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- 15 February - Charles MacCarthyCharles MacCarthy (governor)Brigadier-General Sir Charles MacCarthy KCMG was an Irish-born soldier who served in the French, Dutch and British armies, and was a governor of various British territories in West Africa....
, soldier in the French, Dutch and British armies, governor of various BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
territories in West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
(d.18241824 in Ireland-Births:*23 April - William Nash, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 at Lucknow, India .*28 May - Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association ....
). - 24 April - Thomas Addis EmmetThomas Addis EmmetThomas Addis Emmet was an Irish and American lawyer and politician. He was a senior member of the revolutionary republican group United Irishmen in the 1790s and New York State Attorney General 1812–1813.-Background:...
, lawyer and politician, member of United Irishmen (d.18271827 in Ireland-Births:*5 February - Peter Lalor, leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Australia .*5 May - Thomas Francis Hendricken, first Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island ....
). - 25 August - James HopeJames Hope (Ireland)James Hope was an United Irishmen leader who fought in the 1798 and 1803 rebellions against British rule in Ireland.-Background:...
, United IrishmenSociety of the United IrishmenThe Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought Parliamentary reform. However, it evolved into a revolutionary republican organisation, inspired by the American Revolution and allied with Revolutionary France...
leader who fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1798Irish Rebellion of 1798The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...
and 1803 rebellion (d.18471847 in Ireland-Events:*13 January - Irish Confederation established.*February - Soup kitchens system established; famine at its height.*March - 400 people die in the Doolough Tragedy*15 May - Death of Daniel O'Connell.*June - Poor Law Amendment Act....
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