John Beresford, unionist politician, is born in Cork
John de la Poer Beresford, PC, PC (Ire) (14 March 1738 – 5 November 1805) was an Anglo-Irish statesman.
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James Macpherson Scottish translator of Ossianic poems born.
Macpherson is remembered for one of the most spectacular literary hoaxes of all time; the epic of Ossian. He was born on 27 October 1736 at Ruthven, Badenoch, the son of a farmer. He was educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities, and in 1756 he b
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A mob broke into the Tolbooth jail and removed Captain Porteous
September 7, 1736 — A mob in Edinburgh stormed the Tolbooth Jail, forcibly removed Captain John Porteous, who had been reprieved from a death sentence after ordering his men to fire on civilians during a riot in April. The mob dragged him to the Grassmarket and hanged him from a dyer’s pole, carrying out their own form of justice.
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The Irish House of Commons condemns tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle
The House of Commons of Ireland passes resolutions condemning the tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle.
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Garrett Colley Wellesley, born
Born in Dangan, Co. Meath, Ireland on 19 Jul 1735 to Richard Colley Wesley and Elizabeth Sale.
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Birth of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden and politician
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland.
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Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament
Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish Parliament. He will serve until 1756, becoming the longest-serving Speaker during the Irish parliamentary period from 1692 to 1800.
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