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1720 In Ireland
Events from the year 1720 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George I Events *March 26 – the Parliament of Great Britain passes the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 Old_Style.html" ;"title="hat is, 1719 Old Style">hat is, 1719 Old Style, meaning 1720 in New Style dating also known as the Declaratory Act 1720, declaring the right of the Parliament of Great Britain to legislate for Ireland and denying the appellate jurisdiction of the Irish House of Lords. *Dr Steevens' Hospital is established at Kilmainham, Dublin. *The Royal Cork Yacht Club is established as the Water Club of the Cork Harbour by William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin; it is widely acknowledged as the world's oldest yacht club. *Jonathan Swift publishes ''Proposal for Universal Use of Irish Manufacture''. Births *October 1 – Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (d. 1788 in England) *October 9 – Andrew Lewis, pioneer, surveyor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Monarch
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Theophilus De Cramahé
Hector Theophilus de Cramahé (1 October 1720 – 9 June 1788), born Théophile Hector Chateigner de Cramahé, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit. He was born in Dublin, the son of a Huguenot, Captain Hector François Chataigner de Cramahé, Seigneur de Cramahé et des Rochers. His father served as aide de camp to the leader of William III's Huguenot regiments, Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of Galway. He began his military career in 1740 and in January 1741, was appointed an ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot and with the rank of lieutenant in April. On 12 March 1754 he became captain and in 1758 went with his regiment to America where it took part in the Siege of Louisbourg. During the absence of General Guy Carleton, on 6 June 1771, he was made lieutenant governor of the Province of Quebec. His administration ending with the return of Carleton on 18 September 1774. He organised the defence of the city during the Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Browne (physician)
Patrick Browne (1720–1790) was an Irish physician and botanist. Career Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo in 1720, 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 in 1743. He worked as a physician at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, visited Barbados, Montserrat, Antigua, and St. Kitts in the West Indies and settled as physician in Jamaica in 1746. He corresponded with the botanist Carl Linnaeus, among whose papers were found fragments of articles on venereal diseases and yaws by Browne. His major work, ''The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica'' (1756), illustrated by the botanic artist Georg Dionysius Ehret, contains new names for 104 genera.Patrick Browne author, 1756 - Climatoloy, Medical - 503 pages He retired to Rushbrook, near Claremorris Claremorris (; ) is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1760 In Ireland
Events from the year 1760 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II (until 25 October), then George III Events *21–26 February – Battle of Carrickfergus: A force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on 28 February. *25 October – George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II. *A Patriot Party under the leadership of Henry Flood, appears in the Irish House of Representatives. Births *28 January – Mathew Carey, publisher and economist in the United States (d. 1839). *14 June – George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, general (d. 1837). *20 September – John Keating, soldier and land developer (d. 1853). * Jerome Alley, clergyman and writer (d. 1826). * Thomas Barnes Gough, merchant and politician in Upper Canada (d. 1815). * Francis Johnston, architect (d. 1829). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peg Woffington
Margaret Woffington (18 October 1720 – 28 March 1760), known professionally as Peg Woffington, was an Irish actress and socialite of the Georgian era. Peg and Peggy were a common pet name for those called Margaret until the late 20th century. Early life Woffington was born of humble origins in Dublin, Ireland. Her father is thought to have been a bricklayer, and after his death, the family became impoverished. Her mother was obliged to take in washing while Peg sold watercress door to door. Madame Violante, a famous tightrope walker took her on as her apprentice.Richards, Sandra. ''The Rise of the English Actress''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Her sister Mary was also an actress but she did not enjoy the same success. Acting career Around 1730, Madame Violante featured the young Woffington in her Lilliputian Theatre Company's production of John Gay’s '' The Beggar’s Opera''. Her performance as Mackheath served as a springboard for continued fame in Dublin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 18
Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on ''The Great Astronomer'' ('' Almagest''). * 614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom. * 629 – Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks. *1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. * 1016 – The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun. *1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1781 In The United States
Events from the year 1781 in the United States. This year marked the beginning of government under the Articles of Confederation as well as the surrender of British armed forces in the American Revolution. Incumbents *President of the Second Continental Congress: Samuel Huntington (until February 28) *President of the Continental Congress: ** March 1-July 6: Samuel Huntington ** July 10-November 5: Thomas McKean ** starting November 5: John Hanson Events January-March * January 2 – Virginia passes a law ceding its western land claims, paving the way for Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation. * January 5 – American Revolution – Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold. * January 17 – American Revolution – Battle of Cowpens: Americans under Daniel Morgan defeat British forces. * January 20 – Pompton Mutiny * February 2 – The Articles of Confederation are ratified by Maryland, the 13th a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most-populous city, and Fairfax County is the most-populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population was over 8.65million, with 36% of them living in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land acquired from displaced native tribes fueled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lewis (soldier)
Andrew Lewis (October 9, 1720 – September 26, 1781) was an Irish-born American pioneer, Surveying, surveyor, military officer and politician in Colonial Virginia and during the American Revolutionary War. A colonel of militia during the French and Indian War, and Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War, his most famous victory was the Battle of Point Pleasant in Dunmore's War in 1774, although he also drove Lord Dunmore's forces from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk and Gwynn's Island in 1776. He also helped found Liberty Hall (later Washington and Lee University) in 1776. Early and family life Lewis was born in County Donegal, Ireland, to Col. John Lewis (d. 1762) and his wife Margaret Lynn. In 1732 John Lewis, having killed his landlord in an altercation, fled to Virginia with his sons Andrew and Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician), Thomas. They became among the first settlers in then vast western Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 9
Events Pre-1600 * 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks. * 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia. * 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. * 1446 – The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea. * 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture. 1601–1900 * 1604 – Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way. * 1635 – Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements. * 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook. * 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. * 1740 – Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000. * 1760 – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1788 In Ireland
Events from the year 1788 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events *1 August – English Market in Cork is opened. *Belfast Reading Society is established in Belfast, later to become the Linen Hall Library. Births *12 September – Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (died 1866). *14 October – Edward Sabine, astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (died 1883). * James Murray, physician (died 1871). Deaths *5 March – Guy Johnson, military officer and diplomat (born c1740). *9 June – Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (born 1720). References {{Year in Europe, 1788 Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
