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Ireland
Brittany is a large peninsula in the north-west of France, surrounded by the English Channel to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Historically, the region is made up of …
1800
Ireland
The Acts of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The parliament was merged with that of Great …
1820
Ireland
John Tyndall FRS 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. Tyndall was born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland. Diamagnetism His initial …
1894
Ireland
Modern inheritance tax dates back to 1894 when the government introduced estate duty, a tax on the capital value of land, in a bid to raise money to pay off a £4m government …
1922
Canada
Alexander Graham Bell ( born Alexander Bell; March 03, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first …
1932
Ireland
Peter Seamus O’Toole ( 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. Peter Seamus O’Toole was born on 2 August 1932, the son of Constance Jane …