Deaths on September 16

Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)

Died on September 16, 1845

Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)

Thomas Osborne Davis (14 October 1814 – 16 September 1845) was an Irish writer; with Charles Gavan Duffy and John Blake Dillon, a founding editor of The Nation, the weekly organ of what came to be known as the Young Ireland movement. While embracing the common cause of a representative, national government for Ireland, Davis took issue with the nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell by arguing for the common ("mixed") education of Catholics and Protestants and by advocating for Irish as the national language.

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Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)

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Events on 1845

11 Mar

Treaty of Waitangi
Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
13 Mar

Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
19 May

Franklin's lost expedition
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
13 Oct

United States Congress
A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
20 Nov

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.

Deaths on September 16

Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)

Died on September 16, 1845

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Events on 1845

Treaty of Waitangi

Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)

Franklin's lost expedition

United States Congress

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado