October 19

Irish historian, novelist and poet, Emily Lawless dies

October 19, 1913

Birth in Dublin of Charles Edward Kilmaine who was a general in the French army

October 19, 1751

Jonathan Swift dies

October 19, 1745

First sedan chairs available for public hire introduced to Edinburgh.

October 19, 1687

Birth of John Aberneth, dissenting clergyman, near Moneymore, Co. Tyrone

October 19, 1680

Birth of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond; royalist soldier; and three times Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

October 19, 1610

Edward III lands at Brest with English forces to seize part of Brittany.

October 19, 1342