1698 in Ireland
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- 15 June - George BrowneGeorge Browne (soldier)George Browne, Count von Browne in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire was an Irish soldier of fortune who became field-marshal in the Russian service....
, soldier of fortune, became field-marshal in the Russian army (d.17921792 in Ireland-Events:*Belfast Reading Society, becomes the Belfast Society for Promoting Knowledge, later to become the Linen Hall Library.-Births:*30 January - John Henry Hopkins, first bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America...
). - Ross Roe MacMahonRoss Roe MacMahonRoss Roe MacMahon was ordained to the priesthood in 1727. He was appointed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 8 November 1738 following the appointment of his predecessor, Bernard MacMahon, to the see of Armagh on 8 November 1737. Bishop MacMahon was himself appointed to the same see on 3...
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.17481748 in Ireland-Events:* Leinster House in Dublin completed as a residence for James, Earl of Kildare by Richard Cassels.-Births:*Alexander Macomb, Sr., merchant and land speculator with Macomb's Purchase in New York .*John Ramage, artist .-Deaths:...
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Deaths
- 15 January - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 1st Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier.-Early years:...
, cavalierCavalierCavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
and Lord High TreasurerLord High TreasurerThe post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Act of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third highest ranked Great Officer of State, below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President...
of Ireland (b.16121612 in Ireland-Births:*20 October - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland .-Deaths:*11 February - Conor O'Devany, 8th Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, executed for high treason .-Publications:...
). - January - Dáibhí Ó BruadairDáibhí Ó BruadairDáibhí Ó Bruadair was one of the most significant Irish language poets of the 17th century. He lived through a momentous time in Irish history and his work serves as testimony to the death of the old Irish cultural and political order and the decline in respect for the once honoured and feared...
, poet (b.16251625 in Ireland-Events:* 27 March - Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of James I.-Deaths:*19 February - Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland ....
). - 11 October - William MolyneuxWilliam MolyneuxWilliam 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 SocietyDublin Philosophical SocietyThe 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...
(b.16561656 in Ireland-Births:*17 April - William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society .-Deaths:*21 March - James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation ....
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