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Margaret The Unsinkable Molly Brown, daughter of Irish immigrants, dies in New York
Margaret The Unsinkable Molly Brown, daughter of Irish immigrants, dies in New York …

Poet Sorley MacLean born on the island of Raasay.
Poet Sorley MacLean born on the island of Raasay. …

Lady Caroline Nairne, songwriter and poet, died at Gask.
Lady Caroline Nairne, songwriter and poet, died at Gask. …

James Lawlor Kiernan, Union general in Americas Civil War, was born in Mount Bellew, County Galway
James Lawlor Kiernan, Union general in Americas Civil War, was born in Mount Bellew, County Galway …

Birth of painter Nathaniel Hone in Dublin
Birth of painter Nathaniel Hone in Dublin …

Founding of the United Irishmen movement
Founding of the United Irishmen movement …

John (Juan) MacKenna, who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher, Co. Tyrone
John (Juan) MacKenna, who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher, Co. Tyrone …

George III crowned, beginning a 60 year reign, one of the longest in British history.
George III crowned, beginning a 60 year reign, one of the longest in British history. King of the United Kingdom George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain a …

A Spanish army under Don Juan del Aguila, which had landed at Kinsale on 21 September, is besieged by Lord Mountjoy on this date
A Spanish army under Don Juan del Aguila, which had landed at Kinsale on 21 September, is besieged by Lord Mountjoy on this date …