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Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon married the Duke of York at Westminster Abbey
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon married the Duke of York at Westminster Abbey The first Royal wedding to take place there since 1383. …

Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, writer, suffragist, pacifist and patriot, is arrested while trying to stop Easter Rising looting, he is later executed by the British without a trial
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, writer, suffragist, pacifist and patriot, is arrested while trying to stop Easter Rising looting, he is later executed by the British without a trial …

Edward VII begins a visit to Ireland on this date
Edward VII begins a visit to Ireland on this date …

The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey
The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey …

Robert Williams Buchanan, a poet, novelist and dramatist, diet
Robert Williams Buchanan, a poet, novelist and dramatist, diet Robert Williams Buchanan (August 18, 1841 - June 10, 1901) was a British poet, novelist and dramatist. …

Robert Adamson, who collaborated with D O Hill to produce early portrait photography, born.
Robert Adamson, who collaborated with D O Hill to produce early portrait photography, born. …

Benjamin Burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting but, having apparently recovered, goes out again with the hounds and dies from brain fever
Benjamin Burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting but, having apparently recovered, goes out again with the hounds and dies from brain fever …

Nano Nagle, Gods Beggar, founder of the Order of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dies
Nano Nagle, Gods Beggar, founder of the Order of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dies …

John Ponsonby is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament
John Ponsonby is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament …

John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl
John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl …