14 April 1794 General Arthur Dillon, an Irish soldier, was guillotined in Paris. The Dillon family were amongst the most famous of the ‘Wild Geese’ who served in the armies of France in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
14 April 1912: The Titanic an iceberg at 11.40pm on, sustaining a 300-foot gash in her hull. The Titanic went to the bottom of the ocean at 2.20am on April 15 1912. Of the 2,201 people on board only 711 were saved.
14 April 1920: Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms and the man responsible for the safety of the Irish Crown Jewels when they were stolen in 1907, was shot dead by the IRA at his home, Kilmorna Castle, Co. Kerry, on. A card was tied around the body with the words "Spy. Informers beware. The IRA never forgets".
14 April: 1925 The Irish Free State held the first set of competitive exams for the new Civil Service it established.
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