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St. David's Day

March 1st

St. David’s Day is celebrated on March 1st each year, in honor of St.

Augustus St. Guadens, Irish sculptor of Dublins Parnell monument, is born

March 01, 1848

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of the most renowned American sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Statutes of Dublin University amended to allow Catholics to take degrees

March 01, 1794

The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, implicitly repealing some of the Irish Penal Laws and relieving Roman Catholics of certain political, educational, and …

Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, opens a school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare. Edmund Burke will later be a pupil

March 01, 1726

Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, founded a school in Ballitore, County Kildare, Ireland, in 1726.

Birth of Philip Tisdall, politician and Attorney General noted for his lavish hospitality

March 01, 1703

Philip Tisdall was born on March 1, 1703. He was an influential Irish politician and served as the Attorney General for Ireland from 1760 to 1777.

The Advocates Library opened by its founder, Sir George Mackenzie, the Lord Advocate

March 01, 1682

The Advocates Library, founded by Sir George Mackenzie, who was then the Lord Advocate of Scotland, officially opened in 1689.

George Wishart, a Protestant martyr, was burned at the stake in St Andrews

March 01, 1546

George Wishart was indeed a significant figure in the history of the Scottish Reformation and a Protestant martyr.

The Queen officially inaugurated Glasgows year as Cultural Capital of Europe

March 02, 1990

The Queen officially inaugurated Glasgow’s year as the European Capital of Culture on March 2, 1990.

Birth in Dublin of Cyril Bentham Falls, military historian and journalist

March 02, 1888

Cyril Bentham Falls CBE (2 March 1888 – 23 April 1971) was a 20th-century British military historian, journalist, and academic, noted for his works on the First World War.

Gladstone gives his first speech in the House of Commons on Home Rule

March 02, 1871

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician.

Clydesdale Bank founded in Glasgow.

March 02, 1838

In March 1838, an advertisement appeared for a new joint stock banking company in Glasgow, the Clydesdale Banking Company.

John Gore, Baron Annal, lawyer, politician & Chief Justice of the Kings Bench, is born

March 02, 1718

Gore, John (1718–84), Baron Annaly of Tenelick , politician and judge, was born 2 March 1718, the second of three sons of George Gore (1675–1753) and his wife, Bridget, daughter and heir of John …

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