Events from the year 1709 in Ireland.
Incumbent
*
Monarch:
Anne
Events
*
August 30 – the
Parliament of Ireland passes an amending act which requires any adult male (including registered
Roman Catholic priests) to take an oath of
abjuration if required by a magistrate.
*
September 4–
8 – nearly 800 poor
Protestant refugee families of
German Palatines arrive in
Dublin to be settled in Ireland.
[
*c. December – start of Hougher disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in Connacht including maiming of cattle.]
Births
* October 13 – John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence, politician (d. 1767
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
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*Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left popery for the Protestant religion, money and w ...
, politician (d. 1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
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* Approximate date – Laetitia Pilkington
Laetitia Pilkington (born Laetitia van Lewen; ''c.'' 1709 – 29 July 1750) was an Anglo-Irish poet. She is known for her ''Memoirs'' which document much of what is known about Jonathan Swift.
Life
Early years
Laetitia was born of two dist ...
, born Laetitia van Lewen, poet and memoirist (d. 1750
Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era.
Events
January–March
* January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
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Deaths
* August 31 ( September 11 NS) – Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, soldier, killed at the Battle of Malplaquet (b. c. 1660
Events
January–March
* January 1
** At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the border into England ...
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References
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Years of the 18th century in Ireland
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1700s in Ireland