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October 10
Section: October 10
October 10, 1974
Labour won the General Election with an overall majority of three seats and Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.
October 10, 1899
Irish Transvaal Committee formed to aid Boers against the English.
October 10, 1899
Eoin O Grownley, Irish language scholar, dies
October 10, 1865
Magee College is opened as a combined arts and Presbyterian theological college in Derry-Londonderry
October 10, 1819
Birth in Templemore, Co. Tipperary of Charles Stanley Monck, the first Governor General of Canada
October 10, 1802
Writer and geologist Hugh Miller born on the Black Isle, Cromarty.
October 10, 1802
The Edinburgh Review first published.
October 10, 1790
Birth in Co. Tipperary of Fr. Theobald Matthew, “The Apostle of Temperance” and campaigner against alcohol
October 10, 1771
During his visit to Ireland, Benjamin Franklin attends a meeting of the House of Commons on this date
October 10, 1711
The Linen Board meets for the first time
October 10, 1084
Patrick, Bishop of Dublin, dies in a shipwreck