Ireland

Seven women from Island Magee, Co. Antrim are imprisoned and pilloried for bewitching a woman

The Islandmagee witch trials were two criminal trials in Carrickfergus in 1711 for alleged witchcraft at Islandmagee. It is believed to have been the last witch trial to take place in Ireland.

A board of trustees for linen manufacture is established

John Forster is unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Brodrick

Physicist William Cullen born.

Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, an Irish writer, is born

Charles O’Conor, (Irish: Séarlas Ó Conchubhair Donn; 1 January 1710 – 1 July 1791)

Birth of Henry Loftus, Earl of Ely and 4th Viscount born

Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.

All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland

The British government requires all registered Catholic priests in Ireland to publicly renounce the claims of the Stuart dynasty to the thrones of England and Ireland—a clear demand for loyalty to the Hanoverian regime. Out of 1,089 priests, only 33 comply with the requirement, reflecting widespread opposition to both the oath and the ruling government. This act deepens the divide between the Catholic clergy and the British Crown and marks another step in the ongoing suppression of Catholic influence during the Penal Laws period.

The Irish House of Lords expresses hope that union of Ireland and England will follow union of England and Scotland

Benjamin Burton, politician, born

Benjamin Burton, the politician and Revenue Commissioner, was born on January 12, 1709 in Dublin.

Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time