Celtic history archive
1723
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John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States. …
1739
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George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent …
1791
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Thomas Paine’s “The Rights of Man” was first published in two parts, with Part I coming out in 1791 and Part II in 1792. This work was a response to Edmund …
1822
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Thomas Clarke Luby, a prominent Irish nationalist and co-founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, was born on January 16, 1822. Luby played a significant role in the Irish republican …
1830
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James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first known African American to serve as a Catholic priest or …
1838
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John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks”, was a Scottish-born American: 42 …
1865
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William Randall Roberts (February 06, 1830 – August 09, 1897) was a Fenian Brotherhood member, United States Representative from New York (1871–1875), and a United States …
1873
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Daniel Joseph Daly (November 11, 1873 – April 27, 1937) was a United States Marine and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. He earned his …
1875
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Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (7 February 1875 – 19 January 1968) was an American-British mining magnate and philanthropist. A successful businessman, Beatty was given the epithet …
1876
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone (Patent 174461). This February 14, 1876 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Unitedstates.
1877
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On a day that will long be remembered as Black Thursday, four members of the Molly Maguires — Alexander Campbell, John Donohue, Michael Doyle, and Edward Kelly — shackled with …
1877
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John Francis O’Mahony (1815 – 7 February 1877) was a Gaelic scholar and the founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States, sister organisation to the Irish …