April

King Robert III died and James I ascended the throne

April 04, 1406

King Robert III, the second of the Stewart kings, was the eldest son of King Robert II (1316-90), and grand-son of Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329).

John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.

April 04, 1384

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman.

Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as King

April 04, 1373

Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390.

Patrick Pearse denies rumors of a possible rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill

April 05, 1916

The Irish Volunteers, also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and republicans in Ireland.

Disaster at English-Scottish football match at Ibrox Stadium when part of the flooring collapsed, killing 20, and injuring 200.

April 05, 1902

The 1902 Ibrox disaster was the collapse of a stand at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Govan (now part of Glasgow), Scotland.

Spencer Tracy, the son of an Irish father, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

April 05, 1900

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor.

Birth in Dublin of Margaret Tennant, née Abraham; trade unionist and campaigner for improved working conditions

April 05, 1869

Margaret Edith (May) Tennant, (1869 — 11 July 1946), née Abraham, born in Rathgar, County Dublin, Ireland, was a civil servant, trade unionist, factory inspector, and campaigner, who worked to improve …

The Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed

April 05, 1855

The Belfast–Dublin Main Line is a main and busiest railway route on the island of Ireland that connects Dublin Connolly station in the Republic of Ireland and Belfast Lanyon Place station in Northern …

Birth at Lesmahagow of composer Alexander Muir, creator of Maple Leaf Forever.

April 05, 1830

Alexander Muir (5 April 1830 – 26 June 1906) was a Canadian songwriter, poet, soldier, and school headmaster.

Scottish Insurrection of 1820 begins

April 05, 1820

The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom which had become prominent in the …

Bernardo OHiggins defeats the Spanish at the battle of Maipo River, Chile

April 05, 1818

William Dool Killen, ecclesiastical historian, is born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim

April 05, 1806