Celtic history archive
Browse all events for December 07.
521
Scotland
Saint Columba (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the …
1487
Ireland
James FitzGerald, the 8th Earl of Desmond (1459–1487) was the son of Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond and his wife, Ellice de Barry, daughter of William Barry, 8th Baron …
1688
Ireland
The “Closing of the Gates” in Derry-Londonderry, which occurred on December 07, 1688. The city’s Protestant inhabitants, led by thirteen Apprentice Boys, took a …
1754
Ireland
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon …
1785
Ireland
General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 1785 – 12 February 1860) was a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian. Sir William Napier, the …
1817
Ireland
Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS …
1879
Ireland
Augustine Mary Moore Stack (7 December 1879 – 27 April 1929) was an Irish republican and politician who served as Minister for Home Affairs from 1921 to 1922. He was a Teachta Dála …
1888
Ireland
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson …
1922
Ireland
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, was an agreement between Great Britain and Ireland was signed in London on 6 December 1921, was an agreement between the government of the United …