1966 A republican bomb destroyed the top half of Nelson’s Pillar in O’Connell Street, Dublin. 1869 Death of Hector Berlioz, French romantic composer, best known for his Symphonie Fantastique (1830), dedicated to Irish actress Harriet Smithson, whom he later married (1833). 1917 The February Revolution in Russia led to the establishment of a provisional government and the ... Read more
