Edmund malone, editor and shakespearian scholar, is born in dublin

October 4th , 1741

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calendar 1929

Most of United Free Church merged with Church of Scotland.

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calendar 1886

Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork

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calendar 1883

Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.

October 04, 1883

calendar 1842

Birth of heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer Jim Dunne in Co. Kildare. Dunne won the American heavyweight title from fellow Irishman Jim Elliot - the pair were jailed after the illegal event

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calendar 1821

Death of John Rennie, engineer who constructed the Crinan Canal.

October 04, 1821

calendar 1780

African explorer Alexander Laing, born.

October 04, 1780

calendar 1754

William Bligh, Cornish man, Mutiny on the Bounty fame was born.

October 04, 1754

calendar 1733

Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament. He will serve till 1756 - the longest-serving Speaker of the 1692-1800 parliaments

October 04, 1733

calendar 1693

Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia

October 04, 1693

calendar 1582

Pope Gregory reforms the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45BCE - 4 October is followed by 15 October. However, the reform will not be implemented in Ireland till 1752

October 04, 1582

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