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Poynings' Law enacted, strengthened English Crown control over Irish Parilment

December 01, 1494

Poynings’ Law is a piece of legislation that was enacted in 1494 in the Parliament of Ireland during the reign of King Henry VII of England.

The first volume of Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh

December 01, 1768

First Edition The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland.

First lighthouse in Scotland opened at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh

December 01, 1787

The first lighthouse in Scotland was established at Kinnaird Head in Fraserburgh.

The paddle steamer The Londonderry, with immigrants fleeing the famine, takes shelter in Derry harbour

December 01, 1848

The paddle steamer The Londonderry, with immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger, takes shelter in Derry harbour.

Michael Hayes, politician and professor of Irish, is born in Dublin

December 01, 1889

Michael Joseph Hayes (1 December 1889 – 11 July 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1922 to 1932, Minister for Foreign Affairs from August 1922 …

Six days of Irish Parliamentary Party debates begin, only to end in a split, with the majority opposing Parnell

December 01, 1890

The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) debates that took place in 1890.

Llewelyn Powys, Welsh writer, died

December 01, 1935

Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist, novelist and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T.

Henry Flood, promoted the movement for legislative independence in Ireland, died

December 02, 1791

Henry Flood (1732 – 2 December 1791) was an Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench for Ireland.

Sir Dominic Corrigan, cardiologist, is born in Dublin

December 02, 1802

Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1st Baronet (2 December 1802 – 1 February 1880), the renowned Irish physician and cardiologist, was born on December 1, 1802, in Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland.

William Thompson, naturalist, is born in Belfast

December 02, 1805

William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology.

The Kildare Place Society is formed

December 02, 1811

The Kildare Place Society, is a Church of Ireland primary school (a national school) in Rathmines, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland was formed in 1811.

Mary Slessor, missionary in Nigeria, West Africa, born in Aberdeen, Scotland

December 02, 1848

Mary Slessor, the Scottish Presbyterian missionary, was born on December 2, 1848, in Gilcomston Aberdeen, Scotland.

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