Ireland

The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins

James Napper Tandy (February 1739 – 24 August 1803), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen. He experienced exile, first in the United States and then in France, for his role in attempting to advance a republican insurrection in Ireland with French assistance.

Ambrose OHiggins, Viceroy of Peru, dies in Lima

Ambrosio Bernardo O’Higgins y O’Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O’Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O’Higgins family.

Prime Minister William Pitt resigns over royal veto on Catholic emancipation

William Pitt the Younger, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, did tender his resignation in 1801, in part due to the issue of Catholic emancipation and a related royal veto. Pitt, in office from 1783 to 1801 and then again from 1804 until his death in 1806, was a prominent political figure whose tenure was marked by major events including the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Act of Union goes into Effect, merging the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland

Under the terms of the Union, which came into effect on 1 January 1801, the Irish Parliament was abolished; Ireland was given 100 MPs at Westminster whilst the Irish peerage were represented in the House of Lords by 28 of their number who served for life.

George Benn, businessman and historian of Belfast, is born in Tandragee, Co. Armagh

George Benn, (1801–1882), businessman and historian of Belfast, was born on 1 January 1801 at Tandragee, Co. Armagh, the youngest son in the family of four sons and five daughters of John Benn (1767–1853), a Belfast brewer, and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1859), daughter of James Craig of Tandragee.

Richard Rothwell, painter, is born in Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Richard Rothwell, the Irish portrait and genre painter, was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. He was born on November 20, 1800. Rothwell gained recognition for his portraiture during the early to mid-19th century. His paintings often featured prominent figures of the time, including literary and political personalities.

Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford

Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford, apparently on his way from Liverpool to London. It is rumoured ‘that he was stabbed in a fit of jealousy by two sisters to whom he was paying marked attentions at a time when each of them was in

The last session of the Irish parliament ends

The Acts of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Act of Union dissolves the Irish parliament and transfers legislative powers to Westminster

The Act of Union, passed in 1800 and coming into effect on January 1, 1801, was a significant event in the history of Ireland and the United Kingdom. This legislation led to the dissolution of the Irish Parliament and the transfer of legislative powers to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster in London.

Birth of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse; astronomer and telescope constructor, in York