December 01

Six days of Irish Parliamentary Party debates begin, only to end in a split, with the majority opposing Parnell

December 1, 1890

Michael Hayes, politician and professor of Irish, is born in Dublin

December 1, 1889

The paddle steamer The Londonderry, with immigrants fleeing the famine, takes shelter in Derry harbour

December 1, 1848

First lighthouse in Scotland opened at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh

December 1, 1787

The first volume of Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh

December 1, 1768

Poynings' Law enacted, strengthened English Crown control over Irish Parilment

December 1, 1494