Ireland

John L. Sullivan loses his world heavyweight boxing title to another Irish American, James Corbett

National Literary Society is founded

Author and poet C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

C. M. Grieve, better known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was born on August 11, 1892, in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s greatest 20th-century poets and a central figure in the Scottish literary renaissance.

Birth of Tom Falcon Hazel, WWI Ace, in Clifden, Co. Galway

Tom Falcon Hazell, a distinguished World War I flying ace, was born on August 7, 1892, in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. Hazell became one of the most successful fighter pilots of the war, achieving a notable record of victories in the skies over Europe.

Birth of Irish statesman, Kevin Christopher OHiggins in Stradbally, Co. Laois.

Kevin Christopher O’Higgins is born in Stradbally, County Laois, on June 7, 1892. A leading Irish statesman, he served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice in the Free State government following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. O’Higgins was known for his intellectual rigor and pragmatic conservatism, but also for his harsh policies, including the execution of anti-Treaty IRA members during the Civil War — earning him lasting controversy.

First performance of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan

David Mary Tidmarsh , WWI Ace, born in Limerick

Squadron Leader David Mary Tidmarsh MC (28 January 1892 – 27 November 1944) was an Irish-born flying ace of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories.

Annie Moore, 15, of County Cork, 1st Irish Immigrant through Ellis Island

The first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island, the famous immigration processing center in the United States, was Annie Moore, a 15-year-old girl from County Cork, Ireland. She arrived at Ellis Island on January 01, 1892, along with her two younger brothers, Philip and Anthony, on board the ship “Nevada.” Annie Moore and her siblings were among the first immigrants to be processed at Ellis Island, which had just opened as an immigrant processing center on that day.

Buffalo Bills Wild West Show opened in the East End Exhibition Buildings, Duke Street, Glasgow.

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opened at the East End Exhibition Buildings on Duke Street in Glasgow on November 16, 1891

Death of Charles Stewart Parnell

Called the uncrowned King of Ireland Charles Stewart Parnell is remembered by the Irish as a fighter for freedom, as an unsung hero and as a victim of the British Government and of the Catholic Church. Charles Stewart Parnell was a fighter for Irish