Events for September 06

September 6, 1715

First Jacobite rising begins as the standard of James III is raised at the Braes or MARCH - Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain). The movement took its name from the Latin form Jacobus of the name of King James II and VII.

September 6, 1936

Birth of Bruce Arnold, journalist and author

September 6, 1831

Birth in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, one of the founders of the Fenian Brotherhood

September 6, 1890

Birth of Brinsley MacNamara, novelist, short story-writer and playwright