August 31

William Fitzpatrick, biographer and historian, is born in Dublin

August 31, 1830

Birth in Dublin of Charles Lever; fiction writer who was famous for his rendering of Trinity Colleges privileged atmosphere

August 31, 1806

French Irish Legion organized in Brittany

August 31, 1803

Birth in Belfast of Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman and leader of Ulster insurgents in 1798 rebellion

August 31, 1767

Second Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644, the last major victory in the English Civil War

August 31, 1644