Ireland

Tyrone Power, actor and great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star of the same name, is born

The British fleet, defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland

The British Royal Navy, commanded by Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar, Scotland, 1731), achieved a decisive victory over the Dutch fleet near the village of Camperdown in Holland. This naval battle was one of the most significant of the French Revolutionary Wars, effectively ending Dutch naval power for the remainder of the conflict.

Battle of Tranent

Battle of Tranent — In August 1797, a demonstration against conscription under the Militia Act in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, turns deadly when it is forcibly suppressed by government forces, including the Cinque Ports Dragoons and the East Lothian Yeomanry. Protesters — many of them women — had gathered to oppose the forced enlistment of local men. The confrontation ends with at least 12 civilians killed, making it one of the most tragic episodes of anti-conscription protest in Scottish history.

Edmund Burke, died

Edmund Burke ( 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party.

The Bank of Ireland suspends gold payments

Samuel Lover, Dublin writer, artist, musician and songwriter, born

The last invasion of England, Small French force commanded by Irishman William Tate lands in Wales

Artist David Roberts born in Edinburgh.

William Ellis Jones Welsh bard known as Gwilym Cawrdaf was born

The Royal College of St. Patrick. a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co. Kildare