Ireland

Funeral of Charles Lucas in Dublin attracts large crowds

Charles Lucas (16 September 1713 – 4 November 1771) was an Anglo-Irish apothecary, physician and politician. He sat as Member of Parliament for Dublin City and was known as the “Irish Wilkes” because of his radical views.

John (Juan) MacKenna, who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher, Co. Tyrone

Benjamin Franklin ends his visit to Ireland

During his visit to Ireland, Benjamin Franklin attends a meeting of the House of Commons on this date

Birth of Mungo Park at Foulshiels, near Selkirk. He became an explorer and doctor who charted the course of the River Niger.

Benjamin Franklins visit to Ireland begins

Novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott born.

Birth of Edward Newell, United Irishman and informer, in Downpatrick, Co. Down

Robert Owen, Industrialist and social reformer, born

Thomas Reynolds, United Irishman, born

Thomas Reynolds, born in 1771, was a figure in Irish history known for his complex role during the period leading up to and including the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was initially a member of the Society of United Irishmen, an organization that sought to remove British control from Ireland and promote the ideals of republican democracy, inspired by the American and French Revolutions.