Today on Celtic History on

April 5th

Wed 05 Apr 1916

Patrick Pearse denies rumors of a possible rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill

Sat 05 Apr 1902

Disaster at English-Scottish football match at Ibrox Stadium when part of the flooring collapsed, killing 20, and injuring 200.

Thu 05 Apr 1900

Spencer Tracy, the son of an Irish father, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mon 05 Apr 1869

Birth in Dublin of Margaret Tennant, née Abraham; trade unionist and campaigner for improved working conditions

Thu 05 Apr 1855

The Dublin-Belfast railway line is completed

Mon 05 Apr 1830

Birth at Lesmahagow of composer Alexander Muir, creator of Maple Leaf Forever.

Wed 05 Apr 1820

Scottish Insurrection of 1820 begins

Sun 05 Apr 1818

Bernardo OHiggins defeats the Spanish at the battle of Maipo River, Chile

Sat 05 Apr 1806

William Dool Killen, ecclesiastical historian, is born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim

Sat 05 Apr 1603

King James VI leaves Edinburgh to travel to London.