Ireland

Fenian newspaper, Irish People, ceases publication

Police raid and close the Irish People offices; Rossa, Luby and OLeary are arrested

Robert Lloyd Praeger, botanist and writer, is born in Holywood, Co. Down

Canon James Owen Hannay, borns

George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 – 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

James Owen Hannay, born

George A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay (16 July 1865 – 2 February 1950), Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.

Alfred Harmsworth, born

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (15 July 1865 – 14 August 1922), was a British newspaper and publishing magnate.

Birth of W.B. Yeats in Dublin

Shan Bullock, novelist, is born in Crom, Co. Fermanagh

The last surviving member of the Irish House of Commons, Sir Thomas Staples, dies in Lissan, Co

The Dublin International Exhibition opens in Earlsfort Terrace