May 28

Section: May 28

May 28, 1937

National Government formed under the leadership of Neville Chamberlain.

May 28, 1917

Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US president, in Brookline, Mass

May 28, 1905

Construction of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh commences.

May 28, 1887

73 miners were killed in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery, Lanarkshire.

May 28, 1884

Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd are married

May 28, 1841

Seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie were removed from their posts

May 28, 1798

In the first Battle of Enniscorthy, the rebels take the town

May 28, 1798

Father Murphy of Boolavogue, leads Wexford insurgents during the 1798 Rebellion to a major victory

May 28, 1779

Thoams Moore, Irish poet and composer, born.

May 28, 1779

Poet and songwriter, Thomas Moore, is born in Dublin

May 28, 1722

Birth of James Fitzgerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; Duke of Leinster; politician and Lord Justice

May 28, 1713

William Molyneux, the fourteen-year old son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, is killed

May 28, 1666

The Act of Uniformity

May 28, 1590

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, agrees to abandon further attempts at extending his territory in the north

May 28, 1503

Papal Bull signed by Pope Alexander VI confirming the marriage of King James IV and Margaret Tudor