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Rikki Fulton, Actor and comedian, born in Glasgow
Rikki Fulton, Actor and comedian, born in Glasgow Robert Kerr “Rikki” Fulton, OBE (15 April 1924 – 27 January 2004) was a Scottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show, Scotch and Wry. …

Dennis Devlin, poet, translator and diplomat, born in Greenock, Scotland
Dennis Devlin, poet, translator and diplomat, born in Greenock, Scotland Denis Devlin (15 April 1908 – 21 August 1959) was, along with Samuel Beckett, Thomas MacGreevy and Brian Coffey, one of the generation of Irish modernist poets to emerge at the end of the 1920s. He was also a career diplomat. …

The Repeal Association is founded by Daniel O'Connell
The Repeal Association is founded by Daniel O'Connell The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O’Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. …

Prof Joseph Black chemist, researcher, teacher, first to identify carbon dioxide, died.
Prof Joseph Black chemist, researcher, teacher, first to identify carbon dioxide, died. Joseph Black (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, and then Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766, teaching and lecturing there for more than 30 years. …

First unmanned balloon in Ireland is launched by Richard Crosbie
First unmanned balloon in Ireland is launched by Richard Crosbie Richard Crosbie (1755–1824) was the first Irishman to make a manned flight. He flew in a hydrogen air balloon from Ranelagh, on Dublin’s southside to Clontarf, on Dublin’s northside on 19 January 1785 at the age of 30. …

Physicist William Cullen born.
Physicist William Cullen born. …

Sir Henry Cavendish, MP and incompetent Teller of the Exchequer, born
Sir Henry Cavendish, MP and incompetent Teller of the Exchequer, born …

Ormond defeats insurgents at Kilrush, Co. Kildare
Ormond defeats insurgents at Kilrush, Co. Kildare …

A Scottish army under Robert Munroe lands at Carrickfergus
A Scottish army under Robert Munroe lands at Carrickfergus …