July 22, 1298
The army of the English King Edward I, using longbows for the first time, defeated the Scots led by Sir William Wallace at Battle of Falkirk.
July 22, 1643
Cornwall played a significant role in the English Civil War, being a Royalist enclave in the generally Parliamentarian south-west.
July 22, 1793
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacCoinnich; c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first crossing of America north of Mexico in …
July 22, 1817
James Sadler (February 1753 – 28 March 1828) was the first English balloonist, as well as a chemist and pastry chef.
July 22, 1860
Johanna Butler was born in Ballynunry, County Kilkenny on 22 July 1860.
July 22, 1866
David James O’Donoghue (22 July 1866 – 27 June 1917) was an Irish biographer and editor.
July 22, 1873
James Henry Cousins (22 July 1873 – 20 February 1956) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, actor, critic, editor, teacher and poet.
July 22, 1913
Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre (33 ha) non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
July 22, 1933
In January 1933, the Fianna Fáil government called a surprise election, which the government won comfortably.
July 23, 1637
Janet “Jenny” Geddes (c. 1600 – c. 1660) was a Scottish market-trader in Edinburgh who is alleged to have thrown a stool at the head of the minister in St Giles’ Cathedral in …
July 23, 1745
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Severino Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 - January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie …
July 23, 1803
Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader.