Ireland

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John Playfair, clergyman, geologist, mathematician, born.

ireland

Sir Robert King, MP for Boyle, Co. Roscommon, is created Baron Kingsborough

ireland

Birth in Dublin of William La Touche, founder of the Bank of Ireland

ireland

James Lind began a controlled experiment which demonstrated that citrus fruits could prevent scurvy

ireland

Prince Charles Edward Stuart escaped capture by sailing to France aborad the French ship LHeureux.

ireland

Flora MacDonald met Prince Charles Edward Stuart and persuaded him to wear womens clothes as part of the escape plan from the Outer Hebrides to Skye.

ireland

Henry Grattan, Born

ireland

Jonathan Swift dies

ireland