Distinguished performances by the band in this century began with a two-day ceremony in 1900 for the dedication of the battleship USS Alabama and the 1905 signing of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty, both in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The clock was officially set in motion on Wednesday, 30 August 1905, by Mr. J.H. Carruthers, the Premier of New South Wales, who mentioned in passing that "he thought that the day on which peace had been declared between Russia and Japan was a fitting time to set it in motion" and that "he hoped there would be peace and goodwill on earth as long as the clock continued to go".
Portsmouth | Treaty of Versailles | Portsmouth F.C. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Treaty of Trianon | Portsmouth, Ohio | Treaty of Utrecht | Portsmouth Abbey School | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle | Portsmouth, Virginia | HMNB Portsmouth | University of Portsmouth | Treaty of Berlin (1878) | Portsmouth International Port | Portsmouth Cathedral | Treaty of Rome | Treaty of Lisbon | Treaty of Campo Formio | Treaty of Berlin | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) | Portsmouth, Rhode Island | Portsmouth, Dominica | Maastricht Treaty | Treaty of the Pyrenees | Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Portsmouth Harbour railway station | Portsmouth and Southsea railway station | Penn Treaty Park | Lateran Treaty |