I often wonder what significant anniversaries are due at some point in the future as some of them might be of interest as triggers for blog posts or visits somewhere. However, it is often difficult to find out quickly what events have significant anniversaries - hence this section on the website.
By "significant anniversaries", I mean dates that are not, for example, the 73rd anniversary of something, but the 50th, 100th, 200th etc.
It should help to flag up interesting events.
Significant anniversaries during January 2016
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 is felt across the East Midlands. (28th Jan 2015) |
| 1st | Libby Lane becomes the first woman ordained as a bishop in the Church of England, at York Minster. (26th Jan 2015) |
| 1st | Abu Hamza, the former head of London's Finsbury Park mosque who preached Islamic terrorism, is sentenced to life in prison by a US court. (9th Jan 2015) |
| 1st | Comedian and actor Stephen Fry confirms he is to marry his partner, Elliott Spencer. The couple are married two weeks later at a registry office in Norfolk. (6th Jan 2015) |
| 5th | A gay couple won a discrimination case against Christian hoteliers who refused to let them stay in a double room. (18th Jan 2011) |
| 5th | Three former Church of England bishops were ordained as priests in the new Roman Catholic Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham at Westminster Cathedral. (15th Jan 2011) |
| 5th | An investigation by The Guardian newspaper revealed details of how Metropolitan police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated dozens of protest groups in 22 countries using the pseudonym Mark Stone. (9th Jan 2011) |
| 5th | Music retailer HMV announced the closure of sixty stores following disappointing Christmas sales - a move which would see the firm lose 10% of its stores and could cost up to 900 people their jobs. (5th Jan 2011) |
| 5th | Value added tax increased to 20% from 17.5%. (4th Jan 2011) |
| 10th | River Thames whale: a whale is discovered swimming in the River Thames in London. (20th Jan 2006) |
| 10th | Charles Kennedy, resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats, admitting that he has a drinking problem. (7th Jan 2006) |
| 40th | Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. (21st Jan 1976) |
| 75th | World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. (9th Jan 1941) |
| 75th | World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales (2nd Jan 1941) |
| 80th | Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. (20th Jan 1936) |
| 150th | The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. (12th Jan 1866) |
| 175th | The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes. (26th Jan 1841) |
| 200th | Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. (9th Jan 1816) |
| 225th | The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. (25th Jan 1791) |
| 950th | Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. (6th Jan 1066) |
| 950th | Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman Conquest of England. (5th Jan 1066) |
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