Events for December 03
December 3, 1965
The Beatles launched their last concert tour of Britain in Glasgow
The Beatles’ 1965 tour of the United Kingdom was a concert tour that took place between 3 and 12 December 1965, comprising 18 shows at nine venues across England, Scotland and Wales.
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December 3, 1792
A Catholic Convention is held in Tailors Hall to end penal laws
The Catholic Committee was a county association in late 18th-century Ireland that campaigned to relieve Catholics of their civil and political disabilities under the kingdom’s Protestant Ascendancy. After their organisation of a national Catholic Convention helped secure repeal of most of the remaining Penal Laws in 1793, the Committee dissolved.
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December 3, 1745
John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury and Chief Justice, is born in Beechwood, Co. Tipperary
John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury PC, KC (3 December 1745 – 27 July 1831), known as The Lord Norbury between 1800 and 1827, was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge.
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December 3, 1894
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author died
Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author, passed away on December 3, 1894, in Vailima, Samoa. He was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Stevenson was a highly regarded novelist, poet, and travel writer, best known for his classic works of fiction.
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