August 31

August 31, 1830

William Fitzpatrick, biographer and historian, is born in Dublin

August 31, 1806

Birth in Dublin of Charles Lever; fiction writer who was famous for his rendering of Trinity Colleges privileged atmosphere

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French Irish Legion organized in Brittany

August 31, 1767

Birth in Belfast of Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman and leader of Ulster insurgents in 1798 rebellion

August 31, 1644

Second Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644, the last major victory in the English Civil War