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The Currency Act establishes a separate currency for the Irish Free State
The Currency Act establishes a separate currency for the Irish Free State …

The Irish Republican Army is established by the Dail Eireann
The Irish Republican Army is established by the Dail Eireann …

Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria.
Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria. …

Death of Ellen Kean, one of the greatest actresses of her time
Death of Ellen Kean, one of the greatest actresses of her time …

The Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council withdraws its support from the Home Rule movement
The Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council withdraws its support from the Home Rule movement …

Sectarian rioting in Belfast which began on August 15 continues through this date
Sectarian rioting in Belfast which began on August 15 continues through this date …

An expedition led by Robert OHara Burke, an Irish policeman, leaves Melbourne with the intention of making the first European crossing of Australia. They will make the crossing, but Burke and fellow-explorer, William Wills, will die on the return journey
An expedition led by Robert OHara Burke, an Irish policeman, leaves Melbourne with the intention of making the first European crossing of Australia. They will make the crossing, but Burke and fellow-explorer, William Wills, will die on the return journey Robert OHara Burke (1821-June 1861) was an Australian explorer. He is most famous as leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition to find a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the north coast. Burke was not experienced in bushcraft, and his leadership is often blamed for the failure of the project and deaths of seven people in the party, despite being well equipped. …

Birth in Dublin of scientist and Alpine traveller, John Ball
Birth in Dublin of scientist and Alpine traveller, John Ball …

Richard R. Madden - writer, historian, traveller and abolitionist - is born in Dublin
Richard R. Madden - writer, historian, traveller and abolitionist - is born in Dublin …

Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of state
Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of state …