Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.

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calendar 1929

Most of United Free Church merged with Church of Scotland.

October 04, 1929

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calendar 1886

Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork

October 04, 1886

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calendar 1842

Birth of heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer Jim Dunne in Co. Kildare. Dunne won the American heavyweight title from fellow Irishman Jim Elliot - the pair were jailed after the illegal event

October 04, 1842

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calendar 1821

Death of John Rennie, engineer who constructed the Crinan Canal.

October 04, 1821

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calendar 1780

African explorer Alexander Laing, born.

October 04, 1780

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calendar 1754

William Bligh, Cornish man, Mutiny on the Bounty fame was born.

October 04, 1754

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calendar 1741

Edmund Malone, editor and Shakespearian scholar, is born in Dublin

October 04, 1741

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calendar 1733

Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament. He will serve till 1756 - the longest-serving Speaker of the 1692-1800 parliaments

October 04, 1733

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calendar 1693

Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia

October 04, 1693

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calendar 1582

Pope Gregory reforms the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45BCE - 4 October is followed by 15 October. However, the reform will not be implemented in Ireland till 1752

October 04, 1582