Westminster School
Over the academic year, the School organises several exchanges and expeditions. In addition, some
pupils participate ( osalema ) in annual events such as PHAB (Physically Handicapped and Able
Bodied) and Commemoration ( mälestus ) along with School traditions like The Greaze each
Shrove Tuesday.
1066 Battle of Hastings
1179 Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey werw required by Pope Alexander III to provide a
small charity school
1245 Westminster Abbey rebuilt
1348 First outbreake of the Black Death
1540 Dissolutoin of Benedictine Monastery. Henry VIII ensured the School's survival by statue
1560 New charter for 'The Collage' from Elizabet I
1649 Execution of Charles I : Busby leads School in prayers for the King on the day of his
beheading
1753 First recorded Pancake Greaze
1793 First cricket match against Elton at Hounslow Heath
1815 Prince Albert and Prince of Wales attend Latin Play
1963 First girl pupil