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Tuesday, October 27
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A Proclamation Declares the Banishment of Catholic Bishops and Priest
James Cook, Circum-Navigator of the Globe, Born to Scottish Parents in Yorkshire.
James Macpherson Scottish Translator of Ossianic Poems Born.
William Smith, Founder of the Boys Brigade, Born.
Between October 24 and This Date, Fenians Propose a New Departure - An Alliance With the Parnellites
Birth in Dublin of Bryan Guinness, 2nd Lord Moyne; Brewer and Writer
Beginning of the Hunger Strike by Seven Republican Prisoners in the H Blocks at Long Kesh
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