Ireland

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Humphrey Davy, Cornish pioneer chemist, died.

ireland

Henry Montgomery, the leading Unitarian protagonist, leads a secession of Non-subscribers from the General Synod which establishes the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster

ireland

Anthony Durnford, soldier, is born in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim

ireland

William Archer, Irish naturalist and librarian, born in Magherahamlet, Co. Down. Archer

ireland

Whitley Stokes, jurist and Celtic scholar, is born in Dublin

ireland

Dublin Zoo opens

ireland

The Wild Colonial Boy is shot dead in a gun battle with police at Cambelltown, Sydney. Contrary to the popular song, The Wild Colonial Boy was John Donohue, transported from Ireland in 1824

ireland

Newly Elected MP O'Connell presents himself at the bar of the House of Commons, but is asked to withdraw for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy

ireland