Ireland

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Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, dies during pregnancy

ireland

William Smith, founder of the Boys Brigade, born.

ireland

Birth of Sir Horace Plunkett, agricultural reformer and politician

ireland

Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist and essayist is born in Dublin

ireland

A statutory provision is made for the establishment of a national gallery of paintings, sculpture and fine arts in Ireland

ireland

Birth in Kinvara, Co. Galway of Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the song, Galway Bay

ireland

The Great North of Scotland Railway opened, running from Aberdeen to Huntly.

ireland

David Dunbar Buick was born at, 26 Green Street, Arbroath. He emigrated to the USA with his parents at the age of two. Although he founded the Buick Manufacturing Company which later became General Motors, it was William C. Durant who grew the company.

ireland