Ireland

An act for encouraging Protestant strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland is passed in the Irish Parliament

Under the reign of Charles II, the Irish Parliament passes “An Act for Encouraging Protestant Strangers and Others to Inhabit and Plant in the Kingdom of Ireland.” The legislation aims to attract Protestant settlers, particularly from continental Europe (such as Huguenots and Palatines), to boost the economy, increase loyalty to the Crown, and strengthen Protestant influence in predominantly Catholic Ireland. This act is part of broader post-Restoration efforts to reshape Irish demographics and secure English authority through plantation and settlement policies.

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond becomes Lord Lieutenant and arrives in Ireland on this date

Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661.

A charter of Charles II replaces Cromwells charter of Londonderry

Faithful Tadpole is admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Sir Thomas Molyneux, scientist, archaeologist, physician and MP, is born

Day of Public Thanksgiving on Restoration of Charles II as king.

King Charles II returned to England. Royal Oak Day.

An Act by the British Parliament forbids the export of Irish wool

Charles II is proclaimed king in Dublin, six days after London, thus ending Cromwells reign as Lord Protector

Sir Hans Sloane, physician and naturalist, is born in Killyleagh, Co. Down

He was elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24. Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27.