1737 in Ireland
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Events
- The News LetterThe News LetterThe News Letter is one of Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers, published Monday to Saturday. It is the oldest English language general daily newspaper still in publication in the world, having first been printed in 1737....
is first published in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, making it the world's oldest existing English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
newspaperNewspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
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Births
- 2 May - William Petty, 2nd Earl of ShelburneWilliam Petty, 2nd Earl of ShelburneWilliam Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC , known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the first Home Secretary in 1782 and then Prime Minister 1782–1783 during the final...
, BritishKingdom of Great BritainThe former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
WhigBritish Whig PartyThe Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
statesmanStatesmanA statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
, Home SecretaryHome SecretaryThe Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State...
in 1782 and Prime MinisterPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
1782-1783 (d.18051805 in Ireland-Births:*2 January - John Hogan, businessman and United States Representative from Missouri .*4 August - William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer .-Full date unknown:...
). - 14 May - George Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyGeorge Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyGeorge Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled...
, statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (d.18061806 in Ireland-Births:*21 January - William Quarter, first Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago .*25 July - John O'Donovan, scholar and first historic topographer .*1 August - Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton, Conservative politician ....
). - Joseph WallJoseph Wall (British Army officer)Captain Joseph Wall was a British army officer and convicted murderer.Wall volunteered for service around 1760 and participated in the 1762 siege of Havana during the Seven Year's War for which he was elevated to the rank of Captain. He then served with the British East India Company for a few...
, British army officer, colonial governor and murderer (hanged 1802).
Deaths
- 7 August - Hugh MacMahonHugh MacMahonHugh MacMahon was Bishop of Clogher 1707–1715 and Archbishop of Armagh 1715–1737.Born in 1660 in the townland of Cavany, Scotshouse, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of Colla Dubh Mac Mahon of the Dartry branch of the clan and Eibhlin O'Reilly, the daughter of Colonel Philip O'Reilly,...
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (b.16601660 in Ireland-Full date unknown:*Hugh MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh .*Thomas Southerne, dramatist ....
). - November - Sir Gerard LallyGerard LallySir Gerald Lally was an Irish Jacobite and French military officer.He was the second son of Thomas Lally of Tullaghnadaly, by his wife, Jane, sister of Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon, and younger brother of James Lally...
, 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 French military officer.