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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
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington — writer, suffragist, pacifist, and Irish patriot — is arrested by British forces while trying to prevent looting during the Easter Rising in Dublin. Despite having no involvement in the rebellion, he is executed without trial on the orders of a British officer.



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.


Benjamin Burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting
Benjamin Burton, an Irish figure of note, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting. Though he appears to recover, he later returns to the hunt, only to succumb to brain fever shortly afterward — likely a complication from the earlier head injury. His death is a cautionary tale of the dangers of untreated trauma and the risks associated with the sporting lifestyle of the Anglo-Irish gentry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
