October

James McLaine, gentleman highwayman born in Monaghan, is hanged at Tyburn

October 03, 1750

Gen. John ONeill and a small force of Fenians invade Canada at Pembina, Manitoba

October 03, 1871

Pope Gregory reforms the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45BCE - 4 October is followed by 15 October. However, the reform will not be implemented in Ireland till 1752

October 04, 1582

Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia

October 04, 1693

Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament. He will serve till 1756 - the longest-serving Speaker of the 1692-1800 parliaments

October 04, 1733

Edmund Malone, editor and Shakespearian scholar, is born in Dublin

October 04, 1741

William Bligh, Cornish man, Mutiny on the Bounty fame was born.

October 04, 1754

William Bligh (9 September 1754 - 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator.

African explorer Alexander Laing, born.

October 04, 1780

Death of John Rennie, engineer who constructed the Crinan Canal.

October 04, 1821

Birth of heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer Jim Dunne in Co. Kildare. Dunne won the American heavyweight title from fellow Irishman Jim Elliot - the pair were jailed after the illegal event

October 04, 1842

Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.

October 04, 1883

Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork

October 04, 1886