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First Edinburgh International Festival opened.
First Edinburgh International Festival opened. …

RIC is disbanded to be replaced by the Garda Síochána
RIC is disbanded to be replaced by the Garda Síochána …

Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, writer, and the model for the stately, plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces Ulysses
Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, writer, and the model for the stately, plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces Ulysses …

Lord John Russells Whig administration decides not to interfere with internal or export markets for food
Lord John Russells Whig administration decides not to interfere with internal or export markets for food …

Visit of George IV to Edinburgh began, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott.
Visit of George IV to Edinburgh began, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott. …

Birth of Richard Lalor Sheil, dramatist and politician; first Catholic privy councillor, in Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny
Birth of Richard Lalor Sheil, dramatist and politician; first Catholic privy councillor, in Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny …

Birth of Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and son of an Irishman
Birth of Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and son of an Irishman …

William Corbet, United Irishman and soldier, is born in Ballythomas, Co. Cork
William Corbet, United Irishman and soldier, is born in Ballythomas, Co. Cork …

George MacKenzie, Scottish patron of books, died.
George MacKenzie, Scottish patron of books, died. …

The Battle of Preston (17 August ? 19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presage
The Battle of Preston (17 August ? 19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presage The Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of, 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I. Scots defeated by Cromwell, 2,000 killed,, 8,000 captured and Hamilton surrendered on, 25 August (and beheaded in March, 1649). …