Marriage ceremony of prince james francis edward stewart (the old pretender) and princess maria clementina sobieska. the polish princess had been kidnapped on her way to the original wedding, escaped and had married james by proxy earlier in, 1719.
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1870
Isaac Butt founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule is now the objective of constitutional nationalists
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1864
Roger Casement, British consular official and Irish nationalist, is born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin
September 01, 1864
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1856
Birth of Irish Nationalist Party leader John Redmond in Ballytrent, Co. Wexford
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1789
Marguerite Gardiner, nee Power; Countess of Blessington; author, is born near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
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1729
Death of dramatist, essayist and publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner who founded The Tatler and The Spectator
September 01, 1729
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1644
Battle of Tippermuir, in which Marquis of Montrose defeated Covenanters .
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Handsel Monday, traditionally the day on which gifts were exchanged in Scotland
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Jack McConnell elected First Minister of Scotland, succeeding Henry McLeish who had resigned
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