Calendar

Circus World Museum opened (1959)

Ringling Bros. purchase Barnum & Bailey Circus (1907)

Final Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey tent show (1956)

World's 1st circus museum opened in St. Petersburg (1928)

Famous Indian animal trainer Damoo Dhotre born (1902)

Debut of the Super Circus at The Big E (1970)

Founding of "The Big E" Eastern States Exposition (1916)

Irvin Feld family buys Ringling Bros. (1967)

The 35th tour of Wintercircus Martin Hanson will take place from 23 November 2013 - 19 January 2014.

First performance of Brian Boswell's Circus (1982)

Birth Martin Hanson, Co-Founder European Circus Association (1937)

Fédération Mondiale du Cirque established in Monaco (2008)

Opening of Circus Krone building (1962)

First International Circus Festival in Monte-Carlo, Monaco (1974)

First elephant born at Ringling Conservation Center, Florida (1992)

First performance of the Ringling Bros. Circus (1884)

Birth of famous circus master John Ringling (1866)

Birth of world-renowned escapologist Harry Houdini (1875)

First performance of the P.T. Barnum Circus (1871)

First Circus performance in America (1793)

Birth of American showman P.T. Barnum (1810)

J-B Gautier presented 1st elephants in Finland (1804)

Danish Ducander Bros. offer first circus in Finland (1896)

Birth of Carl Krone Jr, founder of Circus Krone (1870)

Jean Leotard’s flying trapeze debut (1859)

First stationary circus opened in Russia (1877)

RA Radford held 1st successful circus performance in Australia (1847)

Birth of famous wild animal trainer Alfred Court (1883)

World´s first modern circus presented (1768)

Gunther Gebel-Williams debut in America (1969)

Indian circuses combine to create Rambo Circus (1991)

Circus Sarrasani's building in Dresden, Germany destroyed by bomb attack (1945)

First Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Show (1919)

U.S. stamp issued, 200 years of American circus (1993)

Circus Gerd Sperlich re-established (1992)

Birth of Fredy Knie (1920)