1777 in Ireland
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Births

  • 4 May - Richard Bourke
    Richard Bourke
    General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB was Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia between 1831 and 1837.-Early life and career:...

    , soldier and Governor
    Governors of New South Wales
    The Governor of New South Wales is the state viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, as well as with the eleven other jurisdictions of Australia, and resides predominantly in her...

     of New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    , Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

     from 1831 to 1837 (d.1855
    1855 in Ireland
    -Events:*5 April - Opening of Boyne Viaduct at Drogheda by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway completes permanent through rail communication between the two principal cities of Ireland....

    ).
  • 22 June - William Brown
    William Brown (admiral)
    Admiral William Brown was an Irish-born Argentine Admiral. Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Argentina-Brazil War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national...

    , creator and first admiral of the Argentine Navy
    Argentine Navy
    The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force....

     (d.1857
    1857 in Ireland
    -Events:*April - General election.*12 July - In Belfast, confrontations between crowds of Catholics and Protestants turn into 10 days of rioting, with many of the police force joining the Protestant side...

    ).

Deaths

  • 3 February - Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (b.1739
    1739 in Ireland
    -Births:*27 September - Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, politician .*31 October - James Gordon, merchant, soldier, and politician in America .-Full date unknown:...

    ).
  • 18 July - William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin
    William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin
    William McWilliam O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, KB, PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:O'Brien was the eldest son of William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin and his wife, Mary , sister of the 1st Earl of Jersey, and inherited his father's titles in 1719.-Political career:Inchiquin...

    , peer and politician (b.1700
    1700 in Ireland
    -Events:* December 28 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Full date unknown:*James Arbuckle, poet and critic .*Daniel O'Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher ....

    )
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