Births

• 29 April - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
  
  , soldier and statesman (d.1745
  1745 in Ireland
  -Births:*14 April - Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley, politician .*24 December - William Paterson, jurist in the United States .-Deaths:*19 October - Jonathan Swift, cleric, satirist, essayist and poet ....
  
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Deaths

• June 3 - Charles MacCarthy, Irish soldier (killed in battle)
• August - Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry
  Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry
  Donagh [Donough] MacCarthy, 1st Earl of Clancarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry was an Irish noble. He married Ellen Butler , who was the sister of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde). The Earl served as a Munster general during the Irish Confederate Wars...
  
  , general in the Irish Confederate Wars
  Irish Confederate Wars
  This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....