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1799 In Ireland
Events from the year 1799 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George III Events *24 January – A motion to debate an Act of Union is defeated in the Irish House of Commons, though it is later approved in the House of Lords *9 February – around 91 die when a barge capsizes at the bridge at Carrick-on-Suir. *15 February – the rebel guerilla leader Michael Dwyer escapes from a gun battle with British troops at Miley Connell's cottage, Dernamuck, in the Glen of Imaal, Wicklow. (today called the Dwyer–McAllister Cottage) *River Shannon made navigable from Limerick to Killaloe. Births *28 February – William Dargan, engineer and railway builder (died 1867). *9 August – Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, politician and peer (died 1868). *12 August – Patrick MacDowell, sculptor (died 1870). *22 December – Nicholas Callan, priest and scientist (died 1864). *26 December – William Kennedy, Scottish poet, journalist and diplomat (died 1871 in France). *;Full date unknown *:* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertstown Canal Bridge
Robertstown may refer to: * Robertstown, County Kildare, village in Ireland ** Robertstown GFC, Gaelic Football and Athletics Club * Robertstown, County Limerick, civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland * Robertstown, Moray, location in Moray, Scotland * Robertstown, a village in Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales * Robertstown, South Australia **Robertstown railway line The Robertstown railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia ... * Robertstown, Georgia, a community in the United States * Robertstown Fort, County Meath, Ireland * Robertstown Castle, County Meath, Ireland * Robertstown University, a fake university formerly operated by an American fraud ring See also * Roberts Township (other) * Roberttown, village in West Yorkshire {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Callan
Father Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish priest and scientist from Darver, County Louth, Ireland. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth College in County Kildare from 1834, and is best known for his work on the induction coil. Early life and education He attended school at an academy in Dundalk. His local parish priest, Father Andrew Levins, then took him in hand as an altar boy and Mass server, and saw him start the priesthood at Navan seminary. He entered Maynooth College in 1816. In his third year at Maynooth, Callan studied natural and experimental philosophy under Dr. Cornelius Denvir. He introduced the experimental method into his teaching, and had an interest in electricity and magnetism. Callan was ordained a priest in 1823 and went to Rome to study at Sapienza University, obtaining a doctorate in divinity in 1826. While in Rome he became acquainted with the work of the pioneers in electricity such as Luigi Galvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl Of Lucan
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (22 September 1735 – 29 March 1799), known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet, from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish peer and politician. Background He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondesham Vesey. In 1750, Bingham succeeded his older brother John as baronet. Career Bingham was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo in 1756. He was elected as Member of Parliament for both Castlebar and Mayo in 1761, and chose to sit for the latter. He was returned to the Irish House of Commons until 1776, when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Lucan, of Castlebar in the County of Mayo. As his title enabled him only to take a seat in the Irish House of Lords, Bingham was not restricted from entering the British House of Commons for Northampton in 1782, representing it until two years later. In 1795, Bingham was further ennobled in the Peerage of Ireland as Earl of Lucan, of Castlebar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 In Ireland
Events from the year 1722 in Ireland Incumbent *Monarch: George I Events *William Wood commences the minting (in London) of copper halfpence and farthings for circulation in Ireland. Births * May 29 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, politician (d. 1773) *Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, politician (d. 1799) Deaths * March 11 – John Toland, philosopher (b. 1670) References 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 Channel (Grea ... 1720s in Ireland {{Ireland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet (1721 – 27 February 1799) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Blackwood, 1st Baronet of BallyleidyDebrett, John (1820). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'. 13th ed. pp. 1259–62. Blackwood entered the Irish House of Commons for Killyleagh in 1761 and sat for it until 1768. He was then returned for Bangor until 1776. He was member of parliament for Killyleagh again until 1790 and subsequently for Bangor until 1798. From the latter year to his death in 1799, he represented Killyleagh a third time. He married Dorcas Stevenson (afterwards Dorcas Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye), eldest daughter and co-heir of James Stevenson, of Killyleagh, County Down (by his wife Ann, daughter of General Nicholas Price), son of Hans Stevenson by his wife Anne, daughter and eventually sole heiress of James Hamilton, of Neilsbrook, County Antrim, the nephew and sole heir of James Hamilton, 1st Viscoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1717 In Ireland
Events from the year 1717 in Ireland. Incumbent *Monarch: George I Events *August 3 – the title Viscount Boyne, in the province of Leinster, is created in the peerage of Ireland in favour of the Scottish military commander Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Stackallan. * August 7 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. *Hugh MacCurtin's ''A brief discourse in vindication of the antiquity of Ireland, out of many authentick Irish histories and chronicles'' (based on Geoffrey Keating's ''History of Ireland'') is published in Dublin The author is imprisoned in the city about this time. Births * April 12 – John Austin, Jesuit (d. 1784) * September 20 – David Archibald, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (d. 1795) * Richard Geoghegan, agriculturalist (d. 1800) *Lewis Nicola, officer in the American army during the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807) Deaths *September – Ambrose MacDermott, Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bermingham, 1st Earl Of Louth
Thomas Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth (16 November 1717 – 11 January 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was also the last man to be summoned to parliament as Baron Athenry. Bermingham was the son of Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry, by his first marriage to Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath.''The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland'' ( W. Owen nd 2 others 1790), pp. 93-95. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Galway County, sitting between 1745 and 1750, when on 4 March 1750 he succeeded his father as Baron Athenry and became a member of the Irish House of Lords. was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, but was ejected from it in 1767 by Lord Townshend, the newly arrived Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who wished to make a "clean sweep" of the Irish administration, removing all those he regarded as corrupt or inefficient. On 23 April 1759, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 In The United States
Events from the year 1836 in the United States of America. Exceptionally, this page covers not only the history of the United States of America, but also that of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Andrew Jackson ( D-Tennessee) * Vice President: Martin Van Buren ( D-New York) * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) * Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K. Polk ( D-Tennessee) * Congress: 24th Events January–March * January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, which at this time is not part of the United States. * January 18 – Dade County, Florida, is formed. * February 3 – United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. * February 5 – Henry Roe Campbell builds the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States. * February 23 – Battle of the Alamo: The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph M
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yusuf, Yūsuf''. In Persian language, Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 In France
Events from the year 1863 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Napoleon III Events *15 January - French forces bombard Veracruz, during the French intervention in Mexico. *16 March - French siege of Puebla begins. *14 April - Treaty of Hué is signed between Vietnam and the French Empire. *30 April - Battle of Camarón, between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army: Mexican victory, but successful French delaying action. *17 May - Puebla surrenders to the French. *7 June - French troops enter Mexico City. *21–22 June - Legislative election, first round. *5–6 July - Legislative election, second round. *First outbreak of phylloxera on the European mainland observed in the vineyards of the southern Rhône region. *The recipe for the herbal liqueur Bénédictine is devised by Alexandre Le Grand in Fécamp. *The Paris Observatory begins to publish weather maps. Arts and literature *31 January - Jules Verne's scientifically inspired novel ''Five Weeks in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Archer
Henry Archer (1799 – 2 March 1863) was the son of an Ireland, Irish landowner and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar and spent most of his time between North Wales and London. Ffestiniog Railway In railway circles, Archer is known mostly for the Ffestiniog Railway, which was the major work of his life, a fiery temper, a large frame and an even larger personality. A few recall his long running but fruitless championship of the various Porth Dinllaen railway and harbour projects. The Ffestiniog slate industry should be grateful to Henry Archer for being in the right place at the right time. It was at the Penygroes Inn in 1829 that Archer met Samuel Holland (politician), Samuel Holland Jnr., of Rhiwbryfdir slate mine at Blaenau Ffestiniog who was returning from Caernarfon where he banked with Williams and Co. He had travelled between Caernarfon and Penygroes as a passenger on the horse drawn Nantlle Valley, Nantlle Wagonway, Tramway and had ... [...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] |
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