October 28

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David Jones Welsh poet and artist died.

House of Commons passed the Bill abolishing the death penalty for murder.

Journalist and novelist Cliff Hanley (Dancing in the Streets etc) born in Glasgow.

Birth in Dublin of Sir Francis Bacon, painter

John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born

Dr Henry Faulds, published a letter first evidence that fingerprints could be used as proof of guilt or innocence in legal cases.

Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic

Birth of Robert Liston in Linlithgow who was to carry out the first operation in Britain with the aid of an anesthetic.

Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and former MP for Dunleer, drowns with his son Edward

The Danish East India Company ship, Golden Lyon, is stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry

Birth of Nicholas Brad, Anglican clergyman and poet, in Bandon, Co. Cork

Battle of Corrichie, Earl of Moray defeated Catholic Gordons of Huntly who were attacking Aberdeen.

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