Celtic history archive
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1689
Scotland
The 1689 Convention of Estates sat between 16 March 1689 and 5 June 1689 to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne, following the deposition of James VII in the 1688 …
1705
Ireland
The English act that permitted the direct export of Irish linen to the American colonies was passed in 1705. This legislation, known as the “Act to Encourage the Trade to …
1732
Ireland
Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to …
1738
Ireland
John de la Poer Beresford, PC, PC (Ire) (14 March 1738 – 5 November 1805) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. Beresford was a younger son of Sir Marcus Beresford, who, having married …
1822
Ireland
Richard Vicars Boyle CSI (1822–1908) was an Irish civil engineer, noted for his part in the Siege of Arrah in 1857, and as a railway pioneer in Japan. Born in Dublin on 14 March …
1894
Ireland
William Molesworth was the son of Colonel Molesworth, C.I.E., C.B.E., of the Indian Army Medical Service. He attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England from 1908 to 1912 …
1902
Ireland
The Irish Association of Women Graduates and Candidate-Graduates, known today as the Irish Federation of University Women (IFUW), was established to promote higher education for …
1952
Scotland
Television transmissions in Scotland first began on 14 March 1952 when Britain’s sole state broadcaster of the time, the BBC, started broadcasting from the transmitting …