Home /calendar /june /June 04, 1798On June 04, 1798 in Celtic HistoryLord edward fitzgerald dies at newgate prison from wounds sustained in the course of his arrestShare : More From This Daycalendar 1977Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England, 2-1.June 04, 1977calendar 1940Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships.June 04, 1940calendar 1940Winston Churchill made his speech to the nation saying - We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hillJune 04, 1940calendar 1909Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer diesJune 04, 1909calendar 1909Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in DublinJune 04, 1909calendar 1886Months of serious rioting begin in Belfast on this dateJune 04, 1886calendar 1864Neilí Ni Bhriain, Irish Gaelic League activist, is bornJune 04, 1864calendar 1862Bob Fitzsimmons, Cornish boxer, worlds middleweight champion 1891- worlds heavyweight champion 1897- born.June 04, 1862calendar 1832Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force.June 04, 1832calendar 1820Henry Grattan, the moving force behind the Irish Parliament at College Green before it was dissolved by the Act of Union, dies and is buried - against his wishes - in Westminster AbbeyJune 04, 1820calendar 1818First recorded inter-club golf match between Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and Bruntsfield Links Golf Club.June 04, 1818calendar 1798In Co. Wexford, Government troops march south out of Gorey. Rebels from Carrigrew move north, they attack and defeat Government forces at Tubberneering. Government forces withdraw north. Rebels occupy GoreyJune 04, 1798
