1214
King Alexander II crowned at Scone
Ireland
Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. Treaty of …
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December 06
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1679
St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the Irish Popish Plot and arrested
Ireland
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim …
1745
Charles Edward Stewarts entry into Derby
Ireland
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James VII and II, and …
1812
Charles Graves, bishop and mathematician, is born in Dublin
Ireland
Charles Graves (6 December 1812 – 17 July 1899) was an Irish mathematician, academic, and clergyman. He was Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin …
1820
Spanish General Diego O'Reilly is defeated by Peruvian revolutionaries
Ireland
Diego O’Reilly, (b. Ireland, c. 1775 – d. high seas, 1821), an Irishman born in Spain, and was a general in the Spanish Army who served in South America during the period of …
1890
Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) Welsh occultist born
Ireland
Dion Fortune was born Violet Mary Firth at her family home on Bryn-y-Bia Road in Llandudno, North Wales on 6th December 1890 into a family of Christian Scientists. Dion Fortune …
1908
Cornelius Christopher Cremin, diplomat, is born in Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Ireland
Cornelius Christopher Cremin (6 December 1908 – 20 April 1987) was an Irish diplomat who was born in Kenmare, County Kerry. Con Cremin Con Cremin one of four children, Cremin was …
1921
British give the Irish a deadline to accept or reject the Anglo-Irish treaty
Ireland
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement …
1922
The Irish Free State, Saorstát Éireann, comes into being
Ireland
The Irish Free State, in Irish Saorstát Éireann, came into being on December 06, 1922. The Irish Free State (6 December 1922 – 29 December 1937), was a state established in …
1925
Con Houlihan, journalist, is born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Ireland
Con Houlihan, (6 December 1925 – 4 August 2012) the renowned Irish sports journalist, was born in Castleisland, County Kerry. Cornelius Patrick Houlihan, known as Con Houlihan, was …