Ireland

Birth in Dublin of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy

Last Pagan sacrifice conducted publicly in the Celtic world, at Loch Maree, Scotland

Loch Maree is a body of water in the Ross and Cromarty region of the Scottish Highlands. At 20 kilometers long and with a maximum width of 4 kilometers, it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland. Its surface area is 28.6 square kilometers (11.0 square miles).

Birth of Bernardo OHiggins, of Co. Meath origins, first Chilean head of state

Gardiners Catholic Relief Act is enacted

Gardiner’s Catholic Relief Act, formally known as the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1778, was enacted in Britain to alleviate some of the restrictions placed on Roman Catholics by the Penal Laws. These laws had been implemented over the course of the 16th and 17th centuries to suppress Catholicism in Britain and Ireland and enforce the supremacy of the Anglican Church.

William Bunbury, MP for Co. Carlow, dies after being thrown from his horse

William Bunbury III of Lisnavagh (1744-1778) William was the great-grandson of the first Bunbury to settle in Ireland. He married the heiress Katherine Kane, shortly before he was elected MP for Carlow in Grattan’s Parliament. He was planning to build a new house at Lisnavagh when he was tragically killed in a horse accident in 1778.

Robert Emmet, one of Irelands most famous revolutionaries, is born in Dublin

Robert Emmet, one of Ireland’s most renowned and celebrated revolutionaries, was born in Dublin on March 4, 1778. Coming from a relatively prosperous and politically active family, Emmet was deeply influenced by the revolutionary movements of his time, including the American Revolution and the French Revolution. He attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he became involved with the United Irishmen, a republican organization that sought Irish independence from British rule.

William Brown, founder of the Argentine navy, is born in Foxford, Co. Mayo

Sir Philip Crampon, surgeon, is born in Dublin

Sir Philip Crampton, 1st Baronet, FRS (7 June 1777 – 10 June 1858) was an eminent Irish surgeon and anatomist. He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1811, 1820, 1844 and 1855.

Patrick Brontë, clergyman, is born in Ballynaskeagh, Co. Down

Patrick Brontë (born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican minister and author who spent most of his adult life in England.

John Hobart, The Earl of Buckinghamshire, is sworn in as lord lieutenant

There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the Lieutenancy.