A spectacular blaze at bells brae, edinburgh, destroyed the premises of one of britains largest theatrical costumiers
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Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass
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1918
John MacLean, socialist revolutionary, tried in the High Court for sedition
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1896
Austin Clarke, considered to be the greatest poet of his generation after Yeats, is born
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1860
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist and author of Peter Pan born
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1828
Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
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1828
Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
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