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Royal yacht Britannia launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

John Millington Synge, poet, playwright, and student of Irish language and culture, is born in Dublin

Samuel Butcher, scholar, is born in Dublin

The first regular stage-coach service between Dublin and Belfast commences

Charles Edward Stewart defeated at Battle of Culloden, Scotland

Sir Hans Sloane, physician and naturalist, is born in Killyleagh, Co. Down