Ireland

New York Gaelic Society is formed

Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, writer, and the model for the stately, plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces Ulysses

The Intermediate Education Act grants female students the right to participate in public examinations and to enter into careers and professions

Birth of Margaret Pearse, teacher, politician and sister of Padraic Pearse, in Dublin

Margaret Pearse, born on August 4, 1878, in Dublin, Ireland, was a teacher, politician, and the sister of the famous Irish revolutionary leader Pádraic Pearse. Margaret Pearse played an important role in Irish history, both through her involvement in education and her political activities following the 1916 Easter Rising.

George M. Cohan, Born

George M. Cohan was a prominent American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, and producer. He was born on July 3, 1878, in Providence, Rhode Island, and passed away on November 5, 1942, in New York City. Known as “The Man Who Owned Broadway,” Cohan made significant contributions to American theater and music in the early 20th century.

Sinéad de Valera, née Flanagan; teacher and writer, is born in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

First Tay rail bridge opens. It was to collapse, 18 months later in the Tay Bridge Disaster.

Birth of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquis Londonderry and unionist politician

Kathleen Daly Clarke, Irish patriot, is born

Sir Robert McCarrison, medical scientist, is born in Portadown, Co. Armagh

Major-General Sir Robert McCarrison, CIE, FRCP (15 March 1878 – 18 May 1960) was a Northern Ireland physician and nutritionist in the Indian Medical Service, who was made a Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1923, received a knighthood in July 1933, and was appointed as Honourable Physician to the King in 1935.