Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
On the 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic when he flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
On the 17th March 1766, the first recorded St Patrick’s Day parade took place…in New York.
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised system.
On the 13th February 1689, William and Mary became co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right.
The Battle of the Bogside began in Derry, Northern Ireland, marking one of the first major conflicts of The Troubles.
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019