Ireland

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Queen Victorias first visit to Edinburgh.

ireland

Birth on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, of Helen Blackburn, early leader of the movement for the emancipation of women

ireland

Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born

ireland

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

ireland

In Kill, Co. Kildare, birth of John Devoy, journalist and leading member of the Fenians

ireland

Richard Croker, Boss of Tammany Hall, NY, born in Cork

ireland

Death of Sister Catherine McAuley, founder of the order of the Sisters of Mercy

ireland

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

ireland