Ireland

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William Conolly resigns as Speaker

ireland

Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MP

ireland

James Cook, circum-navigator of the globe, born to Scottish parents in Yorkshire.

ireland

Oliver Goldsmith, playwright, novelist and poet, born

ireland

Philip Embury, founder of the American Methodist Church, is born in Ballingrane, Co. Limerick

ireland

James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount and 1st Earl of Charlemont; soldier and nationalist, is born in Dublin

ireland

Act of Parliament removes the right to vote from Catholics

ireland

Royal Bank invents first overdraft, Wm Hogg overdraws by £1,000 (£66,000 at todays money)

ireland