The scottish national party gained their first electoral victory
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1928
Madeleine Smith, found not proven for murder in 1857, died peacefully in New York.
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1889
Patrick McGilligan, pro-Treaty nationalist and politician, is born in Coleraine, Co. Derry-Londonderry
April 12, 1889
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1847
The American relief ship, Jamestown, lands supplies in Cork for famine victims
April 12, 1847
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1837
Patrick Ford, journalist in the USA, fund-raiser for Irish causes, born in Galway
April 12, 1837
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1824
An Act establishes free trade in manufactured articles between Britain and Ireland
April 12, 1824
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1700
Abandonment of Scotlands only New World Colony, Caledonia, at Darien, Isthmus of Panama
April 12, 1700
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1654
The Ordinance of Union comes into effect, uniting Ireland and Scotland with England
April 12, 1654
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Jack McConnell elected First Minister of Scotland, succeeding Henry McLeish who had resigned
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