Events from the year 1661 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
:
Charles II
Events
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April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
, Ireland and Scotland receives his second crowning, in
Westminster Abbey.
*The
Earldom of Drogheda
Earl of Drogheda is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1661 for The 3rd Viscount Moore.
History
The Moore family descends from Sir Garrett Moore, a staunch friend of Hugh O'Neill, the Great Earl of Tyrone, whose submission ...
is created in the
Peerage of Ireland.
*The
Bishopric of Limerick in the
Church of Ireland is combined with
Ardfert and Aghadoe to form the united
bishopric of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe,
Edward Synge being the first bishop.
*The
Book of Kells
The Book of Kells ( la, Codex Cenannensis; ga, Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. 8 sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New ...
is presented to
Trinity College Dublin.
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Dromore Cathedral is rebuilt.
* The witch trial against
Florence Newton
Florence Newton (died 1661) was an alleged Irish witch, known as the "Witch of Youghal", who died during what St John Seymour as one of the most important examples of Irish witch trials.
Witch trial
Florence Newton was described as an old beggar w ...
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Births
Deaths
References
1660s in Ireland
Ireland
Years of the 17th century in Ireland
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