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Frank Duff founds the Association of Our Lady of Mercy, later to be known as the Legion of Mary
Frank Duff founds the Association of Our Lady of Mercy, later to be known as the Legion of Mary …

John L. Sullivan loses his world heavyweight boxing title to another Irish American, James Corbett
John L. Sullivan loses his world heavyweight boxing title to another Irish American, James Corbett …

Queen Victorias first visit to Edinburgh.
Queen Victorias first visit to Edinburgh. …

Kevin Izod ODoherty, transportee, physician and politician, is born in Dublin
Kevin Izod ODoherty, transportee, physician and politician, is born in Dublin …

Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquis of Downshire, former MP for Co. Down and one of the wealthiest landowners in Ireland, commits suicide
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquis of Downshire, former MP for Co. Down and one of the wealthiest landowners in Ireland, commits suicide …

Humbert crosses Shannon at Ballintra and camps at Cloone. Cornwallis crosses Shannon. Rebels at Wilsons Hospital are routed; this ends the rebellion in the midlands
Humbert crosses Shannon at Ballintra and camps at Cloone. Cornwallis crosses Shannon. Rebels at Wilsons Hospital are routed; this ends the rebellion in the midlands …

A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and removed Captain Porteous, reprieved for the killing of Edinburgh citizens during a riot on April, 14. He was then hanged from a dyers pole.
A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and removed Captain Porteous, reprieved for the killing of Edinburgh citizens during a riot on April, 14. He was then hanged from a dyers pole. …

Penal Laws are passed which restrict the rights of Catholics to have an education, to bear arms, or to possess a horse worth more than five pounds
Penal Laws are passed which restrict the rights of Catholics to have an education, to bear arms, or to possess a horse worth more than five pounds …

Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English Throne, lands at Sennen, Cornwall and raises a Cornish Army.
Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English Throne, lands at Sennen, Cornwall and raises a Cornish Army. Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 - November 23, 1499) was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England. He was an impostor, a Fleming born in Tournai in about 1474. He pretended to be Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV of England. The real Richard was almost certainly dead by this time, murdered in the Tower of London. Warbeck was first heard of in the court of Burgundy in 1490, pretending to the English throne. …