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James Craigs winning entry for development of Edinburgh New Town was approved.

April 17, 1766

James Craig (31 October 1739 – 23 June 1795) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh.

William Molyneux, statesman, philosopher and scientist, is born in Dublin

April 17, 1656

William Molyneux FRS (17 April 1656 – 11 October 1698) was an Anglo-Irish writer on science, politics and natural philosophy.

Edinburgh Castle taken from English, reversing English encroachments against independent Scotland

April 17, 1341

Edinburgh Castle started to develop into a royal fortress during the reign of David I from 1124 to 1153.

Last day King Henry II holds his court in Dublin

April 17, 1172

The last day King Henry II of England held his court in Dublin was on April 17, 1172.

Final performance at the Grassmarket, Edinburgh premises of the Traverse Theatre

April 18, 1992

The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded as The Traverse Theatre Club in 1962 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes, Richard Demarco, Terry Lane, Andrew Muir, John …

Ireland declared a full republic and withdrawn from British Commonwealth.

April 18, 1949

The Republic of Ireland Act was an enactment of Oireachtas Éireann passed in 1948, which came into force on April 18, 1949 and which declared that the official description of Ireland was to be the …

Novelist Katherine Cecil Thurston, née Madden, is born in Cork

April 18, 1875

Katherine Cecil Thurston, born Kathleen Annie Josephine Madden (18 April 1874 – 5 September 1911), was an Irish novelist, best known for two political thrillers.

Remains of David Livingstone interred in Westminster Abbey.

April 18, 1874

David Livingstone FRGS FRS (/ˈlɪvɪŋstən/; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in …

Birth in Dublin of Robert Tressell, born Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

April 18, 1870

Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered …

Michael Roberts, Irish mathematician is born in Cork

April 18, 1817

Michael Roberts (18 April 1817 – 4 October 1882), was an Irish mathematician and academic of Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), who served as Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Mathematics there …

Robert Patterson, naturalist, is born in Belfast

April 18, 1802

Robert Patterson, FRS (1802–1872) was an Irish businessman and naturalist born in Belfast, Ireland.

Langrishes Catholic Relief Act allows Catholics to practice law, and Protestants and Catholics to intermarry

April 18, 1792

The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1791 relieving Roman Catholics of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities.

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