Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, The Manx Gaelic Society, Formed
Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh, also known as the Manx Language Society and formerly known as Manx Gaelic Society, was founded in 1899 in the Isle of Man to promote the Manx language. The group’s motto is Gyn çhengey, gyn çheer (Without language, without country).
John Miller Nicholson, Manx artist and photographer, born
John Miller Nicholson, born on January 29, 1840, was a prominent Manx artist and photographer known for his work depicting scenes and people from the Isle of Man. His contributions to Manx art are significant, capturing the culture, landscape, and daily life of the island during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Potato Riots on Mann
Although the Duke won some popular support on the Island for his regard of the Manx, he was less popular for filling well paid official posts on the Island with his own Scottish dependents.
Edward Forbes, Manx naturalist, born
Edward Forbes, born Feb. 12, 1815, Douglas, Isle of Man was a naturalist, pioneer in the field of biogeography, who analyzed the distribution of plant and animal life of the British Isles as related to certain geological changes.
William Thompson, naturalist, is born in Belfast
William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology. Thompson published numerous notes on the distribution, breeding, eggs, habitat, song, plumage, behaviour, nesting and food of birds. These formed the basis of his four-volume The Natural History of Ireland, and were much used by contemporary and later authors such as Francis Orpen Morris.