26 February – the Birkenhead founders off the coast of
South Africa. The soldiers stand to attention while women and children are placed in the lifeboats.
2 October –
William O'Brien, nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author (died
1928).
Deaths
25 February –
Thomas Moore, poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer (born
1779).
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