It all happened here on the streets of Doncaster, to the people of Donny, these are the historic events that happened here once upon a time in our history:
| 28th October 1998 | Mexborough bred Poet Ted Hughes sadly passed away.» |
| 28th October 1967 | ABC closed the old The Picture House cinema. |
| 28th October 1909 | Doncaster Art Gallery officially opened by the Viscountess Halifax.» |
| 28th October 1898 | Church of St Winifred is re-opened after extensive renovations and a new pulpit.» |
| 28th October 1865 | Arthur Wharton, the first black footballer, was born in Ghana.» |
| 29th October 1829 | Local eccentric and prankster Jemmy Hirst dies.» |
| 30th October 1964 | Doncaster Museum was officially opened by Princess Margaret. |
| 30th October 1823 | Edmund Cartwright, Doncaster's inventor of the power loom, died in Hastings.» |
| 30th October 1648 | Colonel Thomas Rainsborough, a republican officer of Charles I was murdered in Doncaster.» |
| 30th October 1467 | The town of Doncaster was incorporated by Edward IV. |
| 31st October 1945 | The Carcroft Train Crash: Bradford to King's Cross passenger train derailed at and demolished Carcroft Station. No casualties. |
| 31st October 1941 | Doncaster's Stephen Wade, executes his first prisoner, Antonio Mancini in Pentonville.» |
| 1st November 2012 | Doncaster's North Bridge is re-opened early after 10 years closed. |
| 1st November 2011 | Doncaster Rovers striker Billy Sharp heroically scores 3 days after the tragic death of his 2 day old son.» |
| 1st November 1996 | Brassed Off, the film about Grimethorpe Colliery Band, was released.» |
| 1st November 1938 | 616 (South Yorkshire) fighter Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force was formed. |
| 1st November 1938 | Newly formed No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron are based at Doncaster. |
| 1st November 1937 | New Honeymooner's train The Glass Age Express launched in Doncaster. |
| 1st November 1915 | Boyd QC actor Michael Dennison was born in Doncaster. |
| 1st November 1829 | Christ Church's first public service after opening.» |
| 2nd November 1991 | Manager Steve Beaglehole's first game in charge of Doncaster Rovers, away at Mansfield. |
| 2nd November 1914 | Wheatley moves from West Riding of Yorkshire to Doncaster administrative control. |
| 2nd November 1829 | The Deaf and Dumb Institution officially opened opposite the racecourse in Eastfield House.» |
| 2nd November 1815 | Father of computing, mathematician and inventor of algebra George Boule, who taught in Doncaster, was born in Lincoln. |
| 3rd November 1317 | King Edward II issues a writ demanding the siege of Conisbrough Castle cease.» |
