23rd

Total results: 11

Blackout restrictions in Scotland lifted as World War II heads to a conclusion.

J.P. Donleavy, author of The Ginger Man, is born in New York

A general strike takes place throughout Ireland against the British governments attempts to introduce conscription

James Henthorn Todd, scholar, is born in Dublin

Thomas Romney Robinson, astronomer and physicist, is born in Dublin

Actress George Anne Bellamy is born in Fingal, Co. Dublin.

Mervyn Archdall, antiquary, is born in Dublin

Charles II crowned at Westminster Abbey.