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University of Strathclyde was constituted in Glasgow, based on the Royal College of Science and Technology.
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H. Montgomery Hyde, author and unionist MP, is born in Belfast
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The Land Purchase Act (Wyndham Act)
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The Irish Franchise Act is enacted and has the effect of increasing the electorate from 45,000 to 164,000
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Foundation is laid for the George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
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Mary O'Connell is born in Co. Limerick, known as Sister Anthony, she serves in the American Civil War as a nurse
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Nathaniel Hone, painter and member of the Royal Academy at the time of its founding in 1768, dies
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Gardiners Catholic Relief Act is enacted
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High O'Neill defeats the English at the Battle of Yellow Ford
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King Robert III crowned at the Augustinian abbey of Scone.
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