1783 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1783 in Ireland.
Events
- 5 March - The Count de Belgioioso, bound from Liverpool to China, founders on the Kish Bank in Dublin Bay in a storm. On 2 June, Scottish diver Charles Spalding and his nephew Ebenezer Watson die in attempting to salvage the ₤150,000-worth of cargo from the ship using a diving bell of Spalding's design.[1][2]
- 17 March - Installation dinner for the founding of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick by King George III of the United Kingdom takes place in Dublin Castle.[3]
- 17 April - The Renunciation Act, is passed by Westminster. It acknowledges the exclusive right of the Parliament of Ireland to legislate for Ireland.
- 25 June - The Bank of Ireland opens for business in a former private residence at Mary's Abbey off Capel Street in Dublin and begins to issue notes.
- 3 October - First Waterford Crystal glassmaking business begins production in Waterford.
Births
- 26 April - Peter Boyle de Blaquière, politician in Canada and first chancellor of the University of Toronto (died 1860).
- 28 April - Sir Eyre Coote, KB, soldier (born 1726).
- 24 July - William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, politician and statesman (died 1843).
Deaths
- 2 October - Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown (born 1701).
- 10 October - Henry Brooke, writer (born 1703).
- 2 December - Thomas Burke, physician, lawyer and Governor of North Carolina (b. c1747).
Full date unknown
- James Adair, trader with Native Americans and historian (b. c1709).
- Robert Barber, quartermaster on HMS Adventure during Captain Cook's Second Voyage (born 1749).
References
- ↑ Kilfeather, Siobhán (2005). Dublin: a cultural history (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 63–65. ISBN 9780195182019. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ Bevan, John (2005-11-05), "Charles Spalding's Diving Bells: paper", Presented to a meeting of the Historical Diving Society at Norwegian Underwater Institute (Bergen)
- ↑ Galloway, Peter (1999). The Most Illustrious Order: The Order of St Patrick and its Knights. London: Unicorn. ISBN 0906290236.
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