April 22

1365

Lionel returns to England, leaving Ormond as his deputy

Ireland

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (Norman: Leonell Duc de Clarence; 29 November 1338 – 17 October 1368), was an English prince, Earl of Ulster jure uxoris from 1347, Duke of …

1671

An English Navigation Act prohibits direct importation of sugar, tobacco and other produce from the colonies to Ireland

Ireland

While Cromwell was master of England, the first of the famous Navigation Acts was passed. The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws which, beginning in 1651, restricted …

1834

Daniel O'Connell introduces debate on Repeal of Union bill in the House of Commons

Ireland

Daniel(I) O’Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator,[1] was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland’s Roman Catholic majority in the …

1838

The 703-ton Sirius, the 1st ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam arrives in NY

Scotland

SS Sirius was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies & Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet …

1869

Rev. Patrick Bell, inventor of mechanical reaper, died.

Scotland

Patrick Bell (12 May 1799 – 22 April 1869) was a Church of Scotland minister and inventor. Born in the rural parish of Auchterhouse in Angus, Scotland, into a farming family, Bell …

1875

Michael, 'The O'Rahilly', Irish Volunteers leader, is born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry

Ireland

Michael Joseph O’Rahilly (Irish: Mícheál Seosamh Ó Rathaille or Ua Rathghaille; 22 April 1875 – 29 April 1916), known as The O’Rahilly, was an Irish republican and …

1905

Capt. William O'Shea, politician and accuser of Parnell, dies in Hove

Ireland

Captain William Henry O’Shea (1840 – 22 April 1905) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He is best known for being the ex-husband of Katharine O’Shea, the …