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The lion, known as of Cairbre, used to introduce Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer films, born in Dublin
The lion, known as of Cairbre, used to introduce Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer films, born in Dublin Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures. The logo was created by artist Lionel S. Reiss, who served as art director at Paramount Pictures. …

Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork for Sinn Féin and inventor of the famous Flying Column, is killed by Black & Tans
Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork for Sinn Féin and inventor of the famous Flying Column, is killed by Black & Tans Tomás Mac Curtain (20 March 1884 – 20 March 1920) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Cork until he was assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was elected in January 1920. …

60 cavalry officers at the Curragh resign their commissions an incident known as the Curragh Mutiny
60 cavalry officers at the Curragh resign their commissions an incident known as the Curragh Mutiny The Curragh incident of 20 March 1914, sometimes known as the Curragh mutiny, occurred in the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. The Curragh Camp was then the main base for the British Army in Ireland, which at the time still formed part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland was scheduled to receive a measure of devolved government, which included Ulster, later in the year. The incident is important in 20th-century Irish history, and is notable for being one of the few occasions since the English Civil War in which elements of the British military openly intervened in ……

Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork Tomás Mac Curtain (20 March 1884 – 20 March 1920) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Cork until he was assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was elected in January 1920. …

Dr. John Goodsir born in Anstruther, Fife
Dr. John Goodsir born in Anstruther, Fife John Goodsir FRS FRSE FRCSE (20 March 1814 – 6 March 1867) was a Scottish anatomist and a pioneer in the formulation of cell theory. …

The firm of James Watt and Co was established to manufacture the worlds first duplicating machines.
The firm of James Watt and Co was established to manufacture the worlds first duplicating machines. James Watt FRS, FRSE (/wɒt/; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen’s 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native country Great Britain, and the rest of the world. …

Miles Byrne, United Irishman, is born in Monaseed, Co. Wexford
Miles Byrne, United Irishman, is born in Monaseed, Co. Wexford Myles (or Miles) Byrne (20 March 1780 – 24 January 1862) was an insurgent leader in Wexford in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and a fighter in the continued guerrilla struggle against British Crown forces in the Wicklow Hills until 1802. In 1803 collaborated closely with Robert Emmet in plans for a renewed insurrection in Dublin. …

Robert Simms, a founder of the United Irishmen and proprietor of the Northern Star, is born
Robert Simms, a founder of the United Irishmen and proprietor of the Northern Star, is born Robert Simms (20 March 1761 – 1843) was an Irish radical, and a founding member in Belfast of the Society of United Irishmen. …

John Law, financier and founder of New Orleans, died aged about 57.
John Law, financier and founder of New Orleans, died aged about 57. John Law (21 April 1671 – 21 March 1729) was a Scottish-French economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade. He served as Controller General of Finances under the Duke of Orleans, who was regent for the juvenile Louis XV of France. In 1716, Law set up a private Banque Générale in France. A year later it was nationalised at his request and renamed as Banque Royale. …

Duncan Bain Macintyre, Scottish Gaelic poet, born
Duncan Bain Macintyre, Scottish Gaelic poet, born Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir, anglicized as Duncan Ban MacIntyre (20 March 1724 – 14 May 1812), was one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets. He formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic poetry in Scotland during the 18th century. …