Ronald ross, the first scot to win a nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria.
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The Currency Act establishes a separate currency for the Irish Free State
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1876
The Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council withdraws its support from the Home Rule movement
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1872
Sectarian rioting in Belfast which began on August 15 continues through this date
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1798
Richard R. Madden - writer, historian, traveller and abolitionist - is born in Dublin
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1778
Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of state
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1488
Treaty of Sable, Charles VIII of France makes peace with Fransez II of Brittany.
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