Home /calendar /may /May 31, 1889On May 31, 1889 in Celtic HistoryHelen waddell, irish scholar, translator and novelist, is born in tokyoShare : More From This Daycalendar 1962Gaumont cinema in Edinburgh destroyed by fire.May 31, 1962calendar 1922The Royal Ulster Constabulary is establishedMay 31, 1922calendar 1911The Titanic is launched in Belfast, IrelandMay 31, 1911calendar 1911The hull of the world’s most famous ship, the Titanic , is launchedMay 31, 1911calendar 1900During the Boer War, Piet de Wet captures the thirteenth battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry at Lindley. To British eyes, this mounted Battalion is the social and political show-piece of the new Volunteer Army; a company of Irish M.F.H.s known as the IrisMay 31, 1900calendar 1848At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unloadMay 31, 1848calendar 1847Birth of Alice Stopford Green in Kells, Co. Meath. Irish historian and patriot; she is noted for proving the Irish had a rich culture before English rule. A strong supporter of the Treaty of 1921, she is nominated to the first Seanad in December 1922May 31, 1847calendar 1798Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey is appointed as Commander of the insurgent forces In Wexford town, a civilian government led by four Protestants and four Catholics is establishedMay 31, 1798calendar 1744Birth of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, inventor, educationist and politicianMay 31, 1744calendar 1727The Royal Bank of Scotland was formed from a company of debenture holders.May 31, 1727calendar 1430Charges are made against Thomas Foster, Archdeacon of Glendalough, that he has sold the lands of the dignity, has kept concubines, has had offspring, is ignorant of letters and does not know the language of the countryMay 31, 1430calendar 1367King Robert III married Annabel Drummond.May 31, 1367
