Events from the year 1762 in Ireland.
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Monarch
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George III
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Events
*February –
Roman Catholic
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nobility and gentry offer support to King
George III
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in the
Seven Years' War
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in the
Iberian Peninsula
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*20 March – a French
privateer
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takes six ships off
Youghal
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.
*30 April – acts grant security to
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s who have acquired property from Catholics.
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* Old St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, in Marlborough Street, is completed.
*Watt distillery in ]Derry
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is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey)
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The brand was previously owned by the Watt Distillery, which (according to the company) dates back to 1762. The Tyrconnell ...
.
Arts and literature
*14 May – Charles Macklin
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's ''The True-Born Irishman'' is first performed at the Crow Street Theatre
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Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward
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in Dublin
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.[
*Approximate date – James Barry paints ''Baptism of the King of Cashel''.
]
Births
*11 January – Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales).
*24 February – Gideon Ouseley
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His father, although a deist, intended that his son enter the clergy, but Ouseley spent much of his childhood in ...
, Methodism
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's 'apostle to the Irish' (died 1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – T ...
).
*20 May – Eyre Coote Eyre Coote may refer to:
*Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) (1726–1783), Irish soldier and Commander-in-chief of India
*Eyre Coote (British Army officer) (1762–1823), Irish-born general in the British Army
*Eyre Coote (MP) (1806–1834), ...
, British Army
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officer (died 1832).
*1 June – Edmund Ignatius Rice
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, Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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missionary and educationalist, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
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Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, ...
and the Presentation Brothers
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(died 1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
).
*12 June – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker
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, politician (died 1834
Events
January–March
* January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 †...
).
*25 December – Michael Kelly, actor, singer and composer (died 1826
Events January–March
* January 15 – The French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
* January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island o ...
).
*Henry Browne Hayes
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, sheriff and abductor (died 1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...
).
*Approximate date – John Chetwode Eustace, Roman Catholic priest and antiquary (died 1815 in Italy).
Deaths
*20 February – Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby
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He was the son of Major-General Henry Ponsonby by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. His paternal grandfather was Wil ...
, politician (born c.1720).
*20 March – James Cuffe, landowner (born 1707
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Events
January–March
* January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...
).
*22 March – Courthorpe Clayton
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Family
He was the son of Laurence Clayton of Mallow and his second wife Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Courthorpe of Littl ...
, soldier and courtier.
*September
**Francesco Geminiani
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, violinist and composer (born 1687 in Italy).
**Seán Ó Murchadha, poet.[
*16 November – ]John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
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, writer (born 1707
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 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...
).
*30 December – Robert Blakeney, politician (born c.1724).
* Macnamara Morgan, playwright and barrister (born c.1720).
* Charles Smith, topographer and apothecary
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(born 1715
Events
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).
References
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Years of the 18th century in Ireland
Ireland
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1760s in Ireland