Ireland

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Birth of James Fitzgerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; Duke of Leinster; politician and Lord Justice

ireland

Birth of William Fortescuem, politician and sportsman, who tried unsuccessfully in the 1760s to introduce a bill to preserve partridges and hares and to take away the lives of above half the dogs in the nation

ireland

Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies

ireland

During a trial in the court of Kings Bench, Dublin, a neighbouring chimney took fire, blew the smoke into the court and gave a panick to all the people who crowded to get out

ireland

Tobias Smollett, novelist, born

ireland

The Declatory Act defines the right of the British Parliament to legislate for Ireland

ireland

Spranger Barry, actor, is born in Dublin

ireland

The House of Commons proposes that all unregistered priests in Ireland should be branded on the cheek. The plan is ultimately abandoned.

ireland