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Aug 31, 1830

William Fitzpatrick, biographer and historian, is born in Dublin

Aug 31, 1806

Birth in Dublin of Charles Lever; fiction writer who was famous for his rendering of Trinity Colleges privileged atmosphere

Aug 31, 1803

French Irish Legion organized in Brittany

Aug 31, 1767

Birth in Belfast of Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman and leader of Ulster insurgents in 1798 rebellion

Aug 31, 1644

Second Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Major defeat of Cromwellian army at Fowey, Cornwall by Cornish royalists.

Second Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Major defeat of Cromwellian army at Fowey, Cornwall by Cornish royalists. The First Battle of Lostwithiel was in 1642.