1672 in Ireland
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Events
- 25 February (6 March N.S.) - John O'Mollony is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe in Paris.[1]
- 15 March - King Charles II of England issues a Royal Declaration of Indulgence, suspending execution of penal laws against Roman Catholics in his realms; this is withdrawn the following year under pressure from the Parliament of England.[2]
- 21 May - The Earl of Essex is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (sworn 5 August).[1]
- 24 September - Elected representatives on corporations are to take an Oath of Supremacy to the Crown unless exempted.[1]
- The office of Lord President of Munster is suppressed.
- John Lynch's De praesulibus Hiberniae is written (first published in Dublin, 1944).[3]
- Sir William Petty's Political Anatomy of Ireland is written (first published in Dublin, 1691);[1] also, engraving of the maps for his Hiberniae Delineatio (published 1685) is completed.
Births
- 12 March (bapt.) - Richard Steele, writer and politician, co-founder of The Spectator magazine (d. 1729).
- 7 August - Michael Hill, politician (d. 1699).
- William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, soldier (d. 1761).
Deaths
- 10 August - Robert Leslie, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher.
- 7 December - Sir Paul Davys, politician and civil servant (b. c.1600).
- Approximate date
- Thomas Carve, historian (b. 1590).
- Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, peer (b. 1615).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Moody, T. W. et al., ed. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Gwynn, Aubrey (March 1945). "John Lynch's De Praesulibus Hiberniae". Studies: an Irish quarterly review (Irish Province of the Society of Jesus) 34 (133): 37–52.
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