April 16

Royal yacht Britannia launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

April 16, 1953

John Millington Synge, poet, playwright, and student of Irish language and culture, is born in Dublin

April 16, 1871

Samuel Butcher, scholar, is born in Dublin

April 16, 1850

The first regular stage-coach service between Dublin and Belfast commences

April 16, 1752

Charles Edward Stewart defeated at Battle of Culloden, Scotland

April 16, 1746

Sir Hans Sloane, physician and naturalist, is born in Killyleagh, Co. Down

April 16, 1660