1709 in Ireland
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
|
|||||
| Centuries: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades: | |||||
| See also: | Other events of 1709 List of years in Ireland |
||||
Events from the year 1709 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- August 30 - The Parliament of Ireland passes an amending act which requires any adult male (including registered Roman Catholic priests) to take an oath of abjuration if required by a magistrate.[1]
- September 4–8 - Nearly 800 poor Protestant refugee families of German Palatines arrive in Dublin to be settled in Ireland.[1][2]
- c. December - Start of Hougher disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in Connacht including maiming of cattle.[1][3]
Births
- October 13 - John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence, politician (d. 1767)
- Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, politician (d. 1788)
- Approximate date - Laetitia Pilkington, born Laetitia van Lewen, poet and memoirist (d. 1750)
Deaths
- August 31 (September 11 NS) - Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, soldier, killed at the Battle of Malplaquet (b. c. 1660)
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />
