October 16

October 16, 1954

Former Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Forsyth born.

October 16, 1939

City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron (No, 602) shoots down the first enemy aircraft over Britain after an attack on the River Forth.

October 16, 1921

Poet George Mackay Brown born.

October 16, 1890

Michael Collins is born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork

October 16, 1854

Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist and essayist is born in Dublin

October 16, 1827

Cavan-born Thomas Baron von Brady, general in the Austrian army, dies in Vienna

October 16, 1774

Robert Fergusson Scottish poet, died.

October 16, 1678

Proclamations against Catholic clergy and schools in Ireland are issued

October 16, 1430

King James II born.