june 4th

Total results: 17

History

Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England, 2-1.

June 04, 1977

History

Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships.

June 04, 1940

History

Winston Churchill made his speech to the nation saying - We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hill

June 04, 1940

History

Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies

June 04, 1909

History

Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin

June 04, 1909

History

Months of serious rioting begin in Belfast on this date

June 04, 1886

History

Neilí Ni Bhriain, Irish Gaelic League activist, is born

June 04, 1864

History

Bob Fitzsimmons, Cornish boxer, worlds middleweight champion 1891- worlds heavyweight champion 1897- born.

June 04, 1862

History

Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force.

June 04, 1832

History

Henry Grattan, the moving force behind the Irish Parliament at College Green before it was dissolved by the Act of Union, dies and is buried - against his wishes - in Westminster Abbey

June 04, 1820

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First recorded inter-club golf match between Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and Bruntsfield Links Golf Club.

June 04, 1818

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In Co. Wexford, Government troops march south out of Gorey. Rebels from Carrigrew move north, they attack and defeat Government forces at Tubberneering. Government forces withdraw north. Rebels occupy Gorey

June 04, 1798

History

Lord Edward Fitzgerald dies at Newgate prison from wounds sustained in the course of his arrest

June 04, 1798

History

Allegedly, the date when the robbery of the Golden Lyons cargo takes place at Ballyheige Co. Kerry. Owned by the Danish East India Company, the ship had become stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry. Its valuable cargo is moved into a house and guarded by t

June 04, 1731

History

The Merchant Maiden Hospital, later known as The Mary Erskine School, was founded by Mary Erskine in the Cowgate, Edinburgh.

June 04, 1694

History

Ireton, Oliver Cromwells son-in-law, lays siege to Limerick city. By October, Limerick is in Iretons hands. Ireton dies of the plague shortly afterwards

June 04, 1651

History

Thomas FitzGerald, Kildares brother, accompanies Simnels army of German mercenaries and some Irishmen to England on this date

June 04, 1487