Ireland

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James Hutton, founder of modern geology, born.

ireland

Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, opens a school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare. Edmund Burke will later be a pupil

ireland

Patrick Darcy, scientist and soldier, is born in Kitulla, Co.Galway

ireland

Sir Arthur Guinness is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare

ireland

Five Dublin children receive the first recorded smallpox innoculations in Ireland

ireland

Malt Riots, Glasgow, against higher taxes imposed on Scottish malt.

ireland

The Black Watch regiment was commissioned under General Wade to police the Highlands.

ireland

The first number of Faulkners Dublin Journal is published

ireland