Portal:Society/Selected anniversaries

10 January 1966 – Foundation of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, as a branch of the international Red Crescent Society
10 January 1990 – Nusantara Society was founded comprising research fellows, professors, lecturers, students and postgraduates of Moscow and St. Petersburg academic institutions, universities and higher schools, studying the vast region of Nusantara, populated by peoples speaking Austronesian languages
11 January 1902 – Formation of the Fiscal Philatelic Society (1908 advertisement pictured), an early twentieth century philatelic society that is seen as a predecessor to today's Cinderella Stamp Club and The Revenue Society
13 January 1873 – Death of Henry Venn, an Anglican clergyman who served as honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873

5 February 1784 - The Asiatic Society (logo pictured) founder Sir William Jones was elected its president, serving until his death in 1794
6 February 1899 - Formation of the American Ceramic Society in Columbus, Ohio by nine members of the National Brick Manufacturer’s Association
11 February 1915 - Wlodimir Ledóchowski elected 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
28 February 2002 - Gulbarg Society massacre took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots, when a mob attacked the Gulbarg Society, a Muslim neighbourhood in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad

3 March 1920 - A bill to constitute the Indian Red Cross Society, Independent of the British Red Cross, was introduced in the Indian Legislative Council
4 March 1970 - After 167 years of male-only membership, the first female members of the Demosthenian Literary Society were inducted
12 March 1888 - Death of Henry Bergh (pictured), founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
25 March 1973 - First admission of women into the Friar Society

4 April 1930 - Foundation of the American Rocket Society, originally named the American Interplanetary Society
13 April 1564 - Pope Pius IV approved the Society of the Holy Name
19 April 1866 - First anti-cruelty law was passed since the founding of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Brooklyn chapter pictured)
22 April 2008 - IEEE Power Engineering Society changed its name to IEEE Power & Energy Society

1 May 1776 - Foundation of the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society
1 May 1869 - New York Genealogical and Biographical Society elects its first woman member
7 May 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (pictured) first makes reference to the Great Society
10 May 1793 - Society of Revolutionary Republican Women officially registered at the Paris Commune

9 June 1886 - Centennial celebration of the foundation of the Stoughton Musical Society
14 June 1957 - IEEE Education Society was formed as the IRE Professional Group on Education
24 June 1834 - The Canadiens founded what would become the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
30 June 1897 - Foundation of the Shanghai Foot Emancipation Society (foot binding pictured)

4 July 1963 - Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society received official recognition as an independent national society by the International Committee of the Red Cross
14 July 1904 - Incorporation of the Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
22 July 1932 - Establishment of the Turkish Language Association
30 July 1982 - Chinese Society Halls on Maui (pictured) placed on the Hawaii State Register of Historic Places

14 September 1955 - Foundation of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots
20 September 1848 - American Association for the Advancement of Science (pictured) created in Pennsylvania
21 September 1995 - Nepal Physical Society signed the agreement to be a reciprocal society with the American Physical Society (APS)
30 September 1845 - Phi Alpha Literary Society founded in a college dorm room

14 October 1946 - Foundation of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
25 October 1955 - Installation of the first officers of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots
30 October 1913 - British Psychoanalytical Society was founded by the British psychiatrist Ernest Jones (pictured back middle) as the London Psychoanalytical Society

1 and 2 November - Day of the Dead tradition (pictured) among Mexican people
15 November 1982 - Chinese Society Halls on Maui placed on the National Register of Historic Places
17 November 1989 - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society was formed as the IEEE Neural Networks Council
26 November 1825 - Foundation of the Kappa Alpha Society, the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America

15 December 1906 – Organization of the The Missouri Folklore Society; encourages study of folklore and arts in Missouri
29 December 1937 – Establishment of the Rural Sociological Society
30 December 1671 – Foundation of the Académie royale d'architecture by Louis XIV (pictured), king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert