August 06, 1678
The first Glasgow-Edinburgh coach service began in 1678, departing from the White Horse Inn in Edinburgh.
August 06, 1312
John de Wogan ceased to be Justiciar of Ireland in 1313, and Edmund le Botiller (Butler) was appointed to act as Justiciar in his place.
August 07, 1932
Gwenn ha Du (Breton for white and black) was a Breton-based terrorist group founded at the end of 1930 in Paris by Célestin Lainé.
August 07, 1892
Tom Falcon Hazell, a distinguished World War I flying ace, was born on August 7, 1892, in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
August 07, 1832
The Parliamentary Reform Act of 1832, also known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, was a significant piece of legislation in the United Kingdom that aimed to reform the electoral system.
August 07, 1798
The examination by the secret committee of MacNeven, O’Connor, Neilson, Thomas Emmet, and Bond began in the House of Lords on August 7, 1798.
August 07, 1916
“O’Neil of the Glen,” the first production released by the Film Company of Ireland, premiered at Dublin’s Bohemian Theatre in 1916.
August 08, 1981
Thomas McElwee (30 November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike.
August 08, 1923
The Civic Guard, the national police force of the Irish Free State, was renamed Garda Síochána na hÉireann (Guardians of the Peace of Ireland) in 1923.
August 08, 1781
James Gandon, one of the most renowned architects of his time, moved from London to Dublin in 1781.
August 08, 1694
Francis Hutcheson, a significant figure in the history of philosophy and one of the founding figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, was born on August 8, 1694, in Drumalig, a townland near Saintfield, …
August 08, 1588
The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 by the English navy is one of the most famous events in European history.
