Helen waddell, irish scholar, translator and novelist, is born in tokyo

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    Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey is appointed as Commander of the insurgent forces In Wexford town, a civilian government led by four Protestants and four Catholics is established

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    Birth of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, inventor, educationist and politician

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    King Robert III married Annabel Drummond.

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