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Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach

Death of Michael Davitt, Father of the Irish Land League.

Death of Thomas Chalmers, first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.

Daniel OConnell is fined and sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiracy

Micheal William Balfe, one of Ireland’s greatest composers, gives his first public performance, aged nine

William Congreve Alcock and John Colclough, fight a duel in front of the county sheriff

Following the massacre of Kingsboroughs militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart on 27 May, rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town

Belfasts first Catholic church, St. Marys, opens for public worship

Birth of Charles Stuart who will become Charles II of Great Britain and Ireland

David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews, assassinated.

Claimants to the Scottish throne met King Edward I of England at Norham on Tweed to resolve succession.

Reginald II, King of Isle of Mann, assassinated.

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