Events

• Armagh Observatory
  Armagh Observatory
  Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage, based in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Around 25 astronomers are actively studying stellar astrophysics, the Sun, Solar System astronomy, and the Earth's climate....
  
   founded by Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby
  Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby
  Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby was an Irish ecclesiastic.Robinson came to Ireland as chaplain to the Duke of Dorset in 1751. He was translated from the See of Kildare to the Archbishopric of Armagh in 1765....
  
  , Archbishop of Armagh
  Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
  The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....
  
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Births

• June - Arthur Jacob
  Arthur Jacob
  -Biography:Jacob, second son of John Jacob, M.D. , surgeon to the Queen's County infirmary, Maryborough , Ireland, by his wife Grace , only child of Jerome Alley of Donoughmore, was born at Knockfin, Maryborough, on 13 or 30 June 1790. He studied medicine with his father and at Steevens's...
  
  , Ophthalmologist
  Ophthalmology
  Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
  
   (d.1874
  1874 in Ireland
  -Events:*February — General election in which 59 professing Home Rulers were returned.*Queen Victoria creates her third eldest son, The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, after the province of Connaught.-January to June:...
  
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• Theobald Mathew
  Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer)
  Theobald Mathew , an Irish teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary, on October 10, 1790....
  
  , aka Father Mathew, temperance
  Temperance movement
  A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
  
   reformer (d.1856
  1856 in Ireland
  -Events:* M. H. Gill, printer to Dublin University, purchases the publishing and bookselling business of James McGlashan, renaming it McGlashan & Gill, the predecessor of Gill & Macmillan.-Births:...
  
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Deaths

• Patrick Browne
  Patrick Browne
  Patrick Browne was an Irish physician and botanist.-Career:Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. He studied medicine, natural history and especially botany at Reims, Paris and Leyden, qualifying...
  
  , physician and botanist (b.1720
  1720 in Ireland
  -Events:*The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 [that is, 1719 Old Style, meaning 1720 in New Style dating]....
  
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