June 26

June 26, 1891

Wedding of Charles Stewart Parnell to Kitty O’Shea

June 26, 1887

92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius), the highest temperature in Ireland since records began, was recorded at Kilkenny Castle

June 26, 1846

England repeals the Corn Laws

June 26, 1830

King George IV died, aged, 67 (and William IV ascended the throne)

June 26, 1824

Physicist and mathematician, Sir William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin of Largs, is born in College Square East, Belfast

June 26, 1798

Southern column is surprised by Government forces on Kilcumney Hill

June 26, 1782

The Relief Act gives Catholics rights concerning their education

June 26, 1695

Scottish East India Company organized.

June 26, 1695

Darien Company formed to set up a Scottish colony in Panama.

June 26, 1657

Act for Convicting, Discovering and Repressing of Popish Recusants is passed

June 26, 1488

James IV crowned king at the age of, 15 at Scone