Ireland

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David Douglas, died

ireland

Daniel O'Connell introduces debate on Repeal of Union bill in the House of Commons

ireland

Death of engineer, road, bridge and canal builder Thomas Telford. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

ireland

Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan

ireland

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

ireland

Charles Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen, lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England, is born in Newry, Co. Down

ireland

Novelist (notably Ivanhoe and Talisman) and poet Sir Walter Scott died aged, 61.

ireland

An Act is passed which allows for tithe payments to be commuted

ireland