June 03

Peru defeated Scotland, 3-1 in the football World Cup in Argentina.

The company formed by John Logie Baird televised the Epsom Derby which was then transmitted by the BBC.

The Local Government Act provides for proportional representation at local authority elections

Sinéad de Valera, née Flanagan; teacher and writer, is born in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

American Fenians led by General John ONeill defeat English crown forces at Ridgeway, Ontario, British Squarebroken.

Writer Neil Munro born Inveraray.

Barry Edward OMeara, surgeon to Napoleon, dies in London

Government reinforces Gorey and Bunclody, Co. Wexford. Rebels decide to attack Gorey

Poet Robert Tannahill born in Paisley.

Robert Tannahill (June 03, 1774 - May 17, 1810) was a Scottish poet known as the Paisley Poet. He was born in Paisley to a weaving family and was apprenticed in the same trade from the age of 12. After a short period of working in Bolton around 1800, Tannahill returned to Paisley to support the family in time of illness. In the years which followed, his interest in poetry and music blossomed and his writings began to appear in such publications as The Scots Magazine. In 1810, he died by his own hand, drowned in the Paisley Canal.

James Hutton, founder of modern geology, born.