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Former Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Forsyth born.
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City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron (No, 602) shoots down the first enemy aircraft over Britain after an attack on the River Forth.
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Poet George Mackay Brown born.
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Michael Collins is born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork
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Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist and essayist is born in Dublin
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Cavan-born Thomas Baron von Brady, general in the Austrian army, dies in Vienna
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Robert Fergusson Scottish poet, died.
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Proclamations against Catholic clergy and schools in Ireland are issued
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King James II born.
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