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1783 In Ireland
Events from the year 1783 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events * 5 March – the ''Count de Belgioioso'', bound from Liverpool to China, founders on the Kish Bank in Dublin Bay in a storm. On 2 June, Scottish diver Charles Spalding and his nephew Ebenezer Watson die in attempting to salvage the £150,000-worth of cargo from the ship using a diving bell of Spalding's design. * 17 March – Installation dinner for the founding of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick by King George III of the United Kingdom takes place in Dublin Castle. * 17 April – the Renunciation Act, is passed by Westminster. It acknowledges the exclusive right of the Parliament of Ireland to legislate for Ireland. * 25 June – the Bank of Ireland opens for business in a former private residence at Mary's Abbey off Capel Street in Dublin and begins to issue notes. * The first balloon ascent takes place on Leinster House grounds in Dublin * 3 October – first Waterford Crystal glassmaking busi ... [...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] |
Capel Street
Capel Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland. On 20 May 2022, it was made traffic-free, following a campaign by people who wanted to improve the quality of life on the street. It is now the longest traffic-free street in Dublin. History Capel Street is named after Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1672–1677. Historically, it was the site of the chapel of St Mary's Abbey. The street was laid out by Sir Humphrey Jervis in the late 17th century on the Abbey lands he purchased in 1674. He also built Essex Bridge (today Grattan Bridge), and the street was known for its mansions and a royal mint. In the 18th century, it became a commercial hub, with two- bay buildings replacing most of the "Dutch Billy" houses. In the late 1700s, the Italian composer, Tommaso Giordani, performed at a small purpose built theatre on the street. The Capel Street Theatre also stood there in the 18th century. The Torch Theatre operated on Capel Street from 1935–41. The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In Ireland
Events from the year 1843 in Ireland. Events *January – Daniel O'Connell proclaims 1843 as the "Repeal Year". *31 January – Queen's Bridge in Belfast opens. *21 February – repeal (of the Act of Union) debate in Dublin Corporation. *17 March – earthquake in the Irish Sea. *11 June ** Series of monster meetings to agitate for repeal begins at Tuam. ** O'Connell's "Mallow defiance". *15 August – repeal meeting at Tara. *17 August – Loreto Abbey, Dalkey opened as a girls' boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loreto. *18 August – Dalkey Atmospheric Railway opens unofficially. *7 October – O'Connell gives in to government prohibition of Clontarf meeting planned for the next day. However, he is charged with conspiracy a few days later. *November – Devon Commission appointed to research the problems with land leases. *Work starts on the building of Crumlin Road Prison in Belfast. *George Cannock and Andrew White establish the Dublin business that becomes Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald And Vesey
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare by-election, hastening Catholic Emancipation across Britain and Ireland. Background and education FitzGerald was the elder son of James FitzGerald and Catherine, 1st Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey, daughter of Reverend Henry Vesey. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Through his father he was of both Old English and Gaelic Irish descent. Political career FitzGerald first entered parliament in 1808 as the member for Ennis (succeeding his father), a seat he held until October 1812, when he was replaced by his father, and again between January 1813 and 1818. He was implicated in the scandal involving the Duke of York and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke, but after bringing valuable evidence of the case to the courts he was rewarded when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1726 In Ireland
Events from the year 1726 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George I Events *October 27 – Rev. Dr. Caleb Threlkeld publishes ''Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum .....Dispositarum sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis praesertim Dublinensibus instituta'' in Dublin, the first flora of Ireland. Arts and literature *October 26 – Jonathan Swift's ''Gulliver's Travels'' is published in London Births *April – Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare, landowner and politician (d. 1795) *May 20 – John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine, politician (d. 1794) *;Full date unknown *:*Isaac Barré, soldier and politician (d. 1802) *:*Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (d. 1807) *:*Sir Eyre Coote, KB, soldier (d. 1783) Deaths *May 20 – Nicholas Brady, Anglican divine and poet (b. 1659) *Sean na Sagart, priest hunter in Penal Times (b. c1690) *Bryan Townsend (Irish politician) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1726 In Ireland Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Eyre Coote, KB
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB (1726 – 28 April 1783) was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between Britain and France. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur (Coote the Brave). Early life A member of the Coote family headed by the Earl of Mountrath, he was born in Kilmallock, near Limerick, Ireland, the son of the Reverend Chidley Coote and Jane Evans, daughter of George Evans, and sister of George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery. He entered the 27th Regiment of Foot. He first saw active service in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and later obtained a captaincy in the 39th Regiment, the first regular British regiment to serve in India. Career in India Recapture of Calcutta In 1756 a part of the regiment, then quartered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860 In Ireland
Events from the year 1860 in Ireland. Events *25 February – £11,000 collected at church doors in Dublin to finance the Pope's defence against the Risorgimento in Italy; £80,000 collected nationwide (the equivalent of several millions of modern-day Euros). *28 August – Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860 ("Deasy's Land Act"), intended to reform tenants' rights. *September – Myles O'Reilly's "Battalion of St Patrick" assist in the unsuccessful defence of Spoleto against the Risorgimento. *3 November – The Catholic Ballaghaderreen Cathedral is consecrated and opened. *11 November – Kildare Street Club, Dublin, destroyed by fire. *21–23 November – Partry evictions, County Mayo: 68 families turned out of their houses by Thomas Plunket, Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam. *Construction begins on the Roman Catholic church that will become St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast. Arts and literature *27 March – the melodrama ''The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises eleven colleges each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs and significant differences in character and history. The university maintains three campuses, the oldest of which, St. George, is located in downtown Toronto. The other two satellite campuses are located in Scarborough and Mississauga. The University of Toronto offers over 700 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs. In all major rankings, the university consistently ranks in the top ten public universities in the world and as the top university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
