Events for August 20August 20, 1919The Irish Republican Army is established by the Dail EireannRead MoreAugust 20, 1897Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria.Read MoreAugust 20, 1778Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of stateRead MoreAugust 20, 1798Richard R. Madden - writer, historian, traveller and abolitionist - is born in DublinRead More