Ireland

Donald Alexander Smithlater Lord Strathcona born in Forres.

Donald Alexander Smith, later known as Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, was born on August 6, 1820, in Forres, Scotland. He became one of the most influential figures in the history of Canada, known for his roles as a businessman, politician, diplomat, and philanthropist.

John Tyndall, born

John Tyndall FRS 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. Tyndall was born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland.

Michael Angelo Hayes, born

Michael Angelo Hayes, RHA (1820 – 1877) was an Irish watercolourist who specialised in painting horses and military subjects.

The Dublin Society becomes the Royal Dublin Society

Robert Jocelyn, a leader of the Orange Order, is alleged to have led an attack on Catholic homes in Dundalk.

Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden, a prominent Unionist politician and leader in the Orange Order, was allegedly involved in leading an attack on Catholic homes in Dundalk, County Louth. This event, rooted in the deeply sectarian tensions of 19th-century Ireland, caused public outrage and political repercussions.

The Dublin Society for Improving Husbandry, which was originally founded on June 25 in 1731, becomes the Royal Dublin Society on this date

Henry Grattan, dies

Henry Grattan, the driving force behind the independent Irish Parliament at College Green before its dissolution by the Act of Union, dies. Despite his expressed wishes, he is buried in Westminster Abbey.

Robert O’Hara Burke, explorer, born in St. Cleran’s, Co. Galway

Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, is born in Tallaght, Co. Dublin

Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1827 – 10 February 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents.

Patrick Edward Connor, Union General, is born in Co. Kerry

Patrick Edward Connor (March 17, 1820 – December 17, 1891) was an Irish American soldier who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He is most notorious for his massacres against Native Americans during the Indian Wars in the American Old West.