Ongoing –
Great Famine. This summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to small area sown.[1] The
British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout
England, the
United States and
Australia, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from
Queen Victoria appealing for money to relieve the distress in Ireland.[2] A group of
Native AmericanChoctaw is among those contributing to the relief effort.[3] The Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends (
Quakers) also assists,[4] but there are claims of "
Souperism" (the provision of food in combination with
proselytization) by other
Protestant sectarian groups.
28 April – the
brigExmouth carrying emigrants from
Derry bound for
Quebec is wrecked off
Islay with only three survivors from more than 250 on board.[5][6]
^Debo, Angie (1935). The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.
^Hatton, Helen Elizabeth (1993). The Largest Amount of Good: Quaker Relief in Ireland, 1654–1921. Montreal: McGill–Queen's Press.
ISBN978-0-7735-0959-7.
Ongoing –
Great Famine. This summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to small area sown.[1] The
British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout
England, the
United States and
Australia, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from
Queen Victoria appealing for money to relieve the distress in Ireland.[2] A group of
Native AmericanChoctaw is among those contributing to the relief effort.[3] The Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends (
Quakers) also assists,[4] but there are claims of "
Souperism" (the provision of food in combination with
proselytization) by other
Protestant sectarian groups.
28 April – the
brigExmouth carrying emigrants from
Derry bound for
Quebec is wrecked off
Islay with only three survivors from more than 250 on board.[5][6]
^Debo, Angie (1935). The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.
^Hatton, Helen Elizabeth (1993). The Largest Amount of Good: Quaker Relief in Ireland, 1654–1921. Montreal: McGill–Queen's Press.
ISBN978-0-7735-0959-7.