August

The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia

August 19, 1876

Act passed for the improvement of navigation on the Shannon

August 19, 1839

Edward Hincks, orientalist, is born in Cork

August 19, 1792

Charles Edward Stuart, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, at the start of the 45 uprising.

August 19, 1745

Mary Queen of Scots lands at Leith on her return from France, after the death of her husband, King Francis II

August 19, 1561

After Ulick Burke of Clanricard seizes Galway city, Edward Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, goes to Connacht and defeats Burke at Knockdoe. This is the largest battle ever fought between Irishmen, with 10,000 participants and 2,000 fatalities; however, mo

August 19, 1504

Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising.

August 19, 1745

Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after …

Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of state

August 20, 1778

Treaty of Sable, Charles VIII of France makes peace with Fransez II of Brittany.

August 20, 1488

Richard R. Madden - writer, historian, traveller and abolitionist - is born in Dublin

August 20, 1798

Birth in Dublin of scientist and Alpine traveller, John Ball

August 20, 1818

An expedition led by Robert OHara Burke, an Irish policeman, leaves Melbourne with the intention of making the first European crossing of Australia. They will make the crossing, but Burke and fellow-explorer, William Wills, will die on the return journey

August 20, 1860

Robert OHara Burke (1821-June 1861) was an Australian explorer. He is most famous as leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition to find a route across the continent from the settled areas of …