Ireland

William Conor, painter, born in Belfast

Birth of William Casey, dramatist and Times editor

Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork

Tomás Mac Curtain (20 March 1884 – 20 March 1920) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Cork until he was assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was elected in January 1920.

Seán MacDiarmada, revolutionary, is born in Kiltycolgher, Co. Leitrim

Seán Mac Diarmada (27 January 1883 – 12 May 1916), also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, which he helped to organise as a member of the Military Committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and was the second signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

Peadar Kearney, composer of lyrics to Ireland National Anthem, A Soldier's Song, is born

Peadar Kearney, 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942) was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to “A Soldier’s Song” (Irish: “Amhrán na bhFiann”), now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan. He was born on December 12, 1883, in Dublin, Ireland.

Birth of Sara Allgood, stage and Hollywood actress, in Dublin

Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.

James Carey, member of the Invincibles, turns Queens evidence

The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Death of Edward FitzGerald, poet and translator of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, writer is born in Dingle, Co. Kerry

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha ( 10 March 1883 – 19 November 1964) and his brother Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha were Irish language writers, teachers and storytellers, from County Kerry, Ireland. Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha wrote under the Gaelic pen-name An Seabhac (pronounced [ənˠ ˈʃəuk];