Sole remaining gas street lamp in Glasgow was lit for the last time
September 1, 1971
Isaac Butt founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule is now the objective of constitutional nationalists
September 1, 1870
Roger Casement, British consular official and Irish nationalist, is born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin
September 1, 1864
Dublin Zoo opens
September 1, 1830
The Wild Colonial Boy is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney
September 1, 1830
Birth of James OFlanagan, author, in Fermoy, Co. Cork
September 1, 1814
Marguerite Gardiner, nee Power; Countess of Blessington; author, is born near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
September 1, 1789
Launch of the Belfast Newsletter, now the oldest surviving newspaper in Ireland or Britain, and one of the oldest in the world
September 1, 1737
Death of dramatist, essayist and publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner who founded The Tatler and The Spectator
September 1, 1729
Marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stewart and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska
September 1, 1719
Battle of Tippermuir
September 1, 1643
Death of St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh (and Elgin).
September 1, 0714