Celtic history archive
Browse all events for March 03.
1592
Ireland
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, near Dublin, more commonly known as Trinity College Dublin (TCD), was incorporated by royal charter under Queen Elizabeth I on March …
1746
Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie, also known as Charles Edward Stuart, occupied the Castle of Inverness in February 1746, during the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746. This event was part of his …
1766
Ireland
The trial and conviction of four pirates for the murder of Captain Cochrane, Captain Glass, and others on the high seas. This case is associated with the notorious pirate activity …
1792
Ireland
Robert Adam, the renowned Scottish neoclassical architect, designer, and interior decorator, died on March 3, 1792. Born on July 3, 1728, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, Adam became …
1831
Ireland
The Tithe War (Irish: Cogadh na nDeachúna) was a campaign of mainly nonviolent civil disobedience, punctuated by sporadic violent episodes, in Ireland between 1830 and 1836 in …
1847
Scotland
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born, Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical …