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December 1st

Mon 01 Dec 1890

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

Sun 01 Dec 1889

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

Fri 01 Dec 1848

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

Sat 01 Dec 1787

First lighthouse in Scotland opened at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh

Thu 01 Dec 1768

The first volume of Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh

Sat 01 Dec 1494

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