John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), Former MP for Carysfort, Kills a Dragoon in a Street Brawl

April 26, 1745

John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl

Ireland

Birth of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, inventor, educationist and politician

Battle of Fontenoy, the Irish Brigade of the French army under Lieutenant Charles O'Brien repulses the British and wins the day