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1728 In Ireland
Events from the year 1728 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *May 6 – Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent. Arts and literature *Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin. Births *August 18 – James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (d. 1799) *November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, writer, poet and physician (d. 1774) *Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the Penal Laws, executed (d. 1766) Deaths *January 28 – Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (b. 1681) *Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (b. 1676) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1728 In Ireland Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Oc ... [...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] |
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his plays ''The Good-Natur'd Man'' (1768) and ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale ''The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes'' (1765). Biography Goldsmith's birth date and year are not known with certainty. According to the Library of Congress authority file, he told a biographer that he was born on 10 November 1728. The location of his birthplace is also uncertain. He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House near Elphin in County Roscommon, where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 18th Century In Ireland
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1728 In Ireland
Events from the year 1728 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George II Events *May 6 – Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent. Arts and literature *Matthew Dubourg becomes Master and Composer of State Music of Dublin. Births *August 18 – James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, statesman, first President of the Royal Irish Academy, president of the volunteer convention in Dublin, 1783 (d. 1799) *November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, writer, poet and physician (d. 1774) *Nicholas Sheehy, Roman Catholic priest, opponent of the Penal Laws, executed (d. 1766) Deaths *January 28 – Esther Johnson, friend of Jonathan Swift (b. 1681) *Rev. Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (b. 1676) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1728 In Ireland Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1676 In Ireland
Events from the year 1676 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Charles II Events *July 31 – the title Viscount Lanesborough is first created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of George Lane, 2nd Baronet, of Tulsk. *August 28 – Irish Donation of 1676 is shipped from Dublin to relieve Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. * Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh's ''Lucerna fidelium, seu, Fasciclus decerptus ab authoribus magis versatis qui tractarunt de doctrin a Christiana'' (''Lochrann na gCreidmheach''), an Irish language catechism of Catholic Church doctrine is published by the Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome. Births * William Handcock, politician (d. 1723) * John Rogerson, lawyer and politician (d. 1741) *Owen Swiny, theatrical impresario and art dealer (d. 1754) *Caleb Threlkeld, botanist (d. 1728) *''approximate date'' – John Moore, 1st Baron Moore, politician (d. 1725) Deaths *John-Baptist Hackett, Dominican theologian. *Richard Lynch, Jesuit theologian (b. 1611) Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Threlkeld
Caleb Threlkeld (1676–1728) was an Irish botanist, dissenting cleric and physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th .... He wrote the first flora of Ireland under the title ''Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum .....Dispositarum sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis praesertim Dublinensibus instituta'' which was published in Dublin in 1726. An appendix was based on botanical notes made by Thomas Molyneux. References *Nelson, E.C., Raven, M., 1998. Caleb Threlkeld’s family. ''Glasra'' 3: 161-166*Nelson, E.C.,1978 The Publication Date of the First Irish Flora. Caleb Threlkeld's Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum, 1726.' ''Glasra'' 2: 37-42 {{DEFAULTSORT:Threlkeld, Caleb 19th-century Irish botanists 1676 births 1728 deaths 19th-century Irish clergy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1681 In Ireland
Events from the year 1681 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: Charles II Events *July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, falsely convicted in June of treason, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, the last Catholic martyr to die in England; he will be canonised in 1975. Anglo-Irish Catholic intriguer Edward Fitzharris is executed in London on the same day. *September 19 – the Quaker William Bates and a small group of emigrants depart from Dublin aboard ''Ye Owners Adventure'' to settle in British America. Arts and literature *The Dutch portrait painter Ludowyk Smits is active in Dublin. Births Deaths *July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (b.1629) (hanged) References 1680s 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-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean (Christianity), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Swift is remembered for works such as ''A Tale of a Tub'' (1704), ''An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity'' (1712), ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726), and ''A Modest Proposal'' (1729). He is regarded by the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Satire#Classifications, Horatian and Juvenalian styles. His deadpan, ironic writing style, partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Johnson
Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was the English friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella". Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage was never made public, is a subject of debate. Parentage and early life She was born in Richmond, Surrey, and spent her early years at Moor Park, Farnham, home of Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet. Here, when she was about eight, she met Swift, who was Temple's secretary: he took a friendly interest in her from the beginning and apparently supervised her education. Her parentage has been the subject of much speculation. The weight of evidence is that her mother acted as companion to Temple's sister, Lady Giffard, and that Stella, her mother and her sister Anne (who married a Mr Firlby) were regarded as part of the family. Stella's father is said to have been a merchant who died young: gossip that she was Temple's illegitimate daughter seems to rest on nothing more solid than the friendly int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 28
Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire. * 1069 – Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North. * 1077 – Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy. * 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. * 1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death. *1568 – The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1766 In Ireland
The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events *12 March – the Blunden Baronetcy, of Castle Blunden, in the County of Kilkenny is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Blunden, a member of the Irish House of Commons. *15 March – Nicholas Sheehy, the Roman Catholic priest of Clogheen, County Tipperary, and an open opponent of the Penal Laws against Catholics, having been tried on dubious evidence as an accessory to murder, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Clonmel. *1 July – establishment of the first Volunteers of Ireland corps. *3 November – the Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Parnell, High Sheriff of Queen's County. Arts and literature * Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' is first published. Births *23 January – William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (died 1836) *26 December – Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executed
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious crimes against the person, such as murder, mass murder, aggravated cases of rape (often including child sexual abuse), terrorism, aircraft hijacking, war crimes, crimes against hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
