Patrick Pearse denies rumors of a possible rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill
April 5, 1916
Birth in Dublin of Margaret Tennant, née Abraham; trade unionist and campaigner for improved working conditions
April 5, 1869
The Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed
April 5, 1855
Scottish Insurrection of 1820 begins
April 5, 1820
King James VI leaves Edinburgh to travel to London.
April 5, 1603