March 16

John J. R Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist and winner of 1923 Nobel Prize, died.

March 16, 1935

Richard Roberts Welsh, inventor and developer of textile machinery, died

March 16, 1864

John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down

March 16, 1839

Patrick Cleburne, American Civil War Confederate General, is born in Cobh, Co. Cork

March 16, 1828

William Reeves, Church of Ireland bishop, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork

March 16, 1815

Francis Rawdon Chesney, soldier and explorer, is born in Annalong, Co. Down

March 16, 1789

Charles I's second Irish parliament meets

March 16, 1640

Richard Archdekin, Jesuit, educator and missioner to Ireland, is born in Louvain

March 16, 1619

King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews.

March 16, 1309