1703 in Ireland
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See also: | Other events of 1703 List of years in Ireland |
Events from the year1703 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- June 11–Charles HickmanisconsecratedasChurch of IrelandBishop of Derry.
- September 11– aprivateeringexpedition comprising the shipsSt GeorgeandCinque Portscommanded byWilliam DampierleavesKinsaleforSouth America.
- Parliament of Irelandassembles, the first underAnne, Queen of Great Britain,and the first for five years.
- Popery Act(An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery), enacted by theParliament of Ireland,reintroducesgavelkind:when aRoman Catholicdies, his estate is to be divided equally among his sons (legitimate or otherwise) if they retain their Catholic faith.
- Treason Act (Ireland) 1703,enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, enforces the Protestantline of succession to the British throne.
- Sir Robert Doyneis appointed asChief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.
- The Parliament of Ireland investigates the possibility of improving navigation on the riversShannonandBarrowand constructing aNewry Canal.
Births[edit]
- January 22(in France) –Antoine Walsh,slave trader and Jacobite (d. 1763 in San Domingo)
- February 5–Gilbert Tennent,Presbyterianpastor inColonial America(d.1764)
- March 1–Philip Tisdall,lawyer and politician (d.1777)
- September 29–Philip Syng,silversmith (d.1789 in the United States)
- Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran,politician (d.1773)
- John Ussher,politician (d.1749)
- Approximate date
- John Blakeney,politician (d.1747)
- Samuel Boyse,poet (d.1749)
- Henry Brooke,novelist and dramatist (d.1783)
- George Faulkner,publisher and bookseller (d.1775)
Deaths[edit]
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