Home /calendar /june /June 05, 1916On June 05, 1916 in Celtic HistoryHms hampshire sank off orkney after striking a mine. lord kitchener, conqueror of sudan, was drowned.Share : More From This Daycalendar 1975Referendum held on British Membership of the European Community. In Scotland the vote was Yes, 1,332,286; No, 948,039. Turnout was, 61%. Only Shetland and Western Isles had majorities against.June 05, 1975calendar 1932Birth of Christy Brown, paraplegic painter and writer. His book “Down All the Days” and the film “My Left Foot” are based on his lifeJune 05, 1932calendar 1921The first sitting of the Northern Ireland Parliament takes placeJune 05, 1921calendar 1920Cornelius Ryan, war correspondent and author of The Longest Day, The Last Battle and A Bridge Too Far, is born in DublinJune 05, 1920calendar 1916Death of Listowel man Lord KitchenerJune 05, 1916calendar 1899Margaret Anne Cusack (Sister Mary Francis Clare), the Nun of Kenmare, dies in Leamington, Warwickshire, EnglandJune 05, 1899calendar 1886Alasdair Mac Cába, pro-Treaty nationalist, politician, and founder of the Educational Building Society, is born in Ballymote, Co. SligoJune 05, 1886calendar 1880Birth in Dublin of William Thomas Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free StateJune 05, 1880calendar 1868James Connolly, Irish revolutionary hero, born in Edinburgh - Scotland.June 05, 1868calendar 1819John Couch Adams FRS (5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. Cornish discover of the planet NepJune 05, 1819calendar 1798Defeat of the rebels at New Ross, Co. WexfordJune 05, 1798calendar 1798The Reverend William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian minister and United Irishmen supporter is arrested and imprisoned without trialJune 05, 1798
