Ireland

In Kill, Co. Kildare, birth of John Devoy, journalist and leading member of the Fenians

The first number of James MacKnights “Banner of Ulster”, the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church, is published in Ulster

Birth on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, of Helen Blackburn, early leader of the movement for the emancipation of women

Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born

Richard Croker, Boss of Tammany Hall, NY, born in Cork

Richard Welstead Croker, (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922) an influential American politician and a key figure in the history of Tammany Hall, was born on November 24, 1843, in the village of Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Eyre Coote Croker (1800–1881) and Frances Laura Welsted (1807–1894).

Death of Sister Catherine McAuley, founder of the order of the Sisters of Mercy

Catherine McAuley, RSM (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The women’s congregation has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the sisters taught Catholics (and at times Protestants) at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland.

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

Birth in Roscommon of Sir George Arthur French (a relation of Percy French, the songwriter) who organised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie were removed from their posts

Seven Ministers Removed by the Church of Scotland General Assembly

The Irish Emigrant Society is founded in New York

Emigrant aid society, founded in New York, 1841, through the instrumentality of Bishop Hughes, and resulted in the establishment of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.