Catholic gentry present petition to Charles II
The petition presented by Catholic gentry to King Charles II in 1671 was a significant event in the history of Catholicism in England. This petition, known as the “Catholic Remonstrance,” was a formal document in which English Catholics expressed their grievances and sought greater religious tolerance and political rights.
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St. Oliver Plunkett becomes Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
Oliver Plunkett (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. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, thus becoming the first new Irish saint in almost seven hundred years.
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Molly Malone is christened in Dublin
Cockles and Mussels “Molly Malone” (also known as “Cockles and Mussels” or “In Dublin’s Fair City”) is the unofficial anthem of Dublin City in Ireland.
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Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland. He became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, in 1713 hence his common sobriquet, “Dean Swift”.
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Importation Act 1667 - Irish Cattle exports to England are prohibited
The Importation Act 1667 was an act of the Parliament of England (19 & 20 Cha. 2. c. 12) which banned Irish cattle from being sold in England. It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.
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The Act of Uniformity
The Act of Uniformity (1662), primarily known for enforcing the use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, also confirmed several key political-religious anniversaries to be observed annually:
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and an ancestor of Princess Diana, born
James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was raised as a Protestant, unlike his extended family who held to Roman Catholicism. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion, in the Williamite War in Ireland, in the Nine Years’ War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715.
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the last British sovereign of the House of Stuart was born
Anne (1665-1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-14), the last British sovereign of the House of Stuart.
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The Navigation Act restricts Irish trade with colonies as well as exports to England
The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies.
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The Irish parliament orders the annual observance of Oct 23 as a day of thanksgiving for deliverance from the 1641 rising
On this date, the Irish Parliament ordered that October 23 be observed annually as a day of thanksgiving for what it called deliverance from the 1641 Irish Rebellion, which had begun exactly one year prior.
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