[edit] Events [edit] Births [edit] January to June - 1 January - William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea (d.1891).
- 10 April - John Sullivan, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea (d.1884).
- 1 May - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, labor and community organizer, member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Socialist in America (d.1930).
- 12 May - Maurice O'Rorke, politician and Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (d.1916).
- 25 May - Hugh Nelson, politician in Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (d.1893).
[edit] July to December - 23 July - John O' Leary, Fenian poet[1]
- 16 September - Patrick Francis Moran, third Archbishop of Sydney (d.1911).
- 20 September - Arthur Thomas Moore, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at the Battle of Khushab, Persia (d.1913).
- 20 September - Hans Garrett Moore, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1877 at Komgha, South Africa (d.1889).
- October - John Connors, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol in the Crimea (d.1857).
- 22 November - Justin McCarthy, politician, historian and novelist (d.1912).
- 24 December - Harry Hammon Lyster, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Calpee, India (d.1922).
[edit] Full date unknown [edit] Deaths [edit] References - ^ Alan O'Day, ‘O'Leary, John (1830–1907)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006
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