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Birth in Waterford of comedian, Hal Roach
Birth in Waterford of comedian, Hal Roach …

Six women meet at the home of womens activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Womens Franchise League
Six women meet at the home of womens activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Womens Franchise League …

Birth in Hillsborough, Co. Down of Harry Ferguson, engineer, inventor, and pioneer of the modern tractor
Birth in Hillsborough, Co. Down of Harry Ferguson, engineer, inventor, and pioneer of the modern tractor …

Birth of novelist Lady Rosina Lytton, née Wheeler, in Co. Limerick
Birth of novelist Lady Rosina Lytton, née Wheeler, in Co. Limerick …

Poet and song writer Robert Allan was born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.
Poet and song writer Robert Allan was born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. …

Foundation of Scotlands only New World colony New Caledonia at Darien Imus of Panama
Foundation of Scotlands only New World colony New Caledonia at Darien Imus of Panama In the late 17th Century, a business idea was hatched by William Paterson to create a Scottish Colony in the New World. William Paterson, a Scot whos other major claim to fame was the foundation of the Bank of England, was born in Tinwald in Dumfriesshire in 1658. He made his first fortune through international trade, travelling extensively throughout the Americas and West Indies. …

Birth of King William III.
Birth of King William III. …