Nick Maxwell 1820 Florence Nightingale, social reformer and founder of modern nursing, born in Florence, Italy. 1712 Building commenced on the library of Trinity College, Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, at a cost of £15,000. 1916 James Connolly (47) and Seán MacDiarmada (33) executed. Prime Minister H.H. Asquith arrived in Ireland (until 18th). 1916 James Connolly and Seán … Read more
Thur 7.30pm CNational Maritime Museum of Ireland, Haig Terrace, Dún Laoghaire. Working conditions of seamen in 1916, David Snook.
1971 Seán Lemass (71), revolutionary, founding member of Fianna Fáil and taoiseach (1959–66), died. 1917 Belfast-born Dr David Walker (80), surgeon, naturalist and photographer on Captain F.L. McClintock’s expedition to the Arctic (1857–9) which discovered the remains of Sir John Franklin and his crew, died in Portland, Oregon. Though barely twenty years old at the … Read more
Fri 1pm National Monuments and Buildings Record for Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum, Belfast. Digital approaches to world heritage sites, William Megarry.
1972 In a referendum on Ireland’s membership of the European Community, almost five to one voted ‘Yes’—1,041,890 in favour, 211,891 against. 1869 The 1,776-mile US transcontinental railroad was completed when the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east met in Utah. 1994 Nelson Mandela was sworn in as … Read more