Events for April 22

April 22, 1365

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.

April 22, 1838

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.

April 22, 1671

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.

April 22, 1875

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.