October

Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.

October 02, 1852

Patrick Geddes - Scottish Botanist born.

October 02, 1854

Sir Patrick Geddes (1854 - 1932) was Scottish biologist and botanist, known also as an innovative thinker in the fields of urban planning and education He was responsible for introducing the concept …

Arthur Conway, mathematician and president of University College Dublin, is born in Wexford

October 02, 1875

Kate Coll arrives in New York from Ireland on board the SS Nevada. She later marries Juan Vivion de Valera, and gives birth to Éamon on October 14, 1882 in New York

October 02, 1879

Hubert Butler, writer and local historian, is born near Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny

October 02, 1900

Death of Sir Thomas Lipton, grocer, tea merchant and contestant for the Americas Cup.

October 02, 1931

The new paddle steamer Waverley was launched from A. & J. Ingliss yard on the Clyde. After providing services on the Firth of Clyde she has been preserved and still takes passengers doon the watter as the oldest sea-going paddle steamer in the world.

October 02, 1947

Prince Dafydd III last native Prince of Wales executed by the English

October 03, 1283

Although Wales was now held by Edward, another Welsh rising occurred in 1282 under Llywelyns brother, Dafydd.

Treaty of Berwick, freeing David II from imprisonment by the English.

October 03, 1357

Battle of Glenlivet, George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, defeated a Royalist force under, 7th Earl of Argyll.

October 03, 1594

Treaty of Limerick is signed by Ginkel and Sarsfield, ending the Williamite War in Ireland; the treaty allows evacuation of the Irish army to France and promises tolerance of Irish Catholics

October 03, 1691

Last Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh before the Union with Westminster.

October 03, 1706