The hull of the world’s most famous ship, the titanic , is launched

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calendar 1962

Gaumont cinema in Edinburgh destroyed by fire.

May 31, 1962

calendar 1922

The Royal Ulster Constabulary is established

May 31, 1922

calendar 1911

The Titanic is launched in Belfast, Ireland

May 31, 1911

calendar 1900

During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the Iris

May 31, 1900

calendar 1889

Helen Waddell, Irish scholar, translator and novelist, is born in Tokyo

May 31, 1889

calendar 1848

At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload

May 31, 1848

calendar 1847

Birth of Alice Stopford Green in Kells, Co. Meath. Irish historian and patriot; she is noted for proving the Irish had a rich culture before English rule. A strong supporter of the Treaty of 1921, she is nominated to the first Seanad in December 1922

May 31, 1847

calendar 1798

Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey is appointed as Commander of the insurgent forces In Wexford town, a civilian government led by four Protestants and four Catholics is established

May 31, 1798

calendar 1744

Birth of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, inventor, educationist and politician

May 31, 1744

calendar 1727

The Royal Bank of Scotland was formed from a company of debenture holders.

May 31, 1727

calendar 1430

Charges are made against Thomas Foster, Archdeacon of Glendalough, that he has sold the lands of the dignity, has kept concubines, has had offspring, is ignorant of letters and does not know the language of the country

May 31, 1430

calendar 1367

King Robert III married Annabel Drummond.

May 31, 1367

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