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Mass demonstrations in Brittany to pressure French government to establish policy to maintain the Breton language.

Birth of Thomas Kineally, Irish Australian author of Schindler’s List which was originally called Schindlers Ark

A cabinet committee is appointed to consider Irish self government

Premiere of Percy French’s play The Immigrant’s Letter

Birth of Margaret (Gretta) Cousins, Irish womens rights activist.

Birth of Charles McLaren, one of the founders of the Scotsman newspaper.

A complaint is made to the House of Commons that Mr Anthony Tenison did, in a violent and notorious manner, assault John Bourke, Esq., a Member of this House, by presenting a pistol to his breast, and threatening to shoot him, on the thirtieth of Decembe

The Danish East India Company ship, Golden Lyon, is stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry