April 05

April 05, 1916

Patrick Pearse denies rumors of a possible rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill

April 05, 1902

Disaster at English-Scottish football match at Ibrox Stadium when part of the flooring collapsed, killing 20, and injuring 200.

April 05, 1900

Spencer Tracy, the son of an Irish father, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

April 05, 1869

Birth in Dublin of Margaret Tennant, née Abraham; trade unionist and campaigner for improved working conditions

April 05, 1855

The Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed

April 05, 1830

Birth at Lesmahagow of composer Alexander Muir, creator of Maple Leaf Forever.

April 05, 1820

Scottish Insurrection of 1820 begins

April 05, 1818

Bernardo OHiggins defeats the Spanish at the battle of Maipo River, Chile

April 05, 1806

William Dool Killen, ecclesiastical historian, is born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim

April 05, 1603

King James VI leaves Edinburgh to travel to London.