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Tom Barry and the West Cork Flying Column routs a superior force from the Essex Regiment at Crossbarry
Tom Barry and the West Cork Flying Column routs a superior force from the Essex Regiment at Crossbarry The Crossbarry ambush or Battle of Crossbarry occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence. …

Joseph MacRory, Catholic Primate of all Ireland and cardinal, is born in Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone
Joseph MacRory, Catholic Primate of all Ireland and cardinal, is born in Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone Joseph Cardinal MacRory (Irish: Seosamh Mac Ruairí; 19 March 1861 – 13 October 1945) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1928 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. …

William Henry Playfair, architect, died.
William Henry Playfair, architect, died. William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh’s neoclassical landmarks. …

William Allingham, poet and diarist, is born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
William Allingham, poet and diarist, is born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem “The Faeries” was much anthologised. …

Sir Richard Francis Burton, adventurer, writer, swordsman, scholar and explorer, born
Sir Richard Francis Burton, adventurer, writer, swordsman, scholar and explorer, born Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS ( 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier. …

David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, born Blantyre.
David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, born Blantyre. David Livingstone FRGS FRS ( 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. …

Tobias Smollett, novelist, born
Tobias Smollett, novelist, born Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish novelist, surgeon, critic and playwright.[1] He was best known for picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), which influenced later novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Brack Jr and others. …

Charles I's Adventurer's Act offers confiscated Irish land in return for investment in the reconquest
Charles I's Adventurer's Act offers confiscated Irish land in return for investment in the reconquest The Act for the Setling of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against Irish civilians and combatants after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest. British historian John Morrill wrote that the Act and associated forced movements represented “perhaps the greatest exercise in ethnic cleansing in early modern Europe. …

Foundation stone of Hutchesons Grammar School laid by Thomas Hutcheson in in Glasgow
Foundation stone of Hutchesons Grammar School laid by Thomas Hutcheson in in Glasgow Hutchesons’ Grammar School is an independent day school for boys and girls aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 …

Alexander III of Scotland died after crossing the river Forth to Fife at Queensferry.
Alexander III of Scotland died after crossing the river Forth to Fife at Queensferry. Born in 1241, the only son of Alexander II and his second wife, Marie de Coucy, Alexander became king at the age of seven, and only five days after the death of his father. He became king during an age of relative peace and prosperity in Scotland. Alexander III, King of Scots, also known as Alexander the Glorious, ranks as one of Scotlands greatest kings. …