Births

• 20 October - Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective
  Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective
  Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective KP, PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Graham, daughter of John Graham. In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet...
  
  , peer (d.1795
  1795 in Ireland
  -Events:*5 June - The Royal College of St Patrick established at Maynooth by Act of Grattan's Parliament to provide university-level education for Roman Catholic ecclesiastical and lay students.*21 September...
  
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• Frances Sheridan
  Frances Sheridan
  Frances Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright.Frances Sheridan was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Dr. Phillip Chamberlaine, was an Anglican minister. In 1747 she married Thomas Sheridan, who was then an actor and theatre director, and at the same time she began work on her...
  
  , novelist and playwright (d.1766
  1766 in Ireland
  The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. For a fuller date context the year should be termed 1766 AD in Ireland.-Arts and literature:...
  
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