Ireland

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Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.

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William O'Brien, writer and nationalist, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

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Louis Brennan, inventor, is born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo

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The Magnetc Telegraph Company links Britain and Ireland via submarine telegraph cable

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Anne Devlin, friend and comrade of Robert Emmett, dies in Dublin

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Sir William Whitla, physician and professor, is born in Co. Monaghan

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John Dillon, Nationalist politician, is born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin

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A 1851 census shows the population of Ireland to be 6,552,385, it has declined by one-fifth since 1845

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