Ireland

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John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down

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St. Clair Mulholland, Union Civil War General and Medal of Honor winner, is born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim

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General Sir William Frances Butler, soldier and author, is born in Suirville, Co. Tipperary

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Fr. Theobald Mathew, with the support of William Martin, a quaker, founds the total abstinence movement in Cork

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Enactment of the Irish Poor Law

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Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey.

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Sir James Gildea, philanthropist and co-founder of St. John Ambulance Association, is born in Kilmaine, Co. Mayo

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce of Dechmount; jurist, historian and Liberal politician, is born in Belfast

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