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- 7 March - John McCaulJohn McCaulJohn McCaul was an Irish-born Canadian educator, theologian, and the second president of the University of Toronto from 1848 to 1853....
, educator, theologian, and the second president of the University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(d.18871887 in Ireland-Events:*29 January - The Dublin newspaper The Union is founded. The Unionist newspaper's goals are stated in its first edition as "A Journal devoted to the maintenance of the Union in the three kingdoms."...
). - 10 March - James Fintan LalorJames Fintan LalorJames Fintan Lalor was an Irish revolutionary, journalist, and “one of the most powerful writers of his day.” A leading member of the Irish Confederation , he was to play an active part in both the Rebellion in July 1848 and the attempted Rising in September of that same year...
, revolutionary, journalist and writer (d.18491849 in Ireland-Events:* 12 July — Battle of Dolly's Brae: Up to 1400 armed Orangemen march from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1000 armed Ribbonmen gather, shots are fired, Catholic homes are burnt and about eighty Catholics killed....
). - 27 September - John T. MullockJohn T. MullockJohn Thomas Mullock was Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland and did much to establish and develop the church in the region. Born in Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland, he died in St. John's and is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.-Academic Life:Mullock became...
, Roman Catholic BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of St. John'sSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorSt. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
, NewfoundlandNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
(d.18691869 in Ireland-Events:The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland passes the Irish Church Act 1869.-Births:*16 March - Peter Maher, boxer .*27 March - James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State ....
). - 14 December - Francis HincksFrancis HincksSir Francis Hincks, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Cork, Ireland, he was the son of Thomas Dix Hincks an orientalist, naturalist and Presbyterian minister and the brother of Edward Hincks orientalist, naturalist and clergyman.He moved to York in 1832 and set up an importing business...
, politician in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(d.18851885 in Ireland-Events:*The Munster & Leinster Bank begins operations following the collapse of the Munster Bank - see Allied Irish Banks.*The Railway Tavern in Belfast is renovated and reopened as the Crown Liquor Saloon....
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- Robert CaneRobert CaneDr. Robert Cane, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1807. He was a member of the Repeal Association and the Irish Confederation. He qualified as an M.D. in 1836, became a member of Kilkenny Corporation and was Mayor twice....
, doctor, member of the Repeal AssociationRepeal AssociationThe Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland....
and the Irish ConfederationIrish ConfederationThe Irish Confederation was an Irish nationalist independence movement, established on 13 January 1847 by members of the Young Ireland movement who had seceded from Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association. Historian T. W...
, Mayor of KilkennyKilkennyKilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...
(d.18581858 in Ireland-Births:*13 February - James Murray Irwin, British Army doctor .*6 March - Coslett Herbert Waddell, priest and botanist .*2 May - Edith Anna Somerville, novelist .*19 May - Mike Cleary, boxer ....
). - Samuel DavidsonSamuel DavidsonSamuel Davidson was an Irish biblical scholar who was born near Ballymena in Ireland.He was educated at the Royal College of Belfast, entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1835, and was appointed professor of biblical criticism at his own college...
, biblical scholar (d.18981898 in Ireland-Events:*6 July - Guglielmo Marconi conducts a test radio telegraph transmission for Lloyd's between Ballycastle, County Antrim, and Rathlin Island.*12 August - James Connolly launches the first issue of the Workers' Republic newsletter....
). - Sir Henry ThomasSir Henry Thomas-Life:Thomas, eldest son of David Henry of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, head of the firm of Henry, Mullins, & MacMahon, government contractors, was born in Dublin in 1807. He was educated at Von Feinagle's school in that city and at Trinity College, where he graduated B.A. 1824, and M.A...
, police magistrate in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(d.18761876 in Ireland-Events:*1 April - Great Northern Railway formed by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway, Northern Railway of Ireland and the Ulster Railway.-Births:*21 January**James Larkin, trade union leader, socialist and Irish Labour Party TD ....
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Deaths
- 8 February - Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (b.17261726 in Ireland-Births:*April - Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare, landowner and politician .*20 May - John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine, politician .-Full date unknown:*Isaac Barré, soldier and politician ....
). - 5 June - Boyle RocheBoyle RocheSir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician. After a distinguished career in North America with the British Army, Roche became a member of the Irish House of Commons in 1775, generally acting in support of the viceregal government...
, politician (b.17361736 in Ireland-Births:*October - Boyle Roche, politician .*John Alexander, minister and writer .-Deaths:*10 March - William Cosby, British royal governor of New York ....
). - Nathaniel GroganNathaniel GroganNathaniel Grogan was an Irish painter from Cork.-Career:Grogan who initially trained with local painter, John Butts, noted Dutch painters such as Hobbema and Heemskerck as his key influences. He began life as an apprentice to his father, a turner and block maker, but had a love for the arts and...
, painter (b.17401740 in Ireland-Births:*7 April - Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore, politician and High Sheriff .*22 October - Philip Francis, politician and pamphleteer .-Full date unknown:*Richard Barrett, poet and United Irishman ....
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