Joyce Cary, Author, Is Born in Derry
December 7, 1888
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial …
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Pneumatic Bicycle Tires Were Patented by Inventor John Boyd Dunlop From Ayrshire.
October 31, 1888
Pneumatic bicycle tires were patented by inventor John Boyd Dunlop from Ayrshire. This October 31, 1888 entry records a …
Birth of John Logie Baird, Developer of Television.
August 13, 1888
John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer and inventor who is widely recognized as the developer of the first working …
Philip Henry Sheridan, the Son of Irish Immigrants From Cavan, Dies in Nonquit, Massachusetts.
August 5, 1888
Philip Henry Sheridan, a prominent Union general during the American Civil War, died on August 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, …
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Born
June 9, 1888
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough — unionist politician and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1943 …
Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish Patriot, Is Born in Rathmines, Dublin
March 4, 1888
Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the …
Birth in Dublin of Cyril Bentham Falls, Military Historian and Journalist
March 2, 1888
Cyril Bentham Falls CBE (2 March 1888 – 23 April 1971) was a 20th-century British military historian, journalist, and …
John Reid of Scotland Demonstrates Golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY
February 22, 1888
John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY. This February 22, 1888 entry records a moment in …
Winifred Carney, Trade Unionist and Revolutionary, Is Born in Bangor, Co. Down
December 4, 1887
Maria Winifred Carney (4 December 1887 – 21 November 1943), also known as Winnie Carney, was an Irish suffragist, trade …
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish Patriot and Poet, Is Born in Dublin
November 21, 1887
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, …
Birth of John M. Hayes in Murroe, Co. Limerick; Priest and Founder of Muintir Na Tíre
November 11, 1887
John Martin Hayes (11 November 1887 – 30 January 1957) was an Irish Catholic priest and the founder of Muintir na Tíre, …
Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, Composer, Writer and Hibernophile
November 8, 1887
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His …