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Anniversaries

The page lists upcoming anniversaries (or events) and the means to find more.

This can be useful for personal or communal projects; for example with proofread of the month and featured texts. Texts can be featured during the month of the anniversary or event. With proofreading, it may be desirable to have the work complete by the date of the anniversary; therefore the texts may be scheduled for at least a month before to allow for this.

Timing projects to match anniversaries can be nice although it is by no means necessary. This page is intended to help that process. Some non-anniversary dates and occasions can and should be listed here if they are also relevant to Wikisource. Events do not need to be historical, just relatable to a public domain or freely licensed work.

If you find, or know of, an anniversary, please feel free to add it to the lists below.

Upcoming anniversaries edit

Known upcoming anniversaries or events can be listed here. These should be items that may be useful to Wikisource projects or users.

Works edit

Authors edit

Events edit

  • July 2013: Battle of Gettysburg. (150th anniversary)
  • October 2013: The Football Association formed in the UK. (150th anniversary)
  • November 2013: Launch of Old Wikisource. (10th anniversary)
  • 2014: John Napier invents logarithms. (400th anniversary)
  • July 2014: Start of World War I. (100th anniversary)
  • September 2014: Start of World War II. (75th anniversary)
  • April 2015: Surrender of Robert E. Lee, beginning the end of the American Civil War. (150th anniversary)
  • June 2015: Battle of Waterloo. (200th anniversary)
  • June 2015: Signing of the first Magna Carta. (800th anniversary)
  • September 2015: Launch of English Wikisource as a standalone project. (10th anniversary)
  • March 2016: Work of Copernicus banned by the Congregation of the Index. (400th anniversary)
  • May 2016: Defeat of the Ottoman fleet by the Venetians at Gallipoli. (600th anniversary)
  • January 2019: Next Public Domain Day in the United States. Works published in 1923 enter the public domain.

Resources edit

The following tables might help in finding suitable upcoming anniversaries.

Resources on Wikisource edit

Local categories
Anniversary This year Next year
Births Deaths Works Births Deaths Works
10th 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015
25th 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000
50th 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1975
75th 1949 1949 1949 1950 1950 1950
100th 1924 1924 1924 1925 1925 1925
125th 1899 1899 1899 1900 1900 1900
150th 1874 1874 1874 1875 1875 1875
175th 1849 1849 1849 1850 1850 1850
200th 1824 1824 1824 1825 1825 1825
250th 1774 1774 1774 1775 1775 1775
300th 1724 1724 1724 1725 1725 1725
400th 1624 1624 1624 1625 1625 1625
500th 1524 1524 1524 1525 1525 1525

Resources on Wikipedia edit

General monthly anniversaries
Anniversary Next month Month + 2 Month + 3 Month + 4 Month + 5 Month + 6
10th May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014
25th May 1999 June 1999 July 1999 August 1999 September 1999 October 1999
50th May 1974 June 1974 July 1974 August 1974 September 1974 October 1974
75th May 1949 June 1949 July 1949 August 1949 September 1949 October 1949
100th May 1924 June 1924 July 1924 August 1924 September 1924 October 1924
Not all of these links will exist on Wikipedia


Specific anniversaries this year
Anniversary Articles Categories
General Literature Poetry Science Philosophy Births Deaths Works Created
10th 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014
25th 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
50th 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974
75th 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949
100th 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924
125th 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899 1899
150th 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874
175th 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849
200th 1824 1824 1824 1824 1824 1824 1824 1824 1824
250th 1774 1774 1774 1774 1774 1774 1774 1774 1774
300th 1724 1724 1724 1724 1724 1724 1724 1724 1724
400th 1624 1624 1624 1624 1624 1624 1624 1624 1624
500th 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524 1524
Not all of these links will exist on Wikipedia


Specific anniversaries next year
Anniversary Articles Categories
General Literature Poetry Science Philosophy Births Deaths Works Created
10th 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
25th 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
50th 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
75th 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
100th 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925
125th 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
150th 1875 1875 1875 1875 1875 1875 1875 1875 1875
175th 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850
200th 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825
250th 1775 1775 1775 1775 1775 1775 1775 1775 1775
300th 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725
400th 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625
500th 1525 1525 1525 1525 1525 1525 1525 1525 1525
Not all of these links will exist on Wikipedia
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