December 21

1814

Death of Marie-Louise O’Murphy, Mistress of Louis XV, dies in Paris

Ireland

French attempt to send a fleet, under the command of General Lazare Hoche and including Theobald Wolfe Tone, to Ireland in support of the Irish Rebellion against British rule. Here …

1843

Thomas Bracken was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician, was born

New-Zealand

Thomas Bracken (21 December 1843 – 16 February 1898) a New Zealand poet, journalist and politician, was born at Clones, Ireland, on December 21, 1843 In 1869 he moved to Dunedin …

1988

A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270

Scotland

Pan Am Flight 103 (PA103/PAA103) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. The …