Landmarks in the History of the Society
- 1637 – 5th Nov
- The Society was founded. William Lord Brereton served as the first Master.
Stone carving of Lord Brereton in Brereton Hall (part of a mantlepiece). - c.1642
- The Society rang "a plain six-score on five bells".
- c.1650
- Robert Roan (Master in 1652) invented Grandsire Doubles and Bob Minor.
- 1668
- Tintinnalogia published, dedicated to "the Noble Society of Colledge-Youths".
- 1677
- Campanologia published, containing Stedman's Principle.
- 1684 – 18th Nov
- Three 720s rung consecutively on the back six bells at Southwark.
- 1690 – 7th Jan
- "The whole peal of Plain Bob Triples" believed to have been rung at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.
- 1725 – 19th Jan
- The first peal on 12-bells was rung - 5060 Grandsire Cinques at St Bride's, Fleet Street.
St Bride's, Fleet Street - 1725 – 26th Apr
- The first ever peal of Bob Major was rung - at St Bride's, Fleet Street.
- 1725 – 22nd Nov
- The first ever peal of Bob Royal was rung - St Bride's, Fleet Street.
- 1726 – 26th Feb
- The first ever peal of Maximus was rung - Plain Bob at St Bride's Fleet Street.
- 1728 – 18th May
- 10,080 Bob Major was rung at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. This was the longest peal to date.
- 1758 – 12th Mar
- The first peal of Treble Bob Maximus was rung - at St Saviour's, Southwark.
- 1762 – 14th Apr
- 10,188 Grandsire Caters was rung at West Ham.
All Saints, West Ham - 1777 – 19th May
- 11,080 Oxford Treble Bob Royal was rung at St Leonard's, Shoreditch.
Shoreditch - 1787
- The first peal of Stedman Caters was rung - at St John's, Horsleydown.
- 1788 – 6th Oct
- The first peal of Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square - 1851 – 31st Jan
- The first non-conducted peal (Holt's 10-part Grandsire Triples) was rung at Christ Church, Spitalfields.
Christ Church, Spitalfields - 1854 – 21st Jan
- First handbell peal of Stedman Triples.
- 1861 – 27th Apr
- A record length of 8580 Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
- 1868 – 27th Apr
- The longest peal to date was rung - 15,840 Kent Treble Bob Major at Bethnal Green.
St Matthew's, Bethnal Green as it looked then - 1878 – 1st Nov
- The new ring of 12-bell at St Paul's Cathedral were opened by the College Youths.
St Paul's - 1881 – 10th Dec
- The first peal was rung at St Paul's Cathedral - Stedman Cinques.
- 1883 – 8th Dec
- A record length of 11,111 Stedman Caters was rung at All Saint's, Fulham.
All Saint's. Fulham - 1890 – 7th Apr
- First peal on the 12 bells at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside.
St Mary-le-Bow - 1896 – 28th Nov
- The tenor at St Paul's Cathedral was turned in single-handed to 5088 Kent Treble Bob Maximus - the heaviest bell so rung at the time.
- 1901 – 26th Jun
- The first peal of Surprise (Superlative) on handbells.
- 1907 – 11th Nov
- The first peal of London S. Royal was rung - at St Dunstan's, Stepney.
St Dunstan's, Stepney - 1911 – 28th Jan
- The first peal of Cambridge S. Maximus outide Ipswich was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
St Michael, Cornhill - 1913 – 22nd Feb.
- The first silent peal of Stedman Cinques was rung - at St Michael's, Cornhill.
- 1922 – 22nd Apr
- The longest length rung by one set of ringers was rung at St Laurence's, Appleton, 21,363 Stedman Caters.
St Laurence, Appleton - 1923 – 21st May
- 12,675 Stedman Cinques was rung at Southwark Cathedral. This regrettably turned out to be false.
- 1925 – 7th Feb
- The first peal of Surprise was rung at St Paul's Cathedral - 5280 Cambridge S. Maximus.
- 1937 – 6th Nov
- The 300th Anniversary Dinner was held at the Cannon Street Hotel where 418 people attended.
- 1940 – 21st Nov
- "The Coffee Pot" (the Society's headquarters) was destroyed in an air raid. Much of the College Youths' property was lost.
- 1957 – 18th May
- The first College Youths Peal Day.
- 1966 – 13th Aug
- Liverpool Cathedral Tenor was turned in single-handed to Cambridge S. Maximus - the heaviest bell to be turned in in this way.
- 1977 – 12th Jun
- The record length of 12,345 Stedman Cinques was rung on handbells.
- 1977 – 27th Nov
- The record length of 14,144 London S. Major was rung on handbells.
- 1977 – 27th Dec
- The record length of 40,320 Plain Bob Major was rung on handbells.
- 1978 – 23rd Jun
- The record length of 10,032 Lincolnshire S. Maximus was rung at the Waterloo Tower, Quex Park.
The Waterloo Tower, Quex Park - 1978 – 28th Oct
- The record length on more than 8-bells was rung at St Laurence, Appleton - 22,899 Stedman Caters.
- 1980 – 25th Aug
- The record length of 13,968 Spliced Surprise Maximus was rung at Bradford Cathedral.
Bradford Cathedral - 1980 – 12th Dec
- 10,080 Stedman Triples was rung silent at Holy Trinity, Meldreth (Noonan's composition followed by Slack's)
Holy Trinity, Meldreth - 1983 – 14th Jun
- The Society rang its first peal abroad - Stedman Triples at St Phillip's, Sydney, NSW.
- 1985
- The Society restored and augmented the 10 bells at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate to 12.
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate - 1987 – 25th Apr
- The heaviest peal of minor was rung - Cambridge S. Minor on the back 6 bells of Southwark Cathedral.
- 1987 – 7th Nov
- The 350th anniversary dinner was held at the Porter Tun Room, The Brewery, Chiswell Street.
- 1998
- The Society elected to admit women into its membership.
- 2002 – 23rd Nov
- The record length of 25,560 London S Royal No. 3 was rung on handbells.
2002 band and composer - 2004 – 2nd Oct
- The Society regained the record for the longest peal ever rung: 50,400 TD Minor on handbells.
2004 band - 2007 – 6th May
- The same band break their own record with 72,000 TD Minor on handbells.