Events from the year 1765 in Ireland.
Incumbent
*
Monarch:
George III
Events
*Coercion Act against the
Whiteboys.
*First
Magdalene asylum (for Protestant girls) in Ireland opens on
Leeson Street
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Leeson Street (; ) is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.
Location
The street is divided into two parts by the Grand Canal: Lower Leeson Street, in Dublin 2 is to the north of the canal, linking to St Stephen's Green, with ...
in
Dublin, founded by Lady
Arabella Denny.
*
Gracehill
Gracehill is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies about 3 km from Ballymena and is in the townland of Ballykennedy (from ga, Baile Uí Cheannada). It is part of the Borough of Mid & East Antrim.
History
The town now k ...
established in
County Antrim as a
Moravian community.
Arts and literature
*Sculptor
Christopher Hewetson
Christopher Hewetson (c.1737–1798) was a neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts. Born in Ireland, he was active in Rome.
Biography
Hewetson was born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1737/8 the son of Lieutenant Christopher He ...
settles in
Rome.
Births
*14 January –
George Knox, politician (died
1827
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place on Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart.
* January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, b ...
).
*13 April –
Thomas Wallace, politician (died
1847
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government.
* January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
* January 16 – John C. Frémont ...
).
*19 July –
George Beresford,
Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore (died
1841
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi.
* January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
).
*6 December –
Edward O'Reilly, scholar (died
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
).
*29 December -
Laurence Hynes Halloran, alleged criminal deported to Australia
*
Robert Holmes, barrister and
nationalist (died
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...
).
*
Samuel Turner, barrister and informer (killed
1807
Events
January–March
* January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.
* January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with b ...
).
*Approximate date –
Charles Bourke
Charles Bourke ( – 1820) was an Irish priest.
Background
Bourke was born in Carrowcubick, near Ballycastle, County Mayo, about 1765. Brendan Hoban states that he "was of that branch of the Bourke family that became known as the 'Heathfield' ...
, priest (died
1820
Events
January–March
*January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).
*January 8 – General Maritime T ...
).
Deaths
*24 November –
William Dunkin
William Dunkin, D.D. (1709?–1765), was an Irish poet.
Life
William Dunkin was born in Dublin in around 1709. His parents died when he was young and he was left in early life to the charge of Trinity College, Dublin, by an aunt who left her ...
, poet (born c.1709).
*26 November –
Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet, politician (born
1705
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'' is p ...
).
*29 December –
John Alexander, minister and writer (born
1736
Events
January–March
* January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain.
* January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden.
* January 26 – Stanislaus I of Pol ...
).
*31 December –
Samuel Madden, clergyman, writer and benefactor (born
1686
Events
January–March
* January 3 – In Madras (now Chennai) in India, local residents employed by the East India Company threaten to boycott their jobs after corporate administrator William Gyfford imposes a house tax on res ...
).
References
{{Year in Europe, 1765
Years of the 18th century in Ireland
Ireland
1760s in Ireland