A firedamp explosion at blantyre colliery killed, 207 miners.

October 22nd , 1877

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Charles Lynch, pianist, is born in Parkgariff, Co. Cork

October 22, 1906

calendar 1895

Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist died.

October 22, 1895

calendar 1861

Foundation stones of main Post Office and National Museum of Scotland laid by Prince Albert in his last public engagement before his death.

October 22, 1861

calendar 1761

John Ponsonby is unanimously re-elected Speaker of the Irish parliament

October 22, 1761

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Birth in Dublin of Sir Philip Francis, civil servant, duellist, and gambler; he may have been the author of the Junius Letters

October 22, 1740

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Rory O'More, Lord Maguire and Sir Pheilim O'Neill initiate a major revolt in Armagh

October 22, 1641

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Thomas Mortimer who was appointed justiciar on 5 March is replaced by John de Stanley who lands at Howth on this date

October 22, 1389

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