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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:YearInIrelandNav Events from the year 1796 in Ireland.
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Events
- 1 February – Wolfe Tone arrives in France.[1]
- 12 July – first Orange Institution parades on The Twelfth held to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne (1690)[2] in Portadown, Lurgan and Waringstown.[3]
- 9 August – the convict ship Marquis Cornwallis leaves Cork for Australia.[4]
- September – 'Gold rush' in the Wicklow Hills near Avoca.[5]
- 10 December – the convict ship Britannia leaves Cork for Australia.[4]
- 15 December – Expédition d'Irlande: French expedition (43 ships and 14,000 men) sails from Brest.
- 22 December – French fleet, with Wolfe Tone on board, arrives in Bantry Bay, but is unable to land due to contrary winds.[1]
- Insurrection Act[1] and Treason by Women Act passed.
- Yeomanry Corps formed.[1]
- Building of the Four Courts in Dublin is substantially completed under the supervision of James Gandon.
Arts and literature
- Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music is published.
Births
- 27 March – Robert James Graves, surgeon (died 1853).
- April – Abraham Brewster, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1874).
- 20 July – Maziere Brady, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1871).
- 16 August – Francis Crozier, British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (lost after 1848).
- 4 October – Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston, soldier and politician (died 1867).
- 27 November
- John MacEnery, priest and pioneer archaeologist (died 1841).
- Richard Mayne, barrister and joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829–1868) (died 1868).
- 3 December – Francis Kenrick, headed the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, then was Archbishop of Baltimore (died 1863).
- Full date unknown
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- Michael Banim, writer (died 1874).
- James Curley, astronomer (died 1889 in the United States).
- George Crawford Hyndman, auctioneer and marine biologist (died 1867).
- Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, poet (died 1880 in Australia).
- Charles Cromwell Ingham, painter and founder of the New York National Academy of Design (died 1863 in the United States).
- John Pitt Kennedy, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant (died 1879).
- James McLevy, detective in Edinburgh (died 1875 in Scotland).
- George Maguire, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri (died 1882 in the United States).
- Jones Quain, anatomist (died 1865).
- Michael Joseph Quin, author, journalist and editor (died 1843).
Deaths
- 23 May – John Roberts, architect. (born 1712/14)
- William Henn, judge (born c.1720).
- Bowen Southwell, landowner and politician (born 1713).
References
Шаблон:Years in Ireland Шаблон:Year in Europe
