1776 in Ireland
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See also: | Other events of 1776 List of years in Ireland |
Events from the year1776 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- 3 February – proclamation imposing anembargoon export of provisions from Ireland to secure supplies for theBritish Armyfighting in theAmerican Revolutionary War.[1]
- 4 April – act of theParliament of Irelandto prevent "tumultuous risings", directed against theWhiteboys.[1]
- 4 July –United States Declaration of Independencesigned inPhiladelphia.Eight of the signatories areIrish American,three (Matthew Thornton,George TaylorandJames Smith) having been born in Ireland. This night,Strabane-bornJohn Dunlapprints copies at his shop in the city.
Births[edit]
- 3 July –Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton,politician. (died1842).
- 1 August –Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford,MP,Lieutenant-GovernorofLower CanadaandGovernor GeneralofBritish North America(died1849).
- 11 September –Thomas Arbuthnot,British military officer (died1849).
- 1 October –Augustus Warren Baldwin,naval officer and political figure inUpper Canada(died1866).
Deaths[edit]
- 25 September –Thomas Burke,Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory(born c.1709).
References[edit]
- ^abMoody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).A New History of Ireland.8:A Chronology of Irish History.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-821744-2.