March 12, 1798
The arrest of the Leinster Directory of the United Irishmen occurred in March 1798, a pivotal moment leading up to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
March 12, 1708
The French Jacobite invasion of Scotland that aborted its landing at the Firth of Forth occurred in March 1708.
March 12, 1689
James II of England and VII of Scotland landed at Kinsale, Ireland, on March 12, 1689.
March 12, 1685
George Berkeley, a renowned Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, was born on March 12, 1685, in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
March 12, 1295
Richard de Burgh, also known as the Red Earl of Ulster, was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman in Ireland during the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
March 13, 1996
The Dunblane school massacre occurred on March 13, 1996, in Dunblane, Scotland.
March 13, 1947
The Broadway musical “Brigadoon” opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on March 13, 1947.
March 13, 1937
The Blitz of Clydebank was a devastating Luftwaffe air raid on the town of Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland.
March 13, 1922
George Bernard Shaw’s “Back to Methuselah V” premiered in New York on February 27, 1922.
March 13, 1873
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was founded on March 13, 1873.
March 13, 1865
Patrick Nally was born on March 17, 1857, in Balla, County Mayo, Ireland, not 1865.
March 13, 1791
Thomas Paine’s “The Rights of Man” was first published in two parts, with Part I coming out in 1791 and Part II in 1792.
