- 1992 Eamon Casey, bishop of Galway, resigned after it was revealed that he had fathered a son by an American woman, Annie Murphy.
- 1812 Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, born in Camberwell, London.
- 2008 Brian Cowan (48), minister for finance and tánaiste, was elected taoiseach by Dáil Éireann.
