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:
| 13th December 2009 | Campsmount School burnt down with only the library and sports hall surviving. |
| 13th December 1958 | Actress Janet Dibley, star of sitcom The Two of Us, was born in Doncaster. » |
| 13th December 1930 | Arthur Wharton, the first black footballer, died in Edlington.» |
| 14th December 2007 | Rugby legend Ellery Hanley becomes coach of Doncaster Rugby League Club. |
| 14th December 1968 | Manager Lawrie McMenemy's first game in charge of Doncaster Rovers, home to Wrexham. |
| 14th December 1963 | The last Doncaster trolleybus (number 375) ran down Beckett Road. |
| 14th December 1944 | DFS Founder and magnate Graham Kirkham was born in Maltby.» |
| 14th December 1887 | Stephen Wade, the last of Britain's executioner's, was born in Doncaster.» |
| 15th December 1286 | William, son of the Earl of Conisbrough, is killed in a tournament in Croydon. |
| 16th December 2005 | Doncaster MP and former chancellor Anthony Barber passed away in Suffolk. |
| 16th December 1960 | World acclaimed Cornetist Roger Webster was born in Doncaster. |
| 16th December 1958 | Doncaster Film Society's inaugural meeting at the Girl's High School on Waterdale. |
| 17th December 1697 | Terrible flooding from huge snow melt all areas by River Don, River banks destroyed at Thorne.» |
| 17th December 1382 | King Richard II signs the town's second charter, for Danecastre. |
| 18th December 1819 | Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel Ivanhoe featuring Conisbrough Castle is published. |
| 19th December 2007 | The last tractor rolls off the production line at International Harvester Doncaster.» |
| 19th December 2007 | Nike and Hephaestus sculpture at the Keepmoat Stadium is unveiled.» |
| 19th December 1984 | Mexborough bred Poet Ted Hughes is named England's new poet laureate, succeeding Sir John Betjeman.» |
