August 1, 1166Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and Ally of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, Is Defeated in Battle by Rory O'Connor
August 1, 1535John Travers, Chancellor of St Patricks Cathedral, Is Executed for High Treason at Oxmantown Green for Conspiring With Lord Offaly
August 1, 1800The Act of Union Dissolves the Irish Parliament and Transfers Legislative Powers to Westminster
August 1, 1851The Ecclesiastical Titles Act Forbids Catholic Bishops to Assume Ecclesiastical Titles Taken From Any Place in the United Kingdom
August 1, 1967University of Dundee Which Was Incorporated Into the University of St Andrews In, 1890, Constituted as a Separate University.