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| Date | | | | | 14-Oct-1852 | | The Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland sits in Dublin Castle, for the purpose of conferring degrees, for the first time. | | | 25-Oct-1852 | | His Excellency the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, visited the site of the building to be erected for the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853, on the Royal Dublin Society's Lawn, Merrion-square, when the ceremony of raising the first pillar was gone through by His Excellency. The design for the building is by Sir John Benson, C.E. | | | 10-Nov-1852 | | Shock of an Earthquake felt in Dublin and vicinity, at 10 minutes past 4, A.M. | | | 1-Dec-1852 | | First Stone of the Bell Tower, Trinity College, laid by his Grace the Lord Primate, Chancellor of the University, who made a gift of £12,000 for its erection, from a design by Charles Lanyon, Esq., C.E. | | | 25-Dec-1852 | | Dreadful storm for 2 days which levelled several houses and tore up trees, and did considerable damage to house property in the city and suburbs. | | | 2-Feb-1853 | | Arrival in Dublin of His Excellency the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | | | 12-May-1853 | | The Great Industrial Exhibition in Merrion square opened, in the presence of upwards of 15,000 persons, by his Excellency the Earl of St. Germans. | | | 29-Aug-1853 | | Arrival of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales in Dublin, to visit the Great Industrial Exhibition. | | | 3-Sep-1853 | | Departure of Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and members of the Royal Family from Kingstown. | | | 31-Oct-1853 | | Closing of the Great Industrial Exhibition. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, Mr. Dargan, &c., were present on the occasion, when a grand musical entertainment was given. | |
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