Ireland

countries: Ireland

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Michael Balfe, operatic composer, is born in Dublin

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Benjamin Burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting but, having apparently recovered, goes out again with the hounds and dies from brain fever

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Henry Blosse Lynch, soldier and explorer, is born in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

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After resigning as Commissioner of the Treasury (UK) over the issue of Catholic relief, Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry states on this date that their war effort alone merits concessions to Irish Catholics

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During the election for Co. Wexford, two of the candidates, William Congreve Alcock and John Colclough, fight a duel in front of the county sheriff, 16 magistrates and a large crowd of spectators. Alcock shoots Colclough dead; he is elected; he is also tr

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Thomas Wyatt, architect, is born in Loughlin House, Co. Roscommon

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Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, resigns as Commissioner of the Treasury

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Sir Robert McClure, polar explorer and discoverer of the North-West Passage, born in Co. Wexford

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Birth in Dublin of Charles Lever; fiction writer who was famous for his rendering of Trinity Colleges privileged atmosphere

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