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Feb 1834
Communications pioneer who brought the telephone to Britain and helped Marconi to give radio to the world. His graduate studies at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, under Michael Faraday aroused Preeces interest in applied electricity
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1971
Decimal currency introduced, abandoning 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound
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1901
Viscount Brendan Bracken, politician, born in Templemore, Co. Tipperary
February 15, 1901
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1874
Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, born in Kilkea, Co. Kildare
February 15, 1874
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1793
A third convention of Dungannon a gathering of Volunteers from Ulster is held
February 15, 1793
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1782
The first Dungannon Convention of the Ulster Volunteers calls for an independent Irish parliament
February 15, 1782