April 16

April 16, 1953

Royal yacht Britannia launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

April 16, 1871

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

April 16, 1850

Samuel Butcher, scholar, is born in Dublin

April 16, 1752

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

April 16, 1746

Charles Edward Stewart defeated at Battle of Culloden, Scotland

April 16,1660

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