Ireland

U.S. Confederte General, Joseph Finegan, is born in Clones, Co. Monaghhan

Joseph Finegan, (November 17, 1814 – October 29, 1885), was an American businessman and brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

US General Michael Kelly Lawler, Union army, is born in Co. Kildare

Michael Kelly Lawler (November 16, 1814 – July 26, 1882) was a volunteer militia soldier in the Black Hawk War 1831–1832, an officer in the United States Army in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.

Birth of author and patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork

Birth of James OFlanagan, author, in Fermoy, Co. Cork

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, novelist and journalist, is born in Dublin

Birth of David Moriarty, Catholic Bishop of Kerry and opponent of nationalism, in Kilcarah, Co. Kerry

Mary O'Connell is born in Co. Limerick, known as Sister Anthony, she serves in the American Civil War as a nurse

Mary O’Connell, who became known as Sister Anthony, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, on August 15, 1814. She is best remembered for her selfless service as a nurse during the American Civil War, where she provided care to countless wounded soldiers and became known as the “Angel of the Battlefield.”

Peace Preservation Force formed

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835) and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827 and 1828–1830).

Birth in Dublin of John Brougham, actor and dramatist

Welsh Thomas Coke, a Methodist cleric and missionary, died