1659 in Ireland
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Events
- 3 September - Richard CromwellRichard CromwellAt the same time, the officers of the New Model Army became increasingly wary about the government's commitment to the military cause. The fact that Richard Cromwell lacked military credentials grated with men who had fought on the battlefields of the English Civil War to secure their nation's...
proclaimed Lord ProtectorLord ProtectorLord Protector is a title used in British constitutional law for certain heads of state at different periods of history. It is also a particular title for the British Heads of State in respect to the established church...
of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of Oliver CromwellOliver CromwellOliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
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Births
- September - Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of AbercornClaud Hamilton, 4th Earl of AbercornClaud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, PC was a Scottish and Irish peer and Jacobite, the eldest son of George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane and Elizabeth Fagan....
, JacobiteJacobitismJacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
and soldier, fought at the Battle of the BoyneBattle of the BoyneThe Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...
(d.16911691 in Ireland-Events:*12 July - Williamite War in Ireland: Battle of Aughrim*August–October - Williamite War in Ireland: Siege of Limerick*3 October - Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War...
). - 28 October - Nicholas BradyNicholas BradyNicholas Brady , Anglican divine and poet, was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. He received his education at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford; he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin....
, Anglican divine and poet (d.17261726 in Ireland-Births:*April - Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare, landowner and politician .*20 May - John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine, politician .-Full date unknown:*Isaac Barré, soldier and politician ....
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