Ireland

Chidley Coote, granted £500 for the upkeep of six lighthouses

Chidley Coote, a future Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmallock, was granted £500 for the upkeep of six lighthouses. This allocation of funds was likely intended to support the maintenance and operation of these lighthouses, which played a crucial role in ensuring the safety of ships navigating along the coast and in the vicinity of hazardous areas.

Count Redmond OHanlon (outlawed chief) is shot dead by his foster-brother

Birth of John Aberneth, dissenting clergyman, near Moneymore, Co. Tyrone

The first stone of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham is laid by the Duke of Ormonde

The Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Irish: Ospidéal Ríochta Chill Mhaighneann) in Kilmainham, Dublin, is a former 17th-century hospital at Kilmainham in Ireland. The structure now houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the Irish Popish Plot and arrested

Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot, was accused of involvement in the so-called “Irish Popish Plot.”

Duke of Monmouth subdued Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge.

Covenanters defeated John Graham of Claverhouse at Drumclog.

King Charles II of England disbands Parliament

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

Proclamations against Catholic clergy and schools in Ireland are issued

Count Peter Lacy, soldier, governor of Livonia (Latvia) and field-marshal in the Russian army, is born in Killeedy, Co. Limerick