Births

• 17 April - William Molyneux
  William Molyneux
  William Molyneux FRS was an Irish natural philosopher and writer on politics.He was born in Dublin to Samuel Molyneux , lawyer and landowner , and his wife, Anne, née Dowdall. The second of five children, William Molyneux came from a relatively prosperous Anglican background...
  
  , natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society
  Dublin Philosophical Society
  The Dublin Philosophical Society was founded in 1683 by William Molyneux. It was intended to be the equivalent of the Royal Society in London, with which it maintained cultural ties. Among its most prominent members were William Petty, Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, Archbishop William King and Bishop...
  
   (d.1698
  1698 in Ireland
  -Births:*15 June - George Browne, soldier of fortune, became field-marshal in the Russian army .*Ross Roe MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh .-Deaths:...
  
  ).

Deaths

• 21 March - James Ussher
  James Ussher
  James Ussher was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–56...
  
  , Anglican Archbishop of Armagh
  Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
  The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....
  
   and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b.1581
  1581 in Ireland
  -Events:*Dermot O'Hurley appointed Archbishop of Cashel by Pope Gregory XIII. Unable to enter Ireland until 1583.-Births:*4 January - James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation ....
  
  ).