A Companion Calendar to Finnegans Wake (a continuing project) |
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1841 |
Daniel O'Connell elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for one year. |
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Radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins first regular
broadcasting service, the results of the Harding-Cox election. |
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1854 |
Catholic University Dublin opens; John Henry Newman is the
first rector. |
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1822 |
Whig Viceroy, Lord Wellesley, forbids decoration of William III's statue. | |
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1841 |
King Edward VII born (d. May 6, 1910). |
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1171 |
Henry II at Dublin. | |
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1918 |
Armistice with Germany. |
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1216 |
Magna Carta issued for Ireland. | |
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Birth of St. Augustine (d. 1430). | |
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1864 |
U.S. Union General Sherman begins March across Georgia, reaching Savannah on December 10th. |
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1880 |
Beginning of O'Shea divorce implicating Parnell. |
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1798 |
Wolfe Tone commits suicide in Dublin prison. |
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1920 |
On "Bloody Sunday" Black & Tans fire on crowd on football game in Croke Park. |
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1925 |
They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard uses the Tristan myth to tell the story of a middle-aged California wine grower and a younger woman. | |
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1865 |
Trial of Fenians in Dublin. | |
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1863 |
First issue of Irish People, Fenian weekly. | |
1920 |
Ambush at Kilmichael, 25 miles west of Cork. |
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