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Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret, fights a duel with a Counsellor Busheh
Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and former Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny, fights a duel with Counsellor Bushe, a prominent barrister of the time. During the encounter, Bushe is seriously wounded in the stomach, though he survives the injury.
Red Hugh O'Donnell, son of the Earl of Tyrconnell makes a dramatic escape from the Record Tower
On January 6, 1592, Red Hugh O’Donnell, son of the Earl of Tyrconnell, made a dramatic escape from the Record Tower of Dublin Castle, where he had been held prisoner by the English since 1587. - O’Donnell had been kidnapped as a teenager in a calculated move by the English authorities to weaken the powerful Gaelic lords of Ulster. - His imprisonment was designed to undermine the O’Donnell clan and ensure the loyalty of his father to the English Crown. - After nearly five years in captivity, he managed to escape during a snowstorm with the help of allies, including Hugh Roe MacMahon and Art O’Neill (who died from exposure during the escape). - Red Hugh, though severely frostbitten and having lost several toes, made his way back to Donegal, where he was hailed as a hero and soon took up leadership of the clan.
Treaty of Edinburgh between France and England, recognizing sovereignty of Mary Queen of Scots
The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed in 1560 between France and England, effectively ending the siege of Leith and concluding French military involvement in Scotland. The treaty recognizes the sovereignty of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her husband, Francis II of France, while also affirming the withdrawal of both French and English troops from Scotland. Although it aimed to secure peace and Scottish independence, Mary refused to ratify the treaty, as it also required her to renounce her claim to the English throne.
William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, is assassinated by his own knights
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, known as “The Brown Earl”, is assassinated in 1333 by his own knights — John de Logan and two members of the de Mandeville family — at Le Ford, near Belfast. His murder was the result of intense rivalries and intrigue among the Norman-Irish lords, and it triggered a period of political instability in Ulster. The power vacuum following his death ultimately contributed to the decline of Norman control in parts of Ireland.