February 24

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Footballer Denis Law who played for Manchester United and Scotland, born

Steam train, the Flying Scotsman went into service with London

George Moore, novelist, playwright and critic, is born in Ballyglass, Co. Mayo

Paul Cullen is consecrated Catholic archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland

John Philip Holland, inventor and developer of the modern submarine, born in Co. Clare

Samuel Lover, Dublin writer, artist, musician and songwriter, born

A British Act opens colonial trade to Irish goods

Pope Gregory XIII announces the new Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar

Nearly 30,000 English soldiers annihilated after Invasion of Scotland in the 1303 Battle of Roslin

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