August 19

Graham Obree, broke the world record and became the world pursuit cycle champio.

Graham Obree, from Irvine, Ayrshire, breaks the world record and becomes World Pursuit Cycling Champion over 4,000 metres in Hamar, Norway. Known for his unorthodox riding style and homemade bike, Obree’s achievement marks a major moment in cycling history.

Scottish aviator Jim Mollinson landed after the first East-West solo flight of the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick.

Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath

The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia

Act passed for the improvement of navigation on the Shannon

Edward Hincks, orientalist, is born in Cork

Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising.

Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his daughter Mary II jointly with her husband William of Orange.

Charles Edward Stuart, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, at the start of the 45 uprising.

Mary Queen of Scots lands at Leith on her return from France, after the death of her husband, King Francis II

Edward Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, goes to Connacht and defeats Burke at Knockdoe

After Ulick Burke of Clanricard seizes control of Galway City, Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Lord Deputy of Ireland, marches to Connacht and defeats Burke at the Battle of Knockdoe in 1504. The clash is considered the largest battle ever fought solely between Irish forces, involving around 10,000 men and resulting in an estimated 2,000 fatalities. Though FitzGerald is victorious, the battle highlights the enduring power struggles between rival Gaelic and Anglo-Irish lords in late medieval Ireland.