1796 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 1 February - Theobald Wolfe Tone arrives in France.[1]
- Yeomanry Corp formed; Insurrection Act.[1]
- 15 December - French expedition (43 ships and 14,000 men) sailed from Brest.
- 22 December - French fleet, with Wolfe Tone on board, arrives in Bantry Bay, but unable to land.[1]
[edit] Births
- 27 November - Richard Mayne, barrister and joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829–1868) (d.1868).
- 3 December - Francis Kenrick, headed the Diocese of Philadelphia, then was Archbishop of Baltimore (d.1863).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Michael Banim, writer (d.1874).
- George Crawford Hyndman, auctioneer and amateur biologist (d.1867).
- John Pitt Kennedy, British military engineer, agricultural reformer and civil servant (d.1879).
- Jones Quain, anatomist (d.1865).
- Michael Joseph Quin, author, journalist and editor (d.1843).
