Alexander graham bell patented the telephone ( patent 174461)

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Daniel Corkery, writer, critic and Irish cultural enthusiast, is born in Cork

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Frank Harris, writer and journalist, is born in Galway

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The Queen Victoria sinks in a storm off Howth, with the loss of 55 lives

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calendar 1792

Pianist and composer John Field gives his first public performance at the Rotunda in Dublin

February 14, 1792

calendar 1700

A subsidy is authorized to Louis Crommellin for establishing a linen industry

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Valentine Greatrakes, a physician who is known as the touch doctor, is born in Affane, Co. Waterford

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Mary Queen of Scots meets Lord Darnley for the first time

February 14, 1565

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Treaty of Dordrecht, Henry VII of England and Holy Roman Emperor Maxmillian agree to uphold Breton independence

February 14, 1489

calendar 1930

Sir Thomas Mackenzie, died

February 14, 1930

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