[edit] Events [edit] Births - 23 April - William Nash, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Lucknow, India (d.1875).
- 28 May - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (d.1902).
- 26 June - William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, mathematical physicist, engineer, and leader in the physical sciences (d.1907).
- August - Thomas Laughnan, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (d.1864).
- 12 December - William Joseph Corbet, nationalist politician and MP (d.1909).
[edit] Full date unknown - John Coghlan, public works engineer in Argentina (d.1890).
- Thomas Henry FitzGerald, farmer and politician in Queensland,Australia (d.1888).
- Patrick Green, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (d.1889).
- John O'Hart, genealogist (d.1902).
- Charles Irwin, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Lucknow, India (d.1873).
- James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (d.1901).
- Edward Whelan, politician, one of the Fathers of the Canadian Confederation (d.1867).
[edit] Deaths - 21 January - Charles MacCarthy, soldier in the French, Dutch and British armies, governor of various British territories in West Africa (b.1764).
- 24 August - Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer (b.1752).
- 30 October - Charles Maturin, clergyman, novelist and playwright (b.1782).
- 9 November - Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley, politician (b.1745).
- 19 November - Bishop James Murphy, Bishop of Clogher 1801-1824 (b.1744).
- 5 December - Thomas McCord, businessman and politician in Lower Canada (b.1750).
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