Philosopher David Hume born.

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calendar 1923

Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon married the Duke of York at Westminster Abbey

April 26 1923

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calendar 1916

Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, writer, suffragist, pacifist and patriot, is arrested while trying to stop Easter Rising looting, he is later executed by the British without a trial

April 26, 1916

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calendar 1904

Edward VII begins a visit to Ireland on this date

April 26, 1904

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calendar 1895

The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey

April 26, 1895

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calendar 1881

Robert Williams Buchanan, a poet, novelist and dramatist, diet

April 26, 1881

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calendar 1826

Robert Adamson, who collaborated with D O Hill to produce early portrait photography, born.

April 26, 1826

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calendar 1808

Benjamin Burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting but, having apparently recovered, goes out again with the hounds and dies from brain fever

April 26, 1808

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calendar 1784

Nano Nagle, Gods Beggar, founder of the Order of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dies

April 26, 1784

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calendar 1756

John Ponsonby is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament

April 26, 1756

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calendar 1745

John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl

April 26, 1745

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calendar 1718

Thomas St Lawrence, 13th Baron of Howth, receives £215 14s 1 1-2d for the expense he incurs in building a quay at Howth for landing coals for the lighthouse

April 26, 1718