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Sandy Lyle becomes the first Scottish (and British) golfer to win the US Masters tournament.
Sandy Lyle becomes the first Scottish (and British) golfer to win the US Masters tournament. …

British Parliament proposes conscription in Ireland
British Parliament proposes conscription in Ireland …

Yann Ber Kalloch, a great Breton poet dies in the First World War
Yann Ber Kalloch, a great Breton poet dies in the First World War …

George William Russell (pseudonym A. E. Russell); poet, painter, writer, economist and mystic, is born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh
George William Russell (pseudonym A. E. Russell); poet, painter, writer, economist and mystic, is born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh …

Campobello New Brunswick Irish-American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; they are persuaded to leave by British warships and US agents
Campobello New Brunswick Irish-American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; they are persuaded to leave by British warships and US agents …

Oliver Sheppard, sculptor, is born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Oliver Sheppard, sculptor, is born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone …

Fr. Theobald Mathew, with the support of William Martin, a quaker, founds the total abstinence movement in Cork
Fr. Theobald Mathew, with the support of William Martin, a quaker, founds the total abstinence movement in Cork …

Birth of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, nationalist, in Monaghan
Birth of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, nationalist, in Monaghan …

Birth of William Brownlow, parliamentarian and Volunteer
Birth of William Brownlow, parliamentarian and Volunteer …

A charter of Charles II replaces Cromwells charter of Londonderry
A charter of Charles II replaces Cromwells charter of Londonderry …