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Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist and author of Peter Pan born

Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

Birth in Dublin of John Brougham, actor and dramatist

Thomas Wyatt, architect, is born in Loughlin House, Co. Roscommon

The Irish House of Lords expresses hope that union of Ireland and England will follow union of England and Scotland

Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

Colonel Thomas Blood dresses as a clergyman and attempts to steal the British crown jewels from the Tower of London