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Wednesday, October 14
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Edward Bruce, Brother of Robert the Bruce, Killed in a Battle Near Dundalk, Ireland.
Victory of Robert the Bruce of Scotland in Yorkshire.
Birth at St James Palace, London of King James VII, Second Son of King Charles I and Brother of King Charles II.
After Taking Cork on 28 September, Marlbourough Takes Kinsale for the Williamites, Who Now Control Munster
The Earl of Tyrone Dies
Irish Brigade of France Fights in the Battle of Friedlingen
Birth of United Irish Leader, Lord Edward Fitzgerald at Carton House in Co. Kildare
George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, Becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Edmond Sexton Pery Is Unanimously Re-Elected as Speaker of the Irish Parliament
First Steamboat Tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.
Wolfe Tone Visits Belfast for the First Time
Birth of Author and Patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork
First Issue of the Nation Published
Nationalist and Gaelic League Activist, Mary Ellen Spring-Rice Is Born
Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, Nearly, 20 Boats And, 129 Men (1 In, 3 of the Towns Male Population) Lost Their Lives in a Storm.
Eamon De Valera, Fianna Fáil Leader, Taoiseach and President of Ireland, Is Born in Brooklyn, NY
Tipperary IRA Man, Sean Treacy, Is Killed in a Gun Battle in Talbot Street, Dublin
Strikes, Marches and Protests Are Held in Belfast Against Low Unemployment Payments, Temporarily Uniting Catholic and Protestant Unemployed
German Submarine Sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, With the Loss Of, 810 Lives.
The, 50 Pence Decimal Coin Was First Issued, Replacing the Ten Shilling Note.
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