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Death of Dublin writer Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula
Death of Dublin writer Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End’s Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. …

A demonstration of the cinématographe is held in Dublin at Dan Lowreys Star of Erin theatre
A demonstration of the cinématographe is held in Dublin at Dan Lowreys Star of Erin theatre Cinematograph, kinematograph, or Animatograph is an early term for several types of motion picture film mechanisms. The name was used for movie cameras as well as film projectors, or for complete systems that also provided means to print films (such as the Cinématographe Lumière). …

Robert Lynd, essayist and critic, is born in Belfast
Robert Lynd, essayist and critic, is born in Belfast Robert Wilson Lynd (20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist. …

Sir Thomas Myles, surgeon, is born in Limerick
Sir Thomas Myles, surgeon, is born in Limerick Sir Thomas Myles CB FRCSI (20 April 1857—14 July 1937) was a prominent Irish home ruler and surgeon, involved in the importation of arms for the Irish Volunteers in 1914. …

Margaret Anna Cusack, Irish Revolutionary Feminist nun and scholar, born
Margaret Anna Cusack, Irish Revolutionary Feminist nun and scholar, born Margaret Anna Cusack is born to an aristocratic family of English origin in Coolak, Co. Dublin; she is the founder of the first Poor Clares convent in the west of Ireland and also a talented writer who publishes on the issues of social injustice. She was raised under the precepts of the Church of England and viewed social justice through Christian concepts. In 1853 she joined the Anglican Sisterhood. She quickly became disillusioned with what she considered the petty concerns of the group. Upon leaving five years later she wrote, I do not believe in offering the gospel of talk to starving ……

Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, presents the Irish Protestant petition for Catholic relief
Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, presents the Irish Protestant petition for Catholic relief Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry (29 December 1774 – 7 March 1849) was an hereditary knight and an Irish Whig politician. …

James David Forbes, physicist who devised first form of seismograph, born.
James David Forbes, physicist who devised first form of seismograph, born. James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859. …

William Lawless, surgeon, is born in Dublin
William Lawless, surgeon, is born in Dublin General William Lawless (20 April 1772 – 25 December 1824) was a Dublin-born surgeon and important member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican organisation in late 18th century Ireland. …

The Guild of Brewers and Maltsters is founded in Dublin
The Guild of Brewers and Maltsters is founded in Dublin The Guilds of the City of Dublin were associations of trade and craft practitioners, with regulatory, mutual benefit and shared religious purposes. In their eventual number they were sometimes called the “25 minor corporations”, in contrast to the city’s principal authority, the Dublin Corporation). They operated in various forms from near the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland - the Merchants’ Guild existed in some form by 1192 - until the mid-19th century, and a few of which have descendent operations to the present day. …

James I grants a license to the Old Bushmill's distillery in Co. Antrim
James I grants a license to the Old Bushmill's distillery in Co. Antrim The Old Bushmills Distillery is an alcohol (primarily Irish whiskey) distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, founded in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. Bushmills Distillery uses water drawn from Saint Columb’s Rill, which is a tributary of the River Bush. …