February

Duke of Mercoeur, died

February 19, 1602

Duke of Mercoeur - who planned a return to Breton independence.

Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, born

February 20 1951

First performance of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan

February 20, 1892

Padraic Ó'Conaire, writer and poet, born in Galway

February 20, 1882

Gladstone resigns, a Conservative administration under Disraeli takes over

February 20, 1874

William Carleton, one of the most graphic writers about the Famine, born near Clogher, Co. Tyrone

February 20,1794

James Gandon, architect and builder of the Customs House, the Four Courts, is born in London

February 20, 1742

Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

February 20, 1547

Orkney and Shetland annexed from Norway to the crown of Scotland

February 20, 1472

James I of Scotland is murdered

February 20, 1436

James I, King of Scots (Jul 1394 - 21 February 1437), was the youngest of three sons of King Robert III and Annabella Drummond and was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline.

Identity cards, introduced at a wartime security measure, were abolished in Britain

February 21, 1952

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, died

February 20, 1941

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire athlete, winner of 1924 Olympics 400 metres, died in Japanese internment camp in China.