March 15

Section: March 15

First women jurors in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

March 15, 1921

Birth of George Brent, actor, in Dublin

March 15, 1904

F. Jaffrennou (Taldir), Breton writer, born

March 15, 1879

Sir Robert McCarrison, medical scientist, is born in Portadown, Co. Armagh

March 15, 1878

Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory, playwright, is born in Roxborough, Co. Galway

March 15, 1852

Sir Eyre Coote (the younger), MP for Ballynakill and Maryborough, proposes the abolition of flogging in the army

March 15, 1813

Isaac Weld, author, is born in Dublin

March 15, 1774

Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer is performed at Covent Garden Theatre, London

March 15, 1773

Charles O'Conor, antiquary and historian, is born in Belanagare, Co. Roscommon

March 15, 1764

Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh founded Advocates Library

March 15, 1689

The first Declaration of indulgence; suspending penal laws against Catholics

March 15, 1672