Ireland

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The Ecclesiastical Titles Act forbids Catholic bishops to assume ecclesiastical titles taken from any place in the United Kingdom

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James Paraffin Young obtained a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, starting the chemical industry in West Lothian.

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In Thurles, it is the final day of the first canonical synod of the Irish church, summoned by Paul Cullen

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Irish Tenant League is founded

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First Catholic Synod in Ireland since the Middle Ages in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Paul Cullen summons the synod which runs from this date through September 10

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The Irish Franchise Act is enacted and has the effect of increasing the electorate from 45,000 to 164,000

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Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum; soldier and statesman, is born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry

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Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of the Liptons grocery chain, was born in Glasgow

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