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Birth in Dublin of William Thomas Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State

James Connolly, Irish revolutionary hero, born in Edinburgh - Scotland.

John Couch Adams FRS (5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. Cornish discover of the planet Nep

Defeat of the rebels at New Ross, Co. Wexford

The Reverend William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian minister and United Irishmen supporter is arrested and imprisoned without trial

An Act provides for the establishment of a Catholic seminary

Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations born Kirkcaldy.

Richard Talbot, the Earl of Tyrconnell, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, (the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation) becomes Commander-in-Chief of the Irish army