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May 4, 1645

Marquis of Montrose Victorious at Battle of Auldearn

May 4, 1471

Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV Defeats a Lancastrian Army and Kills Edward, Prince of Wales

May 5, 1977

Bobby Sands Dies at Long Kesh Prison on the 66th Day of His Hunger Strike

May 5, 1916

Irish Patriot and a Leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, Is Executed by Firing Squad in Kilmainham Gaol

May 5, 1881

Richard Downey, Is Born in Kilkenny

May 5, 1864

Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson

May 5, 1795

House of Commons Rejects Grattans Catholic Relief Bill

May 5, 1758

James Taylor Who Developed the Steamboat Was Born.

May 5, 1646

King Charles I Surrenders to Lord Leven and Was Later Passed to the Parliamentary Forces.

May 6, 1999

Election for the New Scottish Parliament

May 6, 1959

Icelandic Gunboats Fired Live Rounds at British Fishing Trawlers, Many of Them From Scottish Ports, During the Cod War Over Fishing Rights

May 6, 1941

Last Major Bombing Attack on the Clyde Area by the Luftwaffe

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