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Decimal currency introduced, abandoning 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound
Decimal currency introduced, abandoning 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound …

Viscount Brendan Bracken, politician, born in Templemore, Co. Tipperary
Viscount Brendan Bracken, politician, born in Templemore, Co. Tipperary …

Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, born in Kilkea, Co. Kildare
Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, born in Kilkea, Co. Kildare …

Sophie Bryant, Irish patriot and womens rights advocate, is born
Sophie Bryant, Irish patriot and womens rights advocate, is born …

The Caledonian Railway company opened
The Caledonian Railway company opened …

William Henry Preece, Welsh wireless inventor, born
William Henry Preece, Welsh wireless inventor, born Communications pioneer who brought the telephone to Britain and helped Marconi to give radio to the world. His graduate studies at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, under Michael Faraday aroused Preeces interest in applied electricity …

The United Irishmen publish a plan for parliamentary reform
The United Irishmen publish a plan for parliamentary reform …

A third convention of Dungannon a gathering of Volunteers from Ulster is held
A third convention of Dungannon a gathering of Volunteers from Ulster is held …

The first Dungannon Convention of the Ulster Volunteers calls for an independent Irish parliament
The first Dungannon Convention of the Ulster Volunteers calls for an independent Irish parliament …