1767 259 years ago Notable Births August 31 2 sources

Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)

On August 31, in the year 1767, Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of August 31, one of 456 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Henry Joy McCracken. Learn more below.

Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798. Convinced that the cause of representative government in Ireland could not be advanced under the British Crown, McCracken had sought to forge a revolutionary union between his fellow Presbyterians in Ulster and the country's largely dispossessed Catholic majority. In June 1798, following reports of risings in Leinster, he seized the initiative from a leadership that hesitated to act without French assistance and led a rebel force against a British garrison in Antrim Town. Defeated, he was returned to Belfast where he was court-martialled and hanged.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on August 31, 1767 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 27 June 2026.

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Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 31 Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 31 Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 31 Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)
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Notable Deaths 2010 Aug 31 Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)
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Henry Joy McCracken

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