swing Rioters
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31st December 1900 - a Stonehenge trilithon falls