1706 in Ireland
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Events
- 21 November - The Cox Baronetcy, of Dunmanway in the County of Cork, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
- Ulster Scots clergyman Francis Makemie organizes the first presbytery in British America.
- John O'Heyne's Epilogus chronologicus exponens (a history of the Dominican Order in Ireland) is published in Louvain.
Arts and literature
- April 8 - George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London.[1][2]
Births
- John FitzGerald, politician and hereditary Knight of Kerry (died 1741)
- approx. date - Matthew Deane, politician (died 1751)
Deaths
- April 10 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, soldier (born 1666) (killed in action)
- John Hayes, Member of Parliament for Doneraile
- Ambrose Aungier, 2nd and last Earl of Longford of the First Creation
Footnotes
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Redgrave, Corin (2003-09-11). "My season with Sam". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2011-01-15.
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