July 19, 1333
Battle of Halidon Hill (July 19, 1333) was fought during the second War of Scottish Independence.
July 19, 1608
The Plantation of Ulster was the organized colonization (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I.
July 19, 1735
Born in Dangan, Co. Meath, Ireland on 19 Jul 1735 to Richard Colley Wesley and Elizabeth Sale.
July 19, 1785
Richard Crosbie (1755–1824) was the first Irishman to make a manned flight.
July 19, 1896
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A.
July 20, 1332
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray (c. 1285 – 20 July 1332) was a soldier and diplomat in the Wars of Scottish Independence, who later served as regent of Scotland.
July 20, 1616
He led an unsuccessful uprising against the English, and was eventually forced into exile as part of “the Flight of Earls.
July 20, 1651
The Battle of Inverkeithing was fought on 20 July 1651 between an English army under John Lambert and a Scottish army led by James Holborne as part of an English invasion of Scotland.
July 20, 1705
Act of the Parliament of Scotland for the promotion of salmon, white and herring fishing Our Sovereign Lady and the Estates of Parliament taking to consideration the great and many advantages that may …
July 20, 1798
William Aylmer William Aylmer (1778–1820) from Painstown, County Kildare, Ireland was a leader of the United Irishmen in the 1798 Rebellion against the British government.
July 20, 1835
The Orange Institution, better known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organization based in Northern Ireland.
July 20, 1889
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971), was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service …