Ireland

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During his visit to Ireland, Benjamin Franklin attends a meeting of the House of Commons on this date

ireland

Birth of Mungo Park at Foulshiels, near Selkirk. He became an explorer and doctor who charted the course of the River Niger.

ireland

Thomas Reynolds, United Irishman, born

ireland

Novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott born.

ireland

Birth of Edward Newell, United Irishman and informer, in Downpatrick, Co. Down

ireland

Robert Owen, Industrialist and social reformer, born

ireland

Benjamin Franklins visit to Ireland begins

ireland

John Ponsonby resigns as Speaker of the Irish parliament for political reasons

ireland