August 13, 1846
Otto Jaffe, a prominent businessman and politician in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was born on August 13, 1846, in Hamburg, Germany.
August 13, 1826
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, the French physician who invented the stethoscope, died on August 13, 1826.
Alexander Gordon Laing, a Scottish explorer, became the first European Christian to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu (also spelled Timbuctu) in West Africa on August 18, 1826.
August 13, 1819
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, one of the most prominent mathematicians and physicists of the 19th century, was born on August 13, 1819, in Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland.
August 13, 1689
The Williamite war in Ireland, which could also be described as the Jacobite war in Ireland and is known in Ireland as Cogadh an Dá Rí or The War of the Two Kings, was the opening conflict following …
August 14, 1964
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow was officially constituted as a university on August 1, 1964.
August 14, 1907
H. Montgomery Hyde, an accomplished author, historian, and Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), was born on August 14, 1907, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
August 14, 1903
The Land Purchase (Ireland) Act of 1903, commonly known as the Wyndham Act, was a landmark piece of legislation that significantly advanced the process of land reform in Ireland.
August 14, 1850
The Irish Franchise Act tightened voter registration, increasing the urban electorate and decreasing the rural electorate.
August 14, 1827
The foundation for the George IV Bridge in Edinburgh was laid in 1827.
August 14, 1814
Mary O’Connell, who became known as Sister Anthony, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, on August 15, 1814.
August 14, 1784
Nathaniel Hone, an Irish-born painter and a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, died on August 14, 1784.
