Ireland

Ralph Henry Byrne, architect, is born in Dublin

George Fitzmaurice, Irish Renaissance playwright, is born

George Fitzmaurice, an important figure in the Irish Literary Renaissance, was born on January 28, 1877, in County Kerry, Ireland. He was a playwright known for his unique style, blending folkloric elements with modernist and absurdist techniques.

The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language is formed in Dublin

The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (SPIL; Irish: Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge) was a cultural organisation in late 19th-century Ireland, which was part of the Gaelic revival of the period.

The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language is formed in Dublin

The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (SPIL; Irish: Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge) was a cultural organisation in late 19th-century Ireland, which was part of the Gaelic revival of the period.

Henry Robinson Allen, tenor and composer, dies

Henry Robinson Allen (1809 – 27 November 1876) was an Irish-born operatic tenor.

Sir Richard Dawson Bates, unionist politician and minister in Northern Ireland is born in Belfast

Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet OBE PC JP DL (23 November 1876 – 10 June 1949), known as Dawson Bates, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland.

Jerome Connor, sculptor, is born near Anascaul, Co. Kerry

The Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council withdraws its support from the Home Rule movement

The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia

Seven Scots, including John Stuart Forbes, were in the US, 7th Cavalry with General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.