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Dumfries reached a temperature of, 32.8C
Dumfries reached a temperature of, 32.8C (91F), the highest recorded, so far.
Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel
Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel, Foreign Secretary and UK Prime Minister.
Isaac Butts Home Rule motion defeated
Isaac Butts Home Rule motion defeated in House of Commons 458-6
Joshua Prine Born
Birth of one of Ireland’s greatest ever tennis players, Joshua Prine, who won the Wimbledon singles in 1893 and 1894
Edward Vaughan Kenealy Born
Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy QC (2 July 1819 – 16 April 1880) was an Irish barrister and writer.
Rebels defeat small force of Yeomanry at Ballraheen Hill
Rebels defeat small force of Yeomanry at Ballraheen Hill; they move to camp at Croghan
John Foster defeats William Brabazon Ponsonby
In an election for Speaker of the Irish parliament, John Foster defeats William Brabazon Ponsonby by 145 votes to 105
Bonnie Prince Charles sails for Scotland
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 - January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart who was in turn the son of King James II of England and Ireland (James VII of Scotland), who had been deposed in 1688. The Jacobite movement tried to restore the family to the throne. Charless mother was James’s Polish-born wife, Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702?1735). After his fathers death Charles was recognized as King Charles III by his supporters; his opponents referred to him as The Young Pretender.