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Births
- 23 July - Abraham CollesAbraham CollesAbraham Colles was professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Descended from a Worcestershire family, some of whom had sat in Parliament, he was born to William Colles and Mary Anne Bates of Woodbroak, Co. Wexford...
, professor of AnatomyAnatomyAnatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
, SurgerySurgerySurgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
and PhysiologyPhysiologyPhysiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
at the Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandThe Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , is a Dublin-based medical institution, situated on St. Stephen's Green. The college is one of the five Recognised Colleges of the National University of Ireland...
(d.18431843 in Ireland-Events:*January - Daniel O'Connell proclaims 1843 as the "Repeal Year".*31 January - Queen's Bridge in Belfast opens.*21 February - Repeal debate in Dublin Corporation....
). - 19 August - Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron CloncurryValentine Lawless, 2nd Baron CloncurryValentine Brown Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry , was an Irish politician and landowner. He lived in Lyons, under Lyons Hill Ardclough County Kildare.-Birth:...
, politician (d.18531853 in Ireland-Births:*30 January - Leland Hone, cricketer .*6 February - Robert John McConnell, businessman, baronet and Lord Mayor of Belfast .*7 February - Egerton Bushe Coghill, painter .*30 March - Frank O'Meara, artist ....
). - 19 November - Robert ArbuthnotRobert ArbuthnotGeneral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB, was born at Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland, on 19 November 1773 fourth son of John Arbuthnot Senior of Rockfleet, Co Mayo. He was a General in the army, a colonel in the 76th Regiment. He was a Brigadier General in the Portuguese Service and was appointed...
, British military officer (d.18631863 in Ireland-Events:*The Ulster Railway, which began construction in 1839, reaches Clones.*28 November - First edition of The Irish People.-Births:*1 February - George Carew, 4th Baron Carew ....
). - 22 November - John George de la Poer BeresfordJohn George de la Poer BeresfordLord John George de la Poer Beresford PC was an Anglican archbishop and Primate.-Background:Born at Tyrone House, he was the second surviving son of George de La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Monck and maternal granddaughter of Henry...
, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) (d.18621862 in Ireland-Full date unknown:*The Dublin Fire Brigade was established under the Dublin Corporation Fire Brigades Act.-Births:*10 June - John de Robeck, admiral in the British Navy .*11 June - Violet Florence Martin, author .*14 June - John J...
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- William Beatty, Ship's Surgeon on HMS VictoryHMS VictoryHMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
during the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
(d.18421842 in Ireland-Events:*15 October - The Nation newspaper is founded in Dublin.*The Ulster Canal is completed.-Births:*6 February - Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile .*10 February - Agnes Mary Clerke, astronomer and writer ....
). - John Shaw, Captain in the United States NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
(d.18231823 in Ireland-Events:*Catholic Association formed by Daniel O'Connell, to further Catholic Emancipation.*Northern Whig newspaper is founded in Belfast.-Births:*1 January - Edward Butler, lawyer and politician in Australia ....
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Deaths
- 17 April - Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of ArranArthur Gore, 1st Earl of ArranArthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC , known as Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Baronet from 1741 to 1757 and as Viscount Sudley from 1758 to 1762, was an Irish politician....
, politician (b.17031703 in Ireland-Events:* Popery Act , enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, reintroduces gavelkind: when a Roman Catholic dies, his estate is to be divided equally among his sons if they retain their Catholic faith.-Births:*Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, politician .*Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist ....
). - 19 November - Charles ClintonCharles ClintonCharles Clinton was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather New York Governor DeWitt Clinton....
, French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
(b.16901690 in Ireland-Events:*14 June - William lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.*29 June - Williamites reach the Boyne.*12 July - Battle of the Boyne, Jacobite supporters are defeated by William III....
. - 19 November - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of LeinsterJames FitzGerald, 1st Duke of LeinsterLieutenant-General James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, etc. PC , styled Lord Offaly until 1744 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1744 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 1766, was an Irish nobleman, soldier and politician.-Background:Leinster was the son of Robert...
, politician (b.17221722 in Ireland-Births:*29 May - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, politician .*Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, politician .-Deaths:*11 March - John Toland, philosopher ....
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