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Charles Lynch, pianist, is born in Parkgariff, Co. Cork
Charles Lynch, pianist, is born in Parkgariff, Co. Cork …

Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist died.
Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist died. Daniel Owen was born in Mold, the youngest of six children. When he was a young baby his father and two of his brothers were drowned in an accident at the Argoed colliery, and Owen was brought up in great poverty. In 1851, when he was twelve years of a …

A firedamp explosion at Blantyre Colliery killed, 207 miners.
A firedamp explosion at Blantyre Colliery killed, 207 miners. …

Foundation stones of main Post Office and National Museum of Scotland laid by Prince Albert in his last public engagement before his death.
Foundation stones of main Post Office and National Museum of Scotland laid by Prince Albert in his last public engagement before his death. …

John Ponsonby is unanimously re-elected Speaker of the Irish parliament
John Ponsonby is unanimously re-elected Speaker of the Irish parliament …

Birth in Dublin of Sir Philip Francis, civil servant, duellist, and gambler; he may have been the author of the Junius Letters
Birth in Dublin of Sir Philip Francis, civil servant, duellist, and gambler; he may have been the author of the Junius Letters …

Rory O'More, Lord Maguire and Sir Pheilim O'Neill initiate a major revolt in Armagh
Rory O'More, Lord Maguire and Sir Pheilim O'Neill initiate a major revolt in Armagh …

Thomas Mortimer who was appointed justiciar on 5 March is replaced by John de Stanley who lands at Howth on this date
Thomas Mortimer who was appointed justiciar on 5 March is replaced by John de Stanley who lands at Howth on this date …