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  • 1st January 1457 - Saint Osmund, Salisbury's patron saint, is canonized
  • 3rd January 1797 - a Stonehenge trilithon falls
  • 5th January 1818 - Prince Leopold, future king of Belgium visits Salisbury
  • 6th January 2011 - Sam Christer's 'Stonehenge Legacy' published
  • 6th January - Little Christmas
  • 6th January 1915 - Salisbury Cathedral is flooded
  • 7th January 1941 - birthday of Iona Brown OBE, violinist
  • 7th January 1217 - death of Bishop Poore
  • 7th January 2012 - Salisbury play Sheffied United in 3rd Round of FA Cup
  • 28th January 1897 - MOD buys 40,000 acres of Salisbury Plain
  • 9th January 1728 - Thomas Warton, 'Written at Stonehenge' writer was born
  • 10th January 1833 - first gas lights in Salisbury turned on
  • 10th January 1226 - William Longspee returns to Salisbury
  • 10th January 1941 - Dr John Gordon arrives in UK to set up Harvard Hospital
  • 11th January 2001 - English Heritage declares Stonehenge 'is not a fake'
  • 12th January 1895 - the National Trust is founded
  • Tuesday after 12th Night - Salisbury Cattle and Wool fair
  • 14th January 1863 - Prince Louis of Hesse visits Stonehenge
  • 14th January 1904 - Cecil Beaton is born
  • 14th January 2002 - UK declared free of foot-and-mouth
  • 15th January 1820 - John Constable sketches Stonehenge
  • 17th January 1885 - bomb explodes at Warminster Town Hall
  • 17th January 1964 - the Rolling Stones play Salisbury City Hall
  • 18th January 2010 - 10 objects tell a history of Wiltshire and the world
  • 18th January 1965 - Millie stars in Pantomime at the Odeon
  • 19th January 1942 - Michael Crawford born in Salisbury
  • 22nd January 1861- birth of poet Maurice Hewlett
  • 23rd January 1892 - Arabella Roberts dies. Clock tower built in her memory
  • 25th January 1858 - installation of Russian cannon in Salisbury Market Place
  • 25th January 1842 - celebrations in Salisbury for the christening of Edward VII
  • 25th January 1950 - Phil Harding's birthday
  • 26th January 1969 - Laverstock gets a panda
  • 26th January 1993 - Ewan MacGregor is in 'What the Butler Saw' at Salisbury Playhouse
  • 27th January 1847 - the first Salisbury Railway station opens
  • 29th January 1993 - Odstock Hospital becomes Salisbury District Hospital
  • 29th January 2013 - Michael Portillo's Great Railway Journey passes through Salisbury
  • 29th January 1728 - premier of the Beggars Opera
  • 29th January 1853 - celebrations for opening of Saint Paul's
  • 30th January 1227 - Henry III signs Salisbury Charter
  • 30th January 2003 - the 'Millennium Stone' is installed at National Botanic Gardens of Wales
  • 31st January 2010 - John Glen wins Salisbury Conservatives' Open Primary
  • 2nd February 2010 - Doctor Who films at Stonehenge
  • 4th February 1965 - Michael Hamilton elected MP for Salisbury
  • 6th February 1831 - 98 alleged Swing Rioters transported to Tasmania
  • 7th February 1812 - birth of Charles Dickens
  • 8th February 1783 - highwayman William Peare holds up stagecoach at St Thomas' bridge
  • 8th February 1972 - Status Quo play Salisbury City Hall
  • 8th February 2008 - 'Time Team' in Salisbury Cathedral Close
  • 12th February 2009 - plaque unveiled for the Swing 'Rioters' in Salisbury Guildhall
  • 12th February 1922 - Salisbury War Memorial is unveiled
  • 12th February 1947 - Salisbury City FC is formed
  • 16th February 1972 - Free play at Salisbury City Hall
  • 16th February 1972 - Free play at Salisbury City Hall
  • 17th February 1890 - 'stormy scenes' over sale of alcohol on Sundays
  • 17th February 2004 - public enquiry into a tunnel for the A303
  • 17th February 1268 or 1269 - the parish of St. Edmunds is formed
  • 18th February 1831 - 35 Swing Rioters board ship at Portsmouth
  • 19th February 1877 - Sidney Herbert elected MP for Wilton
  • 19th February 1972 - Genesis play first of *three* 1972 shows in Salisbury
  • 23rd February 1817 - Grand Duke Nicholas future tsar of Russia visits Wilton, Salisbury and Stonehenge
  • 24th February 1297 - Edward I quarrels with barons at Salisbury
  • 25th February 1572 - first recorded mention of Hob-nob, possibly
  • 27th February 1999 - the Creatures play Salisbury Arts Centre
  • 27th February 1950 - 'The Picture House' becomes 'The Odeon'
  • March 1627 - the Plague reaches Salisbury
  • 1st March 1633 - George Herbert dies
  • 2nd March 1984 - Spinal Tap released, featuring small Stonehenge
  • 3rd March 1866 - Salisbury observes a 'day of humiliation'
  • 6th March 1556 - Charles Lord Stourton is hung in Salisbury Market Square
  • 7th March 1226 - death of William Longspee
  • 8th March 1226 - William Longspee's body brought to Salisbury Cathedral for burial
  • 9th March 2017 Floyd Mayweather Visits Stonehenge
  • 10th March 2010 - the mummified hand goes missing
  • 10th March 1863 - Salisbury celebrates the wedding of the future Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
  • 11th March 1655 - Penruddock rebellion begins at Clarendon Park
  • 12th March 1626 - birth of antiquarian John Aubrey
  • 12th March 1655 - Penruddock enters Salisbury
  • 12th March 1915 - death of Sir Edward Hulse
  • 13th March 1992 - Manic Street Preachers play Salisbury Tech
  • 15th March 1978 - visitors no longer allowed within Stonehenge stone circle
  • 16th March 1675 - a new Salisbury Charter
  • 18th March 1970 bomb-like device in Salisbury Cathedral Close
  • 19th March 1964 - Screaming Lord Sutch plays Salisbury City Hall
  • 21st March 1976 - the BBC shows 'The Petersfinger Cuckoos'
  • 22nd March 1976 - Motorhead play Salisbury Tech
  • 22nd March 1931 - birthday of Leslie Thomas
  • 22nd March 1958 - Buddy Holly plays at Salisbury Odeon
  • 23rd March 1943 - HMS Stonehenge is launched
  • 23rd March 1556 - three religious dissenters burnt at the stake in Fisherton
  • 25th March 1539 - King Henry VIII grabs Wilton Abbey
  • 27th March 1855 - last public execution in Salisbury
  • 28th March 1928 - the War Office buys 'The Cliff' in Harnham
  • 28th March 1974 - Queen Elizabeth gives out the Maundy Money in Salisbury
  • 29th March 1219 - His Holiness Honorius III authorized the removal of Salisbury Cathedral from Old to New Sarum
  • 29th March 2011 - the Spire Chronicles is published
  • 30th March 1851 - Census Sunday - Salisbury population is 11,657
  • 1st April 1899 - the Automobile Club visit Stonehenge
  • 1st April 2009 - Salisbury District Council is abolished
  • 1st April 1801 - Gypsy Joshua Scamp is wrongfully hanged
  • 1st April 1974 - John Glen's birthday
  • 1st April 1986 - Phil Lynott dies
  • 3rd April 1969 - Desmond Dekker plays the Alex Disco
  • 4th April 1964 - Gene Vincent plays Salisbury City Hall
  • 4th April 1989 - BBC Wiltshire begins
  • 5th April 1092 - dedication of Cathedral at Old Sarum
  • 6th April 1967 - Pink Floyd play Salisbury City Hall
  • 7th April 1224 - William Longspee lands at Bourdeaux
  • 7th April 1948 - Lester Piggott rides professionally for the first time - at Salisbury Races
  • 8th April 1965 - Dusty Springfield and the Zombies play Salisbury Gaumont
  • 8th April 1219 - wooden chapel started on site of Salisbury Cathedral
  • 10th April 1534 - Salisbury Council decides to set up a workhouse
  • 10th April 1092 - old Cathedral partially destroyed by thunderstorm
  • 10th April 1779 - William Hazlitt born
  • 10th April 1969 - Fairport Convention play the Alex Disco
  • 11th April 1992 - Common Cold Research Unit burns down
  • 13th April 1968 Fleetwood Mac play the Alex Disco
  • 13th April 1980 - Salisbury Rugby club-house is opened
  • 14th April 2013 - more Swing Rioters transported
  • 15th April 1912 - the Titanic sinks
  • 18th April 1698 - the first HMS Salisbury is launched
  • 18th April 1655 - Penruddock goes on trial at Exeter
  • 19th April 1882 - hoax 'dynamite outrage' at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 21th Apr 1965 - the Kinks play the City Hall
  • 22nd April 1681 - Salisbury Council passes by-law discriminating against Catholics and non-Conformists
  • 22nd April 1737 - Act of Parliament allows for improvements in Salisbury
  • 23rd April 1655 - John Penruddock convicted of High Treason against Cromwell
  • 23rd April 2006 - Salisbury twins with Xanten
  • 24th Apr 1968 - The Bee Gees play Salisbury Gaumont
  • 24th April 2010 - Salisbury Journal publishes 'dog hurts nose' story
  • 25th April 2011 - 'Songs of Praise' films at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 26th April 1630 - George Herbert comes to Bemerton
  • 28th April 1220 - foundations laid for Salisbury Cathedral
  • 28th April 1948 - Terry Pratchett's birthday
  • 29th April 1384 - Parliament meets in the Bishop's Palace in the Close
  • 29th April 2001 - census day
  • 29th April 2003 - Buzzcocks play Salisbury City Hall
  • 1st May 1951 - Wilton House opens to the public
  • 1st May 472 - the 'Night of the Long Knives' at Amesbury
  • 1st May 1856 - Roman Road cemetery opens
  • 1st May 1993 - service of thanksgiving for old and new Salisbury hospitals
  • 1st May 1997 - General Election. Nigel Farage runs in Salisbury
  • 2nd May 1767 - Salisbury Infirmary is established
  • 2nd May 1859 - the current Salisbury railway station opens
  • 3rd May 2002 - Wessex Archaeologists uncover the Amesbury Archer
  • 3rd May 1655 - Margery Gyngell condemned to death for witchcraft
  • 3rd May 1965 - the Beatles film near Stonehenge
  • 4th May 1964 - Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway closes
  • 4th May 1757 - disturbance in Salisbury over price of corn
  • 5th May 1645 - Oliver Cromwell stays in Salisbury
  • 6th May 1983 - Zimbabwe's 'Salisbury' becomes 'Harare'
  • 6th May 1968 - Harnham TV mast starts transmitting
  • 6th May 1851 - 'a fine trout' caught in the channel opposite the White Hart
  • 7th May 1987 - Edward Rutherfurd's 'Sarum' published
  • 7th May 2011 - first Milford Street Bridge mural unveiled
  • 8th May 2012 - Queen Elizabeth visits Salisbury
  • 8th May 1945 - VE Day
  • 11th May 2000 - English Heritage announce open access to Stonehenge for summer solstice
  • 12th May 1953 - statue of Sidney Herbert moves to Victoria Park
  • 12th May 2012 - Tom Fort's 'A303: Highway to the Sun' published
  • 14th May 1980 - Yehudi Menuhin unveils Prisoners of Conscience window at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 15th May 1885 - Municipal Borough of Wilton formed
  • 15th May 2012 - Amesbury Mosaic is installed at Archers Gate
  • 16th May 1834 - contraband seized near Harnham Cliff
  • 16th May 1655 - Penruddock beheaded
  • 16th May 1970 - Black Sabbath play the Alex Disco
  • 17th May 2005 - Ted Heath dies
  • 18th May 1859 - Volunteer Rifle Corps formed
  • 18th May 1891 - the 'Oddfellows' had their annual meeting in Salisbury
  • 18th May 1958 - birthday of Toyah
  • 19th May 1972 - Salisbury beat Exeter at It's a Knockout
  • 21st May 1774 - Benjamin Franklin signs letter as 'A Freeholder of Old Sarum'
  • 21st May 1964 - The Kinks play Salisbury City Hall
  • 24th May 1522 - birth of Bishop John Jewel
  • 26th May - custom of climbing the Spire
  • 26th May 1219 - Bishop consecrates wooden chapel on site of Salisbury Cathedral
  • 26th May 2008 - first post on salisburyandstonehenge.net
  • 27th May 1909 - English Clock Factory burns down
  • 28th May 1934 - first Glyndeborne festival begins
  • 29th May 1856 - Salisbury celebrates end of the Crimean War
  • 29th May - Oak apple day
  • 31st May 1999 - Marc Almond plays the City Hall
  • 1st June 1802 - Salisbury celebrates peace with France, which turns out to be temporary
  • 1st June 1985 - the Battle of the Beanfield
  • 2nd June 1985 - 40 freed after Battle of the Beanfield
  • 3rd June 1977 - the Ramones visit Stonehenge. Johnny stays on the bus
  • 3rd June 1761 - birthday of Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel
  • 3rd June 1884 - fatal train crash near Downton
  • 4th June 1448 - agreement to rebuild Saint Thomas' Church
  • 4th June 2009 - first elections for the new Salisbury City Council
  • 6th June 1835 - Pugin converts to Catholicism
  • 6th June 2007 - John Major talks about cricket
  • 6th June 1944 - D-Day
  • 8th June 1983 - Mrs Thatcher visits Salisbury
  • 9th June 2010 - Salisbury FC lose appeal against 2-division relegation
  • 10th June 1668 - Samuel Pepys visits Salisbury
  • 11th June 1668 - Samuel Pepys visits Stonehenge
  • 11th June 1776 - birth of John Constable
  • 14th June 1866 - Bath and West Show Opens at the Butts
  • 14th June 1973 - David Bowie plays at the City Hall
  • 14th June 1990 - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine play at the Arts Centre
  • 15th June 1786 - Matcham meets 'the Dead Drummer', possibly
  • 15th June 1215 - King John assents to the Magna Carta
  • 15th June 1963 - the Beatles play Salisbury City Hall
  • 19th June 1984 - Twisted Sister play Salisbury City Hall
  • 20th June 1897 – Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee – Day 1
  • 20th June 1952 - Vikram Seth is born
  • 20th June 1978 - greatest English midfielder Frank Lampard born
  • 21st of June 1741 - Salisbury Cathedral spire catches fire
  • 22nd June 1911 - Salisbury celebrates the coronation of George V
  • 22nd June 1897 - Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee – Day 3
  • 22nd June 1887 - Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee - Day 1
  • 23rd June 1897 - Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (Day 4)
  • 23rd June 1887 – Salisbury celebrates Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee – Day 2
  • 23rd June 1885 - formation of Salisbury Cycling and Athletic Club
  • 23rd June 2005 - Lester Piggott opens new Grandstand at Salisbury Racecourse
  • 23rd June 1946 - Salisbury is flooded
  • 25th June 1897 - bishop Wordsworth holds garden party to celebrate Diamond Jubilee
  • 25th June 2009 - Rosemary Hill's 'Stonehenge' published
  • 26th June 1969 - John Lee Hooker plays the Alex Disco
  • 26th June 1653 - the tower of Saint Edmunds Church collapses
  • 27th June 1908 - Edward VII visits Wilton House
  • 28th June 1837 - Salisbury celebrates Victoria becoming Queen
  • 28th June 1908 - King Edward visits Longford Castle
  • 29th June 1863 - statue of Lord Sidney Herbert unveiled in Market Place
  • 29th June 1844 - the King of Saxony visits Stonehenge
  • 29th June 1908 - King Edward VII leaves Salisbury after visits to Wilton House and Longford Castle
  • End of July 1665 - Charles II comes to Salisbury to escape the Plague
  • 1st July 1875 - Fisherton Jail opens to visitors
  • 1st July 1906 - Salisbury rail disaster
  • 3rd July 1997 - the Independent reports that Gigant St brewery is closing
  • 4th July 2013 - Mikey Harris appointed manager of Salisbury City
  • 5th July 2008 - Canon Ezra, a new statue on the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral
  • 5th July 1912 - two airmen die near Stonehenge
  • 6th July 1757 - unidentified falling object near Salisbury
  • 6th July 1893 - Salisbury celebrates marriage of Duke of York to Princess Mary
  • 7th July 1885 - two convicted of Salisbury bombings
  • 8th July 1849 - first death in Salisbury cholera epidemic
  • 8th July 1858 - Bishop Hamilton consecrates the new Saint Andrew's Church
  • 10th July 2010 - Honorary Consulate of the Republic of the Maldives opens in the Friary
  • 10th July 1899 - Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth visits Salisbury
  • 11th July 1827 - Queen Adelaide and Princess Amelia visit Salisbury
  • 11th July 1857 - last service is held at the old Saint Andrew's Church
  • 11th July 2012 - the Olympic torch arrives in Salisbury
  • 12th July 2012 - athlete Michael Johnson takes the Olympic torch to Stonehenge
  • 13th July 1884 - National Rose Society show at Bishops Palace
  • 13th July 2001 - 'Stonehenge' page created on Wikipedia
  • 13th July 1968 - Jethro Tull played at the Alex Disco
  • 13th July 1985 - Live Aid
  • 14th July 1457 - translation of the remains of Saint Osmund at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 14th July 2013 - Jay-Z comes to see Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 14th July 1972 - Roxy Music play at Salisbury City Hall
  • 15 Jul 1965 - Them play Salisbury City Hall
  • 15th July 1853 - first annual sheep fair at the Butts
  • 17th July 1884 - Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade founded
  • 17th July 1946 - first seven volunteers arrive at the Common Cold Research Unit
  • 18th July 1944 - Rex Whistler is killed near Caen
  • 18th July 1226 - bodies of Bishops Jocelin, Roger and Saint Osmund moved to the new Salisbury Cathedral
  • 20th July 1654 - diarist John Evelyn visits Wilton and Salisbury and complains about 'negligently kept' water channels
  • 20th July 1562 - first recorded tourist at Stonehenge. Possibly.
  • 21st July 1857 - Royal Agricultural Show opens at the Butts
  • 21st July 1849 - Salisbury Cholera Epidemic at its peak
  • 21st July 1969 - Neil Armstrong on 'The Conquered Moon'
  • 22nd July 1857 - Prince Consort visits Salisbury for Royal Agricultural Show
  • 22nd July 1654 - diarist John Evelyn visits Stonehenge
  • 23th July 2002 - Tony Benn speaks at Salisbury City Hall
  • 24th July 1969 - the Equals play Salisbury City Hall
  • 25th July 1968 - Fleetwood Mac play the Alex Disco
  • 26th July 1671 - Charles II 'ran through the city'
  • 26th July 1884 - small bomb explodes in Salisbury Market Place
  • 26th July 1919 - birthday of James Lovelock, scientist and 'Gaia theorist'
  • 26th July 1945 - Labour win post-war election
  • 27th July 1989 - last volunteers leave the Common Cold Research Unit
  • 28th July 1919 - Peace Pageant in Salisbury
  • 28th July 1913 - Edwin Young Picture Galley opens
  • 28th July 1849 - hero of the Salisbury cholera epidemic Dr Richard Brassey Hole dies
  • 28th July 1972 - Salisbury win Jeux sans Froniers
  • 29th July 1861 - Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia visits Salisbury
  • 29th July 1625 - Salisbury Council acts to keep out the Plague
  • 31st July 1849 - the Times reports 'the sickness pervades the whole city'
  • 1st August - The Feast of Saint Peter ad Vincula or 'Petersfinger Day'
  • 1st August 1086 - the Doomsday Book presented to William I at Old Sarum
  • 1st August 1973 - entry fees introduced at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 4th August 1873 - Blondin appears before 20,000 at Wilton Foresters' Fete
  • 6th August 1723 - Stukely discovers the Stonehenge cursus
  • 6th August 1903 - Buffalo Bill's Wild West show visits Salisbury
  • 7th August 1999 - Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters visit Stonehenge
  • 7th August 1897 - Thomas Hardy stays at the Crown, Salisbury
  • 7th August 1983 - Black Sabbath release 'Born Again'
  • August 10th 1871 - Crown Prince of Prussia, Victoria the Princess Royal and the future Kaiser Willhelm II visit Salisbury and Stonehenge
  • 10th August 1901 - Miss Moberly meets Marie Antoinette
  • 11th August 1107 - Roger le Poer consecrated as Bishop of Salisbury
  • 11th August 1851 - Prince Albert visits Stonehenge
  • 11th August 1999 - solar eclipse across south-west England
  • 11th August 1942 - Air Raid on Salisbury
  • 13th August 1849 - Dr Finch's letter about the Salisbury cholera epidemic appears in The Times
  • 15th August 1856 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit Salisbury
  • 15th August 2002 - 'Isis' creates the 'Salisbury' page on Wikipedia
  • 15th August 2003 - Mis-teeq play at the Ray Mac
  • 16th August 1911 - Bishop Wordsworth dies. The Bishop's birds are seen.
  • 16th August 2005 - Madonna visits Salisbury District Hospital
  • 17th August 1792 - George III visits Salisbury
  • 18th August 1983 - Black Sabbath's Born Again tour opens
  • 20th August 1818 - Prince Adolphus visits Salisbury
  • 22nd August 1485 - Richard III dies at Bosworth
  • 27th August 2012 - Thor II filming at Stonehenge
  • 28th August 2005 - Bad Manners play at the Chapel
  • 29th August 1782 - the Royal George sinks
  • 30th August 1826 - Cobbett visits Salisbury, rages against 'the Accursed Hill'
  • 2nd September 1896 - Marconi demonstrates radio on Salisbury Plain
  • 3rd September 1939 - the Second World War is declared
  • 3rd September 2009 - Salisbury City FC go into administration
  • 4th September 1835 - Prince George of Cambridge stays at the White Hart
  • 4th September 1417 - Bishop Hallam dies. Bishop's Birds seen.
  • 5th September 2014 - President Barack Obama visited Stonehenge
  • 5th September 1867 - Blackmore Museum formally opened
  • 5th September 1992 - Spire FM begins test transmissions
  • 6th September 1991 - the Symphony for the Spire
  • 6th September 1866 - Gladstone addresses meeting in Council Chamber
  • 6th September 1848 - consecration of Saint Osmund's Church
  • 7th September 1651 - birth of the younger Isaac Walton, builder of the Walton Canonry
  • 7th September 1995 - Bill Bryson publishes 'Notes from a Small Island'
  • 8th September 1831 - Salisbury celebrates coronation of William IV
  • 9th September 1812 - Salisbury is illuminated to celebrate victory at Salamanca
  • 9th September 1835 - the Duke of Nemours visits Salisbury Cathedral
  • 9th September 1855 - a new Charter for Wilton
  • 10th September 1855 - Salisbury celebrates fall of Sebastopol
  • 10th September 1968 - Guy Ritchie born
  • 11th September 1920(ish) - repair works begin at Stonehenge
  • 12th September 1656 - a new charter for Salisbury
  • 13th September 1972 - Salisbury come 4th in final of Jeux sans Frontiers
  • 16th September - Saint Edith of Wilton's Day
  • 16th September 984 - death of Saint Edith of Wilton
  • 17th September 1955 - last train stops at Codford Railway station
  • 17th September 1954 - William Golding publishes 'Lord of the Flies'
  • 19th September 1945 - the Times reports vandalism of Imber church
  • 20th September 1258 - Salisbury Cathedral is consecrated
  • 20th September 1992 - Spire FM launches
  • 21st September 1915 - Cecil Chubb buys Stonehenge
  • 22nd September 1766 - Salisbury people force famers to sell at a fair price
  • 22nd September 1978 - Adam and the Ants play the Tech
  • 22nd September 1978 - Adam and the Ants play at Salisbury Tech
  • 23rd September 1767 - march in aid of Salisbury's new Infirmary
  • 23rd September 1795 - new Guildhall opens
  • 24th September 1841 - baptism of Edward Slow, Wilton mayor and 'dialect poet'
  • 24th September 2012 - 'Come Dine With Me' in Salisbury
  • 25th September 1970 - Caravan play at the City Hall
  • 26th September 1963 Gene Vincent plays in Salisbury
  • 27th September 1884 - bomb explodes near Salisbury Guildhall
  • 27th September 1715 - Salisbury's first newspaper published
  • 27th September 1937 - 'The New Picture House' opens
  • 28th September 1625 - King Charles I visits Salisbury and Wilton
  • 28th September 1625 - King Charles I visits Salisbury and Wilton
  • 28th September 1793 - earthquake in Salisbury
  • 28th September 1998 - Baby Bird play the Arts Centre
  • 28th September 2008 - first baptism in Salisbury Cathedral's new font
  • 29th September 1679 - birth of Thomas Chubb, the Sage of Salisbury
  • 1st October 1981 - Crass play The Grange
  • October 2003 - 'The Tailor of Salisbury' published
  • 2nd October 1538 - King Henry VIII appropriates the Friary
  • 2nd October 1632 - Christopher Wren's birthday
  • 2nd October 1951 - Sting is born
  • 4th October 2012 - Salisbury story 'Ghost Knight' is published
  • 5th October 2012 - second Milford Street Bridge mural unveiled
  • 6th October 1651 - Charles II hides from Roundheads at Heale House
  • 6th October 1970 - planning permission for Barbara Hepworth sculpture refused
  • 7th October 2010 - Helen Skelton changes light bulb at the top of Salisbury Cathedral spire
  • 8th October 1835 - the Lord Chancellor speaks from the balcony of the White Hart
  • 9th October 1783 - Samuel Johnson gives his opinion on Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge
  • 9th October 1845 - Wilton's Italianate church consecrated
  • 9th October 1959 - General Election
  • 11th October 1974 - second General Election of 1974
  • 11th October 1995 - first National Lottery grant in Salisbury area
  • 14th October, 18th Century - Hops, Cheese and Onions Fair
  • 15th October 1853 onwards - sheep fair
  • 16th October 1328 - Parliament briefly meets at Salisbury
  • 16th October 1987 - the Great Storm
  • 17th October 1645 - Oliver Cromwell in Salisbury, again
  • 18th October 2010 Boston Tea Party opened in what was the George Inn
  • 20th October 1816 - Lion attacks mail coach at Winterslow
  • 22nd October 1822 - William Cobbett visits Salisbury, addresses 500 farmers
  • 24th October 1978 - XTC play Salisbury City Hall
  • 24th October 1800 - Birth of Richard Cockle Lucas
  • 25th October 1809 - Salisbury celebrates King George III's Golden Jubilee
  • 26th October 1918 - Stonehenge gifted to the nation
  • 26th October 1951 - General Election
  • 27th October 1986 - Tom Robinson plays the Salisbury Arts Centre
  • 27th October 1963 - Everlys, Little Richard, Rolling Stones, Bo Diddley play the Gaumont
  • 1st November 1990 - Levellers and Manics play SAC
  • 2nd November 1987 - Susan Howatch publishes 'Glittering Images'
  • 2nd November 2012 - Haunted Salisbury book is launched
  • 2nd November 1908 - moving picture show in Bowerchalke
  • 2nd November from 1393 to 1612 - local election day
  • 4th November 1885 - Enthronement of Bishop Wordsworth
  • 4th November 2005 - Van Morrison plays at the City Hall
  • 6th November 2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opens
  • 7th November 1846 - illustrator William Brassey Hole born in Salisbury
  • 9th November 1927 - Lady Hulse becomes first woman Mayor of Salisbury
  • 10th November 1973 - Enoch Powell speaks at the White Hart, Salisbury
  • 10th November 2004 - Mick Fleetwood joins Fleetwood Mac tribute band on stage at Salisbury City Hall
  • 11th November - Saint Martins Day
  • 12th November 1976 - 'Green monkey disease' quarantine
  • 13th November 1981 - Wasted Youth play Salisbury Tech
  • 14th November 2009 - Salisbury-born Julie Dibens wins Ironman 70.3 world championship
  • 14th November 1676 - birth date of Bishop Hoadly
  • 16th November - Saint Edmund's Day
  • 16th November 1967 - the Bee Gees play Salisbury City Hall
  • 16th November 2012 - first elected Wiltshire Police Commissioner
  • 17th November 1899 - Saint Marks Church consecrated
  • 17th November 1966 - the Small Faces play Salisbury City Hall
  • 17th November 2001 - postal workers win National Lottery
  • 19th November 2010 - £10m grant for Stonehenge Visitor Centre
  • 19th November 2010 - £10m grant for Stonehenge Visitor Centre
  • 19th November 1688 - James II reaches Salisbury
  • 20th November 1845 - the future Sergeant William Thick born in Bowerchalke
  • 21st November 2001 - First 'Sarum Chronicle' was published
  • 22nd November 1850 - Pope-burning in Salisbury
  • 22nd November 1999 - Morrissey plays Salisbury City Hall
  • 22nd November 2003 - Salisbury's Richard Hill wins the Rugby World Cup
  • 23rd November 1984 - New Model Army played at Salisbury Tech
  • 23rd November 1688 - James II retreats from Salisbury
  • 23rd November - Saint Clement's Day
  • 23rd November 1830 - Swing riots on Bishop's Down Farm, Salisbury
  • 24th November 1583 - playwright Philip Massinger baptized at St Thomas' Church, Salisbury
  • 24th November 1979 - Salisbury FC play Millwall in FA Cup 3rd Round
  • 24th November 1979 - Salisbury FC play Millwall in FA Cup 3rd Round
  • 24th November 1979 - Salisbury FC play Millwall in FA Cup 3rd Round
  • 24th November 2012 - Salisbury's Tom Heathcote debuted for Scotland
  • 27th November 1736 - issue no. 1 of William Collins' Salisbury Journal
  • 27th November 1736 - issue no. 1 of William Collins' Salisbury Journal
  • 27th November 2011 - Salisbury and South Wilts Sports Club pavilion is opened
  • 28th November 1948 - Mike Channon born
  • 28th November 2002 - Bob Geldof played at Salisbury City Hall
  • 29th November 2012 - Salisbury's first German-style Christmas market
  • 30th November 1979 Mike Oldfield releases Woodhenge as B side to Blue Peter
  • 30th November 1976 - the new Salisbury Playhouse opens
  • 30th November 2007 - Christopher Biggins wins I'm A Celebrity
  • 30th November - Saint Andrew's Day
  • 30th November 1667 - Jonathan Swift was born
  • 30th November 1993 - David Stancliffe becomes Bishop of Salisbury
  • 2nd December 1876 - Birthday of Carl Weeks, builder of 'the Salisbury House', des Moines, Iowa
  • 3rd December 2009 - Stonehenge appears on Google Street View
  • 4th December 1540 - Amesbury Abbey is surrendered to Henry VIII
  • 4th December - Saint Osmund's Day
  • 5th December 1595 - Henry Lawes born at Dinton
  • 6th December 1882 - Duke of Albany raises money for proposed Royal College of Music
  • 6th December - Saint Nicholas and the Boy Bishop
  • 7th December 2007 - Unesco regrets Stonehenge roads
  • 8th December 1833 - Fisherton street lighting
  • 11th December 1139 - death of Bishop Roger
  • 11th December 1916 - 'The Picture House' opens
  • 14th December 1979 - first flight of the Edgley EA-7 Optica
  • 14th December 1997 - Fish plays Salisbury Arts Centre
  • 14th December 1688 - Willem of Orange reaches Salisbury
  • 14th December 1835 - establishment of the Wilts And Dorset Banking Company
  • 15th December 1921 - first meeting of Salisbury Rotary Club
  • 15th December 1814 - Princess Charlotte of Wales visits Salisbury
  • 16th December 2011 - Ian Anderson with Justin Hayward and Greg Lake plays at Salisbury Cathedral
  • 18th December 1987 - Robert Fripp and Toyah move to Reddish House, Broadchalke
  • 18th December 1680 - non-conformist meeting broken up in Castle Street
  • 18th December 1971 - Slade plade at the Alex Disco
  • 19th December 2013 - Terry Pratchett joins Steeleye Span on stage at Salisbury City Hall
  • 20th December 1800 - Nelson given freedom of Salisbury
  • 20th December 1819 - the future Queen Victoria visits Salisbury as a baby
  • 21st December 1971 - Led Zeppelin play Salisbury City Hall
  • 21st December 1971 - Led Zeppelin play Salisbury City Hall
  • 22nd December 1962 - birth of Ralph Fiennes
  • 27th December 1836 - severe snow on Salisbury Plain
  • 27th December 1830 - Salisbury court convenes to try 830 Swing Rioters
  • 28th December 2013 - Edgar Davids announces retirement after match at Ray Mac
  • 29th December - Saint Thomas a Becket's Day
  • 30th December 1961 - the last film was shown at the old Odeon
  • 31st December 1872 - Edith Olivier is born
  • 31st December 1900 - a Stonehenge trilithon falls
  • 12th October 2015 - Memorial Unveiled to Hero Airmen of 1955
  • 15th October - King Charles enters Salisbury with army
  • 5th January 1818 - Prince Leopold, future king of Belgium visits Salisbury
  • First Thursday in May 1723 - new prize at Salisbury Races
  • 21st of June 1741 - Salisbury Cathedral spire catches fire
  • 1st Decmber 2009 - Robert Key resigns
  • 7th February 1812 - birth of Charles Dickens