The Collective Worship Resource - from the Culham Institute in association with The National Society
Anniversaries
5th February - The BBC radio Greenwich time signal - the 'pips' - was heard for the first time in 1924.
6th February - Women over 30 were granted the right to vote in Britain in 1918.
6th February - In 1778 Britain declared war on France.
6th February - The 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne on the death of George VI in 1952.
7th February - The Dead Sea scrolls, dating to around 150BCE - 68CE, were found in caves by the river Jordan in 1947.
9th February - In 1972 the British government declared a state of emergency due to the miners' strike.
11th February - Nelson Mandela was freed from prison in South Africa in 1990, after 27 years.
12th February - Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream was stolen from an Oslo gallery in 1994.
14th February - Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
14th February - St Valentine's Day
15th February - The funeral of King George VI took place in 1952.
18th February - Fox hunting with dogs became illegal in England and Wales in 2005.
21st February - Shrove Tuesday - popularly known as Pancake Day.
21st February - US black leader Malcolm X was assassinated in New York in 1965.
22nd February - Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent
24th February - In 1955 deep snow and freezing temperatures resulted in many parts of the country being cut off from essential supplies.
26th February - In 1987 the Church of England's General Synod voted in favour of the ordination of women priests.
27th February - The Great Fast - the first day of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox churches.
29th February - Leap Year Day. This extra day is added every four years to bring the solar year of 365.25 days into line with the calendar year of 365 days.
1st March - World Book Day - the biggest celebration of books and reading in the world.
1st March - St David's Day - celebrated across Wales