Ireland

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Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France is published

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James Wills, clergyman and writer, is born in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

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Work begins on the construction of the Royal Canal

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Whisky distilled from maize was first produced, by a clergyman, the Rev Elijah Craig. He called the new liquor bourbon because he lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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French National Assembly votes to abolish remnants of Breton autonomy

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Francis Rawdon Chesney, soldier and explorer, is born in Annalong, Co. Down

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Marguerite Gardiner, nee Power; Countess of Blessington; author, is born near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

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First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.

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