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On this day in Celtic history
August 13
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On this day
August 13, 1689
The Duke of Schomberg Lands at Groomsport With His 10,000 Strong Williamite Army
August 13, 1819
Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Mathematician and Physicist, in Skreen, Co. Sligo
August 13, 1826
Rene T.H. Laennec, Breton Inventor of the Stethoscope, Died
August 13, 1826
Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing Became the First Christian to Reach Timbuctu, Africa.
August 13, 1846
Birth of Otto Jaffe in Hamburg
August 13, 1881
First Issue of United Ireland, Parnellite Weekly
August 13, 1887
Special Committee Appointed to Investigate Parnells Ties to Phoenix Park Murders
August 13, 1888
Birth of John Logie Baird, Developer of Television.
August 13, 1898
The First Issue of Workers’ Republic
August 13, 1947
The Health Act Extends the Powers of County Councils and Provides Maternity Care
August 13, 1974
Kate O'Brien, Irish Writer, Dies
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