Ireland

Eibhlín Bean Uí Choisdeailbh, Irish language folk-song collector is born

Erskine Childers, novelist, member of the Royal Navy, and later an Irish nationalist, is born in London.

Erskine Childers, novelist, Royal Navy officer, and later Irish nationalist, is born in London in 1870. He gained early fame for his classic espionage novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903), which is often considered the first modern spy thriller and reflected his concerns about British naval preparedness.

Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Québec

Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo

Sir Isaac Butt invents the term Home Rule

David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.

Jem Mace defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn

Sir James Young Simpson advocate of chloroform, died.

Birth in Dublin of Robert Tressell, born Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was the first Governor of Northern Ireland. Born on January 30, 1869, in Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, London, he was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and godson of the Prince of Wales.