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Capt. William O'Shea, politician and accuser of Parnell, dies in Hove
Captain William Henry O’Shea (1840 – 22 April 1905) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament.
Michael, 'The O'Rahilly', Irish Volunteers leader, is born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
Michael Joseph O’Rahilly (Irish: Mícheál Seosamh Ó Rathaille or Ua Rathghaille; 22 April 1875 – 29 April 1916), known as The O’Rahilly, was an Irish republican and nationalist. He was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and served as Director of Arms. Despite opposing the action, he took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin and was killed in a charge on a British machine gun post covering the retreat from the Dublin GPO during the fighting.
Rev. Patrick Bell, inventor of mechanical reaper, died.
Patrick Bell (12 May 1799 – 22 April 1869) was a Church of Scotland minister and inventor.
The 703-ton Sirius, the 1st ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam arrives in NY
SS Sirius was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies & Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company.
Daniel O'Connell introduces debate on Repeal of Union bill in the House of Commons
Daniel(I) O’Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator,[1] was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland’s Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ireland, down to the poorest class of tenant farmers secured the final instalment of Catholic emancipation in 1829 and allowed him to take a seat in the United Kingdom Parliament to which he had been twice elected.
An English Navigation Act prohibits direct importation of sugar, tobacco and other produce from the colonies to Ireland
While Cromwell was master of England, the first of the famous Navigation Acts was passed. The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which, beginning in 1651, restricted foreign shipping.
Lionel returns to England, leaving Ormond as his deputy
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (Norman: Leonell Duc de Clarence; 29 November 1338 – 17 October 1368), was an English prince, Earl of Ulster jure uxoris from 1347, Duke of Clarence from 1362, Guardian of England in 1345-1346, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1361-1366, Knight of the Garter from 1361, second surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was named after his birthplace, at Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant.