August 01

Section: August 01

University of Dundee which was incorporated into the University of St Andrews in, 1890, constituted as a separate university.

August 1, 1967

Gladstones first Land Act

August 1, 1872

The Ecclesiastical Titles Act forbids Catholic bishops to assume ecclesiastical titles taken from any place in the United Kingdom

August 1, 1851

Irish Constabulary Act sets up county police forces and salaried magistracy

August 1, 1822

The Act of Union dissolves the Irish parliament and transfers legislative powers to Westminster

August 1, 1800

Act of Proscription

August 1, 1747

Following the death of Queen Anne, George I accedes to the throne

August 1, 1714

Jones defeats Ormond at Rathmines, ending royalist hopes of taking Dublin

August 1, 1649

Birth of Andrew Melville, true father of Presbyterianism in Scotland.

August 1, 1545

John Travers, Chancellor of St Patricks Cathedral, is executed for high treason at Oxmantown Green for conspiring with Lord Offaly

August 1, 1535

Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and ally of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, is defeated in battle by Rory O'Connor

August 1, 1166

Druids of Gaul recognize Roman authority in exchange for religous toleration.

August 1, 0018