Ireland

St. Vincent’s Hospital opens in Dublin

The hospital was established by Mother Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Catholic order Religious Sisters of Charity, at the Earl of Meath’s former home at 56 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, in 1834.

David Douglas, died

David Douglas, a Scottish botanist and explorer, is renowned for his significant contributions to the field of botany, particularly in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Born on June 25, 1799, in Scone, Scotland, he is best known for the introduction of numerous plant species to Britain, including the Douglas fir, which is named in his honor.

Alfred Webb, writer and traveller, is born in Dublin

Daniel O'Connell introduces debate on Repeal of Union bill in the House of Commons

Daniel(I) O’Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator,[1] was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland’s Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ireland, down to the poorest class of tenant farmers secured the final instalment of Catholic emancipation in 1829 and allowed him to take a seat in the United Kingdom Parliament to which he had been twice elected.

Sir Jonah Barrington, the Irish Parliaments leading opponent of the Union with Britain and author, dies

Born in 1760, fourth of six children of John Barrington, landowner in Queen’s Co. Admitted to the bar in 1788 and eventually became a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.

General John O'Neill, Irish Fenian leader, is born

John Charles O’Neill (9 March 1834 – 8 January 1878) was an Irish-born officer in the American Civil War and member of the Fenian Brotherhood. O’Neill is best known for his activities leading the Fenian raids on Canada in 1866 and 1871.

Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

Stopford Brooke, born on November 14, 1832, in the rectory of Glendoen, near Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and he was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a notable figure in the 19th-century literary and cultural scene. He served as a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria and gained recognition as a writer and literary critic.

Charles Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen, lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England, is born in Newry, Co. Down

Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, GCMG, PC (10 November 1832 – 10 August 1900) was an Irish statesman of the 19th century, and Lord Chief Justice of England. He was the first Roman Catholic to serve as Lord Chief Justice since the Reformation.

Novelist (notably Ivanhoe and Talisman) and poet Sir Walter Scott died aged, 61.