Ireland

The Queen Victoria sinks in a storm off Howth, with the loss of 55 lives

Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies

Coffey was born in 1780. According to some sources he was born in Ireland most likely in Co. Dublin or Co. Wicklow.

Donegal-born Brigadier Michael Corcorans Irish Legion is mustered into the Federal service

Michael Corcoran (September 21, 1827 – December 22, 1863) was an Irish-American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln.

William O'Brien, writer and nationalist, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

William O’Brien, the Irish nationalist, journalist, and writer, was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. He was born on October 2, 1852.

Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.

Sir Charles Stanford, composer, is born in Dublin

Death of Arthur Wellesley, alias the Duke of Wellington

Death of Arthur Wellesley, better known as the Duke of Wellington, occurs on September 14, 1852, at the age of 83. Born in Dublin in 1769, Wellington rose to fame as one of Britain’s greatest military leaders, most notably for his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

The last day of the Tenant League Conference in Dublin

A conference of the Tenant League in Dublin adopts a policy of independent opposition in Parliament

The Magnetc Telegraph Company links Britain and Ireland via submarine telegraph cable

The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (also called the Magnetic Telegraph Company or the Magnetic) was founded by John Brett in 1850. The Magnetic was the principal competitor to the largest telegraph company in the United Kingdom, the Electric Telegraph Company (the Electric). The Magnetic was the leading company in Ireland, while the Electric was the leading company in mainland Britain. Between them, they dominated the market until the telegraph was nationalised in 1870.