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Peter O'Toole, born
Peter O'Toole, born Peter Seamus O’Toole ( 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. …

Alexander Graham Bell, died in Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell, died in Nova Scotia Alexander Graham Bell ( born Alexander Bell; March 03, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. …

Death duties introduced for the first time in Britain
Death duties introduced for the first time in Britain Modern inheritance tax dates back to 1894 when the government introduced estate duty, a tax on the capital value of land, in a bid to raise money to pay off a £4m government deficit. …

John Tyndall, born
John Tyndall, born John Tyndall FRS 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. Tyndall was born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland. …

The last session of the Irish parliament ends
The last session of the Irish parliament ends The Acts of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. …

Alan II Barbetorte (Twisted Beard) of Brittany defeats Normans.
Alan II Barbetorte (Twisted Beard) of Brittany defeats Normans. Brittany is a large peninsula in the north-west of France, surrounded by the English Channel to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Historically, the region is made up of two distinctly different cultural and linguistic areas: Gallo, a Romance language, was spoken in the eastern part (Upper Brittany), while the inhabitants of the western part (Lower Brittany), spoke Breton, a Celtic language. Inevitably, two different cultural traditions and customs came hand-in-hand with the different linguistic traditions. …