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Birth of Bruce Arnold, journalist and author

Birth of Bruce Arnold, journalist and author …

Birth of Brinsley MacNamara, novelist, short story-writer and playwright

Birth of Brinsley MacNamara, novelist, short story-writer and playwright …

Birth in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, one of the founders of the Fenian Brotherhood

Birth in Rosscarbery, Co. Cork of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa, one of the founders of the Fenian Brotherhood …

Isaac Butt, barrister, politician and founder of the Home Rule movement, is born in Glenfin, Co. Donegal

Isaac Butt, barrister, politician and founder of the Home Rule movement, is born in Glenfin, Co. Donegal …

Humbert marches to Drumkeeran. Lake is still tailing Humbert

Humbert marches to Drumkeeran. Lake is still tailing Humbert …

First Jacobite rising begins as the standard of James III is raised at the Braes or MARCH - Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

First Jacobite rising begins as the standard of James III is raised at the Braes or MARCH - Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain). The movement took its name from the Latin form Jacobus of the name of King James II and VII. …

The Earl of Mar unfurled the standard of the Old Pretender in Braemar at the start of the first Jacobite Uprising.

The Earl of Mar unfurled the standard of the Old Pretender in Braemar at the start of the first Jacobite Uprising. …