March 13, 1784
The Reform Bill discussed in the Irish House of Commons in 1784 was part of a wider movement for parliamentary reform in both Ireland and Great Britain during the late 18th century.
March 13, 1708
On March 13, 1708, the French fleet, which had intended to launch a Jacobite invasion of Scotland to restore James Francis Edward Stuart (the “Old Pretender”) to the British throne, …
March 14, 1952
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 station at Kirk …
March 14, 1902
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 women, advocate for …
March 14, 1894
William Molesworth was the son of Colonel Molesworth, C.I.E., C.B.E., of the Indian Army Medical Service.
March 14, 1822
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.
March 14, 1738
John de la Poer Beresford, PC, PC (Ire) (14 March 1738 – 5 November 1805) was an Anglo-Irish statesman.
March 14, 1732
Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
March 14, 1705
The English act that permitted the direct export of Irish linen to the American colonies was passed in 1705.
March 14, 1689
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 Glorious Revolution.
March 15, 1921
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
March 15, 1904
George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.