August 16

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The first Dáil Éireann is dissolved and the second Dáil convenes

Court-martial of Terence MacSwiney, Irish Volunteer and Lord Mayor of Cork

National Literary Society is founded

Charles Stewart Parnell becomes a Freeman of the city of Dublin

National Land League of Mayo is founded

The Intermediate Education Act grants female students the right to participate in public examinations and to enter into careers and professions

An Act is passed which allows for tithe payments to be commuted

The Convention Act bans representative bodies set up to campaign for a change in the law, i.e. putative rivals to the parliament

Birth of Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne), poet and author

Treaty of Union between Brittany and France, guaranteeing autonomy for Brittany.

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