Events from the year 1749 in Ireland.
Incumbent
*
Monarch:
George II
Events
*3 June – radical apothecary
Charles Lucas
Sir Charles Lucas, 1613 to 28 August 1648, was a professional soldier from Essex, who served as a Cavalier, Royalist cavalry leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Taken prisoner at the end of the First English Civil War in March 1646, ...
begins publication of ''The Censor, or Citizens' Journal'' in
Dublin.
*August–September –
Charles Wesley makes his second visit to Ireland.
*16 October – the
Irish House of Commons threatens Charles Lucas with prosecution and he is forced to flee.
[
*James Simon's ]
An essay towards an historical account of Irish coins
' is published in Dublin.[
]
Births
*22 January – John Barclay, soldier, politician, jurist and businessman in America (died 1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...
)
*July – Jocelyn Deane
Jocelyn Deane JP (July 1749 – 19 November 1780) was an Irish politician.
He was the third son of Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet and his wife Charleton Tilson, second daughter of Thomas Tilson. Deane was a Justice of the Peace and represented B ...
, politician (died 1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
)
* Robert Barber, quartermaster on HMS ''Adventure'' during the second voyage of James Cook (died 1783
Events
January–March
* January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
)
* Thomas Burke, artist (died 1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussi ...
)
* William Richardson, landowner and politician (died 1822
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*January 3 - The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is made prisoner in Paraguay accused of being a spy. ...
)
* Edward Smyth, sculptor (died 1812
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'' (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire.
* January 19 – Peninsular War: The French-held fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of ...
)
*James Whitelaw
The Rev. James Whitelaw BA, MRIA (1749 – 4 February 1813) was an Irish historian, writer, statistician, Anglican priest and philanthropist.
Life
He was born in County Leitrim and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was elected a Scholar in ...
, historian, writer, statistician and philanthropist (died 1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
)
*Approximate date – Brian Merriman
Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (c. 1747 – 27 July 1805) was an Irish language bard, farmer, and hedge school teacher from rural County Clare. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000-line long Dream vision poem ( ...
, Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
poet (died 1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created.
* February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
)
Deaths
*3 January – John Ussher, politician (born 1703
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Thursday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 9 – The Jamaican town of Port Royal, a center of trade ...
)
*22 January – Matthew Concanen
Matthew Concanen (1701 – 22 January 1749) was a writer, poet and lawyer born in Ireland.
Life
Concanen studied law in Ireland but travelled to London as a young man, and began writing political pamphlets in support of the Whig government. ...
, writer, poet and lawyer (born 1701
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian cal ...
)
*20 February ( hanged at Tyburn) – Usher Gahagan, classical scholar.
*May – Samuel Boyse, poet (born 1702/3)
*21 September – Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, politician (born 1690
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Aus ...
)
*Approximate date – Eamonn Laidir Ó Flaithbertaigh
Edmond O'Flaherty (Irish:''Eamonn Laidir Ó Flaithbertaigh'', died 1749) was an Irish Jacobite.
Biography
Ned Flahert was the grandson of Edmond mac Morogha na Maor and Morogh na Mart Ó Flaithbertaigh, sons of Morogh na Maor Ó Flaithbertaigh ...
, Jacobite.
References
{{Year in Europe, 1749
Years of the 18th century in Ireland
Ireland
1740s in Ireland