Ireland

John Ponsonby resigns as Speaker of the Irish parliament for political reasons

John Ponsonby, PC (Ire) (29 March 1713 – 16 August 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Mary Anne Mc Cracken, radical and philanthropist, is born in Belfast

Mary Ann McCracken (8 July 1770 – 26 July 1866) was a social activist and campaigner in Belfast, Ireland, whose extensive correspondence is cited as an important chronicle of her times.

James Smyth, MP for Dundalk, is killed in a riding accident

Henry Flood, MP for Callan, kills James Agar, MP for Tulsk, in a duel

Henry Flood, MP for Callan, kills James Agar, MP for Tulsk, in a duel. The confrontation arises from a long-standing rivalry between the Flood and Agar families over the parliamentary representation of Callan.

Sir Hudson Lowe, born

Sir Hudson Lowe GCMG KCB (28 July 1769 – 10 January 1844) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who is best known for his time as Governor of St Helena, where he was the “gaoler” of the Emperor Napoléon.

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, politician and administrator, is born in Dublin

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman, is born in Dublin

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Breton linguist, born

Construction of the Forth and Clyde canal started. It was to take, 22 years to complete.

Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin, is born in Arklow, Co. Wicklow

Daniel Murray (1768, at Sheepwalk, near Arklow, Ireland – Dublin, 1852) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.