Ireland

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Robert Burns - Scottish Poet - born.

ireland

Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and former MP for Dunleer, drowns with his son Edward, chaplain to the House of Commons, en route from England to Dublin

ireland

Birth of painter Alexander Naysmyth in Edinburgh.

ireland

James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.

ireland

Wide Streets Commission for Dublin is appointed by the Irish Parliament

ireland

Having been funded by a bequest from Jonathan Swift, St Patricks Hospital for the insane, Dublin, is opened

ireland

Civil engineer Thomas Telford born.

ireland

Road builder John McAdam born in Ayr.

ireland