Ireland

Molesworth Phillips, sailor and companion of Captain James Cook, is born in Swords, Co. Dublin

George Barrington, writer, adventurer and pickpocket is born in Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, soldier and colonial administrator, is born in Dublin

Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.

William Marsden, orientalist, scholar and numismatist, born in Wicklow

William Marsden FRS FSA (16 November 1754 – 6 October 1836) was an English scholar, Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist who served as Second, then First Secretary to the Admiralty during years of conflict with France.

William Bligh, Cornish man, Mutiny on the Bounty fame was born.

William Bligh (9 September 1754 - 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. He is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMAV (His Majestys Armed Vessel) Bounty. After the Bounty mutiny he became Governor of New South Wales, where his stern administration engendered another insurrection, the Rum Rebellion led by John Macarthur.

Birth of William Murdoch who pioneered the use of coal-gas lighting in, 1792 in partnership with James Watt and Mathew Boulton.

Death of Robin Downes

Death of Robin Downes, Member of Parliament for Kildare, occurs under mysterious and violent circumstances. As reported by Thomas Waite, the Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in a letter:

Birth of Dr. William Drennan in Belfast; physician, poet, educationalist political radical

Dr. William Drennan is born in Belfast on May 23, 1754. A physician, poet, educationalist, and political radical, he is best known as one of the founding figures of the Society of United Irishmen, a movement dedicated to democratic reform and Irish unity beyond religious lines. Drennan’s poetry—often political and emotionally charged—includes the early use of the term “Emerald Isle” to describe Ireland. He is also remembered for his progressive educational ideals, helping to found the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Though less celebrated than some of his revolutionary peers, Drennan’s influence on Irish political and cultural identity endures.

St Andrews Society of Golfers constituted. In, 1834 it became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club

Isaac Corry, opposition politician, Volunteer, and Chancellor of the Exchequer is born in Newry, Co. Down