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St. Piran’s Day Patron Saint of Cornwall
St. Piran’s Day Patron Saint of Cornwall Saint Piran’s Day (Cornish: Gool Peran), or the Feast of Saint Piran, is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners. …
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David Dunbar Buick, founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company, died
David Dunbar Buick, founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company, died David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 – March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-born American inventor, widely known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He headed this company and its predecessor from 1899–1906 thereby helping to create one of the most successful nameplates in United States motor vehicle history. …

Birth in Portaferry, Co. Down of actor Joseph Tomelty
Birth in Portaferry, Co. Down of actor Joseph Tomelty Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995) was an Irish actor, playwright, novelist, short-story writer and theatre manager. He worked in film, television, radio and on the stage, starring in Sam Thompson’s 1960 play Over the Bridge. …

Fenian Rising begins in Co. Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Tipperary
Fenian Rising begins in Co. Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Tipperary The Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, IPA: was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). …

Flora MacDonald, who helped to save Prince Charles Edward Stewart, died
Flora MacDonald, who helped to save Prince Charles Edward Stewart, died Flora MacDonald 1722 to 5 March 1790, is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family had generally backed the government during the 1745 Rising, and MacDonald later claimed to have assisted Charles out of sympathy for his situation. …

Thomas Mortimer is appointed justiciar, Ireland
Thomas Mortimer is appointed justiciar, Ireland Sir Thomas Mortimer (c. 1350–1399) was a medieval English soldier and statesman who served briefly in several important administrative and judicial state offices in Ireland and played a part in the opposition to the government of King Richard II. He was an illegitimate member of the Mortimer family, who were one of the leading noble houses of England and Ireland, and he helped to manage the Mortimer lands during the minority of the family heir, his nephew Roger, earl of March. Sir Thomas was also a close associate of the Lords Appellant, the powerful faction of nobles who opposed the ……

King David II Bruce of Scotland, born.
King David II Bruce of Scotland, born. David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) King of Scots, son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (d. 1327), was born at Dunfermline Palace, Fife. …

King Henry II of England, born
King Henry II of England, born Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Aquitaine and Anjou), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany. …