This Day In History..., Celtic events around the world

June 6, 1866 - U.S. President, Andrew Jackson issued a proclamation condemning the Fenian’s ‘high misdemeanors, forbidden by the laws of the United States’. This decision officially ended the neutrality of the American government, denying safe refuge to the Fenians. Orders were then issued to troops under Generals Ulysses S. Grant and George C. Meade to seize their arms and ammunition.

June 6, 1891 - Sir John A. Macdonald died at 10:15 p.m. after suffering a second stroke.

June 7, 1329 - Death of Robert the Bruce (Robert I), king of the Scots who secured Scotlands independence from England.

Scots Wha Hae by the Corries

June 8, 739 - The first dated raid by Vikings on the British Isles occurred today in 793AD, when an attack is made on the monastery of Lindisfarne.

June 8, 1832 - The ship ‘Carrick’ from Dublin, Ireland arrived at Quebec with half of its’ passengers dead from cholera.

June 9, 1853 - Eleven people died as an anti-catholic speech by an anti-papist, Alessandro Gavazzi, sparked a riot at the Zion church in Montreal, Quebec. The deaths were caused by British troops firing a volley into the Protestant congregation as the people were leaving the church. Gavazzi had to be escorted from Quebec under the guard of 60 soldiers. Three days earlier, troops quelled a riot in Quebec City at another stop on his lecture tour.

June 10, 1688 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (Stewart), or the 'Old Pretender' as he is better known, was born today in 1688. His claim to the English and Scottish thrones (as James III of England and VIII of Scotland) dates from the death of his father, James II, who had been deposed by the Dutch William III in 1689. Attempts to regain power, however, were not successful and James saw out the remainder of his life in exile in Rome. His son, Charles Edward Stuart - aka 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' - almost succeeded where his father had failed but his attempt to be king essentially ended at the Battle of Culloden

June 13, 1811 - Control of the Hudson’s Bay Co. was passed to Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk. He was granted 116,000 square miles commonly known as the Red River Settlement.

June 14, 1864 - Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister, voted against the confederation of Canada.

I should have posted earlier how much I enjoy reading this thread. Keltic, about time to say a big thank you to you for keeping it running and your efforts!

You're welcome! I will keep it going as long as I see people are reading it and as long as I don't run out of things to add.

June 20, 1867 - Clan na Gael, an Irish-American republican revolutionary organization also referred to as the “United Brotherhood”, was founded by Jerome J. Collins.

June 21, 1871 - The Bishop of Limerick, Dr. Butler bought the Ardagh Chalice for £50 from Mrs. Quin of Ardagh, County Limerick.

It was discovered in September 1868 by Jimmy Quin and Paddy Flanagan while digging potatoes in a ring fort at Reerasta, Ardagh. It is unclear why they were digging potatoes in a fort, although it is possible that they believed that the potatoes grown here would be safe from the blight that had afflicted the potato crop during the Great Famine.

Bishop Butler sold the chalice to the Royal Irish Academy in 1878 for £500. It is now found in the National Museum in Dublin

July 1, 1629 - James Stuart, Lord Ochiltree landed at Baleine, Cape Breton with sixty colonists.

July 1, 1893 - Dr. Douglas Hyde, Eoin MacNeill and Fr. Eugene O’Growney founded the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaielge). It was formed to revive and preserve Irish as the spoken language. Initially, it was non-political and non-sectarian but it took a political stance on the independence of Ireland in 1915.

This is a great thread and thanks for continuing to post these interesting tidbits of history!

You are welcome. Had these lying around for many years and glad to share.