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John J. R Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist and winner of 1923 Nobel Prize, died.
John J. R Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist and winner of 1923 Nobel Prize, died. John James Rickard Macleod, FRS, FRSE (6 September 1876 – 16 March 1935), was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting received the 1923 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. …

Richard Roberts Welsh, inventor and developer of textile machinery, died
Richard Roberts Welsh, inventor and developer of textile machinery, died Richard Roberts (22 April 1789 – 11 March 1864) was a Welsh patternmaker and engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production. …

John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down
John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett “Lolly” Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900. …

Patrick Cleburne, American Civil War Confederate General, is born in Cobh, Co. Cork
Patrick Cleburne, American Civil War Confederate General, is born in Cobh, Co. Cork Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne ( March 16, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was a senior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. …

William Reeves, Church of Ireland bishop, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork
William Reeves, Church of Ireland bishop, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork William Reeves (16 March 1815 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private keeper of the Book of Armagh and at the time of his death was President of the Royal Irish Academy. …

Francis Rawdon Chesney, soldier and explorer, is born in Annalong, Co. Down
Francis Rawdon Chesney, soldier and explorer, is born in Annalong, Co. Down Francis Rawdon Chesney (16 March 1789 – 30 January 1872) was a British general and explorer. …

Charles I's second Irish parliament meets
Charles I's second Irish parliament meets The Parliament 1640–1649, also called Parliament 1639–1648 using an unadjusted Old Style (O.S.) calendar, was the second of the two Irish parliaments of King Charles I of England. It voted taxes in 1640 and was then overshadowed by the Irish Rebellion of 1641. It was legally dissolved by the King’s death in 1649. …

Richard Archdekin, Jesuit, educator and missioner to Ireland, is born in Louvain
Richard Archdekin, Jesuit, educator and missioner to Ireland, is born in Louvain Richard Archdeacon, alias Richard McGillacuddy (1619–1690), was an Irish Jesuit who wrote Catholic works in both English and Irish. He was born 16 March 1619 in Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny …

King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews.
King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews. Robert the Bruce saw that Scotland need to be restructured, and the people needed a decisive leader to rally around. To do this, Bruce called a parliament at St. Andrews on March 16, 1309 — the first parliament in 18 years. …