1739 in Ireland
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- 27 September - Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of LondonderryRobert Stewart, 1st Marquess of LondonderryRobert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry PC , was an Irish politician and landowner, the father of politician Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.-Early life in Dublin:...
, politician (d.18211821 in Ireland-Events:*28 December - Sandycove Lifeboat disaster - four lifeboatmen drowned attempting to rescue Ellen of Liverpool-Births:*20 January - Dennis Mahony, one of the founders of the Dubuque Herald , a newspaper in Dubuque, Iowa .*20 February - Miles Gerard Keon, journalist, novelist, colonial...
). - 31 October - James GordonJames Gordon (New York)James Gordon was an Irish-born American merchant, soldier, and politician.He was born in Killead, County Antrim, Ireland, and left in 1758, settling in Schenectady, New York. From that base and from Detroit, Michigan, he traded with various Native American tribes...
, merchant, soldier, and politician in America (d.18101810 in Ireland-Births:*3 January - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer .*10 March - Samuel Ferguson, poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant .*3 June - Robert Mallet, geologist, civil engineer and inventor ....
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- Judge FultonJudge Fulton----James "Judge" Fulton was justice of the peace, judge, surveyor, politician, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova Scotia....
, judgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
, surveyor, politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, and founder of the village of Bass River, Nova ScotiaBass River, Nova ScotiaBass River is an unincorporated rural community in western Colchester County, north-central Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes of Canada.-Location:...
(d.18261826 in Ireland-Events:*In the General Election four counties elected supporters of Catholic Emancipation.*The Landlord and Tenant Act 1826 is passed.*First life-boat stationed in Ireland by the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, at Arklow.-Births:*March - James P...
). - Christopher HewetsonChristopher HewetsonChristopher Hewetson was a neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts. Born in Ireland, he was active in Rome.-Biography:Hewetson was born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He studied in Dublin under John van Nost the younger....
, sculptor (d.17991799 in Ireland-Births:*1799 Joseph M. Hawkins, Alamo Defender .*28 February - William Dargan, engineer and railway builder .*9 August - Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, politician and peer .*12 August - Patrick MacDowell, sculptor .-Deaths:...
). - Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (d.17771777 in Ireland-Births:*4 May - Richard Bourke, soldier and Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1831 to 1837 .*22 June - William Brown, creator and first admiral of the Argentine Navy .-Deaths:*3 February - Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet ....
). - Hugh O'ReillyHugh O'ReillyHugh O'Reilly, , was an Irish leader. He was consecrated as Bishop of Kilmore in July 1625 and translated to Armagh on 5 May 1628....
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d.18011801 in Ireland-Events:* January 1 - Legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
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Deaths
- Charles JervasCharles JervasCharles Jervas [Jarvis] was an Irish portrait painter, translator, and art collector of the early 18th century.-Early life:...
, painter, translator and art collector (b. c1675).