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Events from the year 1685 in Ireland.
*11 March –
Incumbent
*Monarch
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: Charles II (until 6 February), then James II
Events
* 6 February – James II becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of Charles II. * 1 October –Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, PC (2 June 163831 October 1709) was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of his brother-in-law, King James II.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Edward Hyd ...
, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
* The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards is raised as a cavalry regiment of the British Army
There are 13 Cavalry Regiments of the British Army each with its own unique cap badge, regimental traditions, and history. Of the currently nine regular cavalry regiments, two serve as armoured regiments, three as armoured cavalry regiments, thre ...
, the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers, by the regimenting of various independent troops, and ranked as the 6th Regiment of Horse.
Publications
*August? – the ''News-letter'' first published inDublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
.
*Rev. William Bedell
The Rt. Rev. William Bedell, D.D. ( ga, Uilliam Beidil; 15717 February 1642), was an Anglican churchman who served as Lord Bishop of Kilmore, as well as Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Early life
He was born at Black Notley in Essex, and ...
's Old Testament translation into Irish, transcribed by Uilliam Ó Duinnín
Uilliam Ó Duinnín ( fl. 1670–1682) was an Irish scribe.
The son of Domhnall Óg Ó Duinnín, Uilliam was the owner of MS 1336, which he may have sold to Edward Lhuyd. He transcribed William Bedell's Irish Old Testament, which was published ...
and revised by Rev. Narcissus Marsh
Narcissus Marsh (20 December 1638 – 2 November 1713) was an English clergyman who was successively Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, Archbishop of Cashel, Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh.
Marsh was born at Hannin ...
with the aid of Jesuit scholars Andrew Sall
Andrew Sall (1612–1682) was an Irish Jesuit, later a convert to the Church of England.
Early life
Born at Cashel, he was educated at the College of St. Omer for the priesthood, and became a Jesuit. From 1652 to 1655 he was rector of the Irish ...
and Paul Higgins and scientist Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle (; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of ...
, is published posthumously in London in a new typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are thousands o ...
designed by Sall and made by Joseph Moxon.
*Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian.
Biography
He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate.
O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, ...
semi-mythical history of Ireland, ''Ogygia: seu Rerum Hibernicarum Chronologia & etc.'', is published.
*Sir William Petty
Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to s ...
's ''Hiberniae Delineatio'', the first printed atlas of Ireland (based on his Down Survey
The Down Survey was a cadastral survey of Ireland, carried out by English scientist, William Petty, in 1655 and 1656.
The survey was apparently called the "Down Survey" by Petty, either because the results were set down in maps or because the s ...
of 1655–6) is published.
Births
*11 March – William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow
William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow PC (Ire) (11 March 1685 – 29 April 1746) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Political career
He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny County from 1715 to 1727. Subsequently he represent ...
, politician (d.1746
Events
January–March
* January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland.
* January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces.
* February ...
).
*12 March – Bishop George Berkeley, philosopher and writer (d.1753
Events
January–March
* January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma.
* January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns ...
).
*Samuel Haliday
Samuel Haliday or Hollyday (1685–1739) was an Irish Presbyterian non-subscribing minister, to the "first congregation" of Belfast.
Life
He was son of the Rev. Samuel Haliday (or Hollyday) (1637–1724), who was ordained presbyterian minister of ...
, Presbyterian
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
minister (d.1739
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
* January 3: A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ...
).
*Henry Ponsonby
Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (10 December 182521 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen Victoria's Private Secretary.
Biography
Born in Corfu, he was the son of Major-General Sir Frede ...
, soldier and politician (d.1745
Events
January–March
* January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Army, under the command of Field Marshal Károly József Batthyány, makes a surprise attack at Amberg and the winter quarters of the Bavari ...
).
*''approximate date''
** Henry Colley, politician (d. 1723/4).
** Alexander Cosby, soldier in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
(d.1742
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Robert Walpole is made Earl of Orford, and resigns as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively ending his period as Prime Minister of Great Britain. On his for ...
).
**Edward England
Edward England ( –1721) was an Irish pirate. The ships he sailed on included the ''Pearl'' (which he renamed ''The Royal James'') and later the ''Fancy'', for which England exchanged the ''Pearl'' in 1720. His flag was the classic Joll ...
, born Edward Seegar, pirate (d.1720/1 in Madagascar)
**Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe
''Feldmarschall'' Nicholas Taaffe, ''Graf'' von Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe and 6th Baron of Ballymote (about 168530 December 1769), was an Irish-born courtier and soldier who served the Habsburgs in Lorraine and Austria.
The first mention of the ...
, Graf von Taaffe, soldier (d.1769
Events
January–March
* February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture i ...
).
Deaths
*17 March –Sir Richard Bulkeley, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Bulkeley, 1st Baronet (7 September 1634 – 17 March 1685) was an Irish politician and baronet.
Born at Tallaght, County Dublin, he was the oldest son of William Bulkeley, Archdeacon of Dublin, a son of Lancelot Bulkeley, Archbisho ...
, politician (b.1634
Events
January–March
* January 12– After suspecting that he will be dismissed, Albrecht von Wallenstein, supreme commander of the Holy Roman Empire's Army, demands that his colonels sign a declaration of personal loyalty.
...
).
*18 March – Francis Harold, Franciscan
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scholar.
*William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington
Major General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington LL (bef. 1641 – 1 February 1685) was an Irish peer.
Alington was the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Alington of ...
, peer (b. before 1641).
*John Eyre John Eyre may refer to:
Politicians
*John Eyre (died 1581), Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Salisbury
*John Eyre (died 1639), MP for Cricklade
* John Eyre (1659–1709), MP for Galway Borough, son of the above
*John Eyre (died 1745), MP for ...
, Cromwellian settler and Mayor of Galway.
References
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Years of the 17th century in Ireland