1760 in Ireland
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Events

  • 21–26 February - Battle of Carrickfergus
    Battle of Carrickfergus (1760)
    The Battle of Carrickfergus took place in February 1760 in Carrickfergus, Kingdom of Ireland during the Seven Years War. A force of 600 French troops landed under the command of the Privateer François Thurot overwhelmed the small garrison of the town and captured its castle.When word of the capture...

    : A force of French troops under the command of privateer
    Privateer
    A privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...

     François Thurot
    François Thurot
    François Thurot was a French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler who terrorised British shipping in the early part of the Seven Years' War....

     captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus
    Carrickfergus
    Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

     before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea
    Irish Sea
    The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Atlantic Ocean in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man...

     on 28 February.
  • 25 October - George III
    George III of the United Kingdom
    George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...

     becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II
    George II of Great Britain
    George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...

    .
  • A Patriot Party under the leadership of Henry Flood, appears in the Irish House of Representatives.

Deaths

  • 26 March - Margaret Woffington
    Margaret Woffington
    Margaret "Peg" Woffington was a well-known Irish actress in Georgian London.- Early life :Woffington was born of humble origins in Dublin. Her father is thought to have been a bricklayer, and after his death, the family became impoverished...

    , actress (b. c1720).
  • 23 September - Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, politician.
  • 25 October - George II
    George II of Great Britain
    George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...

    , King of Great Britain and Ireland; Elector of Hanover; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg  (b. 1683)

Full date unknown

  • Patrick Cotter O'Brien
    Patrick Cotter O'Brien
    Patrick Cotter O'Brien was the first of only twelve people in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet or more. O'Brien was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. His real name was Patrick Cotter and he adopted O'Brien as his stage name in the sideshow circuit...

    , known as the Bristol Giant and the Irish Giant (d.1806
    1806 in Ireland
    -Births:*21 January - William Quarter, first Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago .*25 July - John O'Donovan, scholar and first historic topographer .*1 August - Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton, Conservative politician ....

    ).
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