July 18

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Charles Burgess, born

Charles Burgess, born

Cathal Brugha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkahəlˠ ˈbˠɾˠuː]; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first president of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919 and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1919.

July 18, 1874
Voting by secret ballot was introduced for the first time

Voting by secret ballot was introduced for the first time

The demand for a secret ballot was one of the six points of Chartism.

July 18, 1872
Michael Davitt is sentenced to 15 years

Michael Davitt is sentenced to 15 years

Michael Davitt (25 March 1846 – 30 May 1906) was an Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform. Following an eviction when he was four years old, Davitt’s family migrated to England. He began his career as an organiser of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which resisted British rule in Ireland with violence.

July 18, 1870
Canon James Owen Hannay, borns

Canon James Owen Hannay, borns

George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 – 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

July 18, 1865
Francis Erlington Ball, born

Francis Erlington Ball, born

Francis Elrington Ball, known as F. Elrington Ball (1863–1928), was an Irish author and legal historian, best known for his work The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 (1926).

July 18, 1863
The Theatre Royal in Dublin opens

The Theatre Royal in Dublin opens

Over the centuries, there have been five theatres in Dublin called the Theatre Royal.

July 18, 1822
Feargus Edward O'Connorr, born

Feargus Edward O'Connorr, born

Feargus Edward O’Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the laboring classes.

July 18, 1794
John Paul Jones, died

John Paul Jones, died

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 06, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.

July 18, 1792
Mountjoy Ship - Siege of Derry

Mountjoy Ship - Siege of Derry

The Mountjoy was a merchant ship used to relieve the Siege of Derry in Ulster in 1689.

July 18, 1689
James fitz Maurice FitzGerald lands forces in Dingle

James fitz Maurice FitzGerald lands forces in Dingle

James fitz Maurice FitzGerald (died 1579), called “fitz Maurice”, was captain-general of Desmond while Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, was detained in England by Queen Elizabeth I after the Battle of Affane in 1565.

July 18, 1579