The passenger ship <i id="mweA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Whitney_(ship)" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephen Whitney (ship)">Stephen Whitney</a></i> is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastnet_Rock" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fastnet Rock">Fastnet Rock lighthouse</a>.