August 13

August 13, 1974

Kate O'Brien, Irish writer, dies

August 13, 1947

The Health Act extends the powers of county councils and provides maternity care

August 13, 1898

The first issue of Workers’ Republic

August 13, 1888

Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television.

August 13, 1887

Special committee appointed to investigate Parnells ties to Phoenix Park murders

August 13, 1881

First issue of United Ireland, Parnellite weekly

August 13, 1846

Birth of Otto Jaffe in Hamburg

August 13, 1826

Rene T.H. Laennec, Breton inventor of the stethoscope, died

August 13, 1826

Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing became the first Christian to reach Timbuctu, Africa.

August 13, 1819

Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist, in Skreen, Co. Sligo

August 13, 1689

The Duke of Schomberg lands at Groomsport with his 10,000 strong Williamite army