Ireland

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Birth of Henry Loftus, Earl of Ely and 4th Viscount born

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All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland — only 33 out of 1,089 comply

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The Irish House of Lords expresses hope that union of Ireland and England will follow union of England and Scotland

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Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time

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French fleet abandons attempted Jacobite invasion of Scotland

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First meeting of the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Thomas Erle, MP for Cork city, commands the centre at the Battle of Alamanza and loses his right hand on this date; David Dunbar, later MP for Blessington, is wounded and captured in the same battle, and John Upton, later MP for Co. Antrim, distinguishes

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Sir Henry Cavendish, MP and incompetent Teller of the Exchequer, born

ireland