July 28, 1895
John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. (28 July 1895 – 7 April 1973), was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972.
July 28, 1865
Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
July 28, 1846
During the 1830’s Daniel O’Connell campaigned to attempt to repeal the Act of Union between Ireland and England which had resulted in the loss of many basic civil rights for Irish …
July 28, 1769
Sir Hudson Lowe GCMG KCB (28 July 1769 – 10 January 1844) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who is best known for his time as Governor of St Helena, where he was the …
July 28, 1674
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS (28 July 1674 – 28 August 1731) was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences.
July 28, 1210
William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, …
July 29, 1971
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.
July 29, 1883
The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
July 29, 1848
Young Ireland was a political and cultural movement in the 1840s committed to an all-Ireland struggle for independence and democratic reform.
July 29, 1693
1st Earl of Lucan Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, Irish: Pádraig Sáirseál, circa 1655 to 21 August 1693, was an Irish soldier, and leading figure in the Jacobite army during the 1689 to 1691 …
July 29, 1567
James VI of Scots-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ?
July 29, 1565
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.