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Celtic History

On this day in Celtic history

January 29

On this day

January 29, 1716

Scottish Jacobite Army Begins Retreat

January 29, 1768

Oliver Goldsmiths, the Good-Natured Boy Is First Performed at Londons Covent Garden

January 29, 1794

Archibald Hamilton Rowan, United Irishman, Tried on Charge of Distributing Seditious Paper

January 29, 1840

John Miller Nicholson, Manx Artist and Photographer, Born

January 29, 1848

Greenwich Mean Time Adopted by Scotland

January 29, 1928

Earl Haig, Commander in Chief of British Forces 1915-18, Founder of the British Legion, Died

January 29, 1967

The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) Is Formed