Ireland

Sir Thomas Maclear, astronomer, is born in Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone

Sir Thomas Maclear (17 March 1794 – 14 July 1879) was an Irish-born South African astronomer who became Her Majesty’s astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope.

William Carleton, novelist, is born in Prillisk, Co. Tyrone

William Carleton (4 March 1794, Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone), Clogher, County Tyrone – 30 January 1869, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman.

Statutes of Dublin University amended to allow Catholics to take degrees

The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, implicitly repealing some of the Irish Penal Laws and relieving Roman Catholics of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities.

William Carleton, one of the most graphic writers about the Famine, born near Clogher, Co. Tyrone

The United Irishmen publish a plan for parliamentary reform

Archibald Hamilton Rowan, United Irishman, tried on charge of distributing seditious paper

Archibald Hamilton Rowan, a prominent figure in the movement for Irish independence, was a member of the Society of United Irishmen, an organization that sought to achieve political reform and, later, Irish independence from British rule. His trial on charges of distributing seditious material was a significant event in the late 18th-century struggle for Irish rights and independence.

Frances Ball, (Mother Mary Teresa) founded the Sisters of Loretto, is born in Dublin

Frances Ball, known as Mother Mary Teresa, was a notable Irish religious figure who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Sisters of Loretto.

Francis Danby, landscape painter, is born near Killinick, Co. Wexford

Francis Danby, was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. He was born near Killinick, County Wexford, Ireland on November 16, 1793.

The Convention Act bans representative bodies set up to campaign for a change in the law, i.e. putative rivals to the parliament

William Maginn, born

William Maginn (10 July 1794 – 21 August 1842) was an Irish journalist and writer.