December 01

December 01, 1890

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

December 01, 1889

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

December 01, 1848

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

December 01, 1787

First lighthouse in Scotland opened at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh

December 01, 1768

The first volume of Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh

December 01, 1494

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