Ireland

Daniel Corkery, writer, critic and Irish cultural enthusiast, is born in Cork

Thomas MacDonagh, patriot, poet, critic and scholar, is born in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary

Thomas MacDonagh, an influential figure in Irish history, was born on February 1, 1878, in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary, Ireland.

General John O'Neill, died

General John O’Neill, an Irish military leader and Fenian, died in 1878. John O’Neill was a key figure in the Irish nationalist movement and played a significant role in the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization dedicated to achieving Irish independence through armed insurrection.

Cahir Healy, born in Mountcharles, Co. Donegal

Cahir Healy, (2 December 1877 – 8 February 1970) an Irish politician, was born in Mountcharles, County Donegal, Ireland, on August 30, 1917.

Opening of the original Mitchell Library, Glasgow, now the largest public reference library in Europe.

A firedamp explosion at Blantyre Colliery killed, 207 miners.

Y.V. Perrot, Breton patriot, writer and martyr, born.

Charles Stewart Parnell becomes president of Home Rule Confederation

Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 06, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. A future Liberal Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, described him as one of the three or four greatest men of the nineteenth century, while Lord Haldane described him as the strongest man the British House of Commons had seen in 150 years.

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington is born in Co. Limerick

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington is born in County Limerick. A committed suffragette, she becomes a founding member of the Irish Women’s Franchise League. Though her focus later broadens, sexual equality remains a core cause throughout her life, especially following the summary execution of her husband during the 1916 Easter Rising.