Today on Celtic History on

March 16th

Sat 16 Mar 1935

John J. R Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist and winner of 1923 Nobel Prize, died.

Wed 16 Mar 1864

Richard Roberts Welsh, inventor and developer of textile machinery, died

Sat 16 Mar 1839

John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down

Sun 16 Mar 1828

Patrick Cleburne, American Civil War Confederate General, is born in Cobh, Co. Cork

Thu 16 Mar 1815

William Reeves, Church of Ireland bishop, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork

Mon 16 Mar 1789

Francis Rawdon Chesney, soldier and explorer, is born in Annalong, Co. Down

Fri 16 Mar 1640

Charles I's second Irish parliament meets

Sat 16 Mar 1619

Richard Archdekin, Jesuit, educator and missioner to Ireland, is born in Louvain

Sat 16 Mar 1309

King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews.