1773 in Ireland
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Births

  • 23 July - Abraham Colles
    Abraham Colles
    Abraham Colles was professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Descended from a Worcestershire family, some of whom had sat in Parliament, he was born to William Colles and Mary Anne Bates of Woodbroak, Co. Wexford...

    , professor of Anatomy
    Anatomy
    Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

    , Surgery
    Surgery
    Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

     and Physiology
    Physiology
    Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...

     at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , is a Dublin-based medical institution, situated on St. Stephen's Green. The college is one of the five Recognised Colleges of the National University of Ireland...

     (d.1843
    1843 in Ireland
    -Events:*January - Daniel O'Connell proclaims 1843 as the "Repeal Year".*31 January - Queen's Bridge in Belfast opens.*21 February - Repeal debate in Dublin Corporation....

    ).
  • 19 August - Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry
    Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry
    Valentine Brown Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry , was an Irish politician and landowner. He lived in Lyons, under Lyons Hill Ardclough County Kildare.-Birth:...

    , politician (d.1853
    1853 in Ireland
    -Births:*30 January - Leland Hone, cricketer .*6 February - Robert John McConnell, businessman, baronet and Lord Mayor of Belfast .*7 February - Egerton Bushe Coghill, painter .*30 March - Frank O'Meara, artist ....

    ).
  • 19 November - Robert Arbuthnot
    Robert Arbuthnot
    General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB, was born at Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland, on 19 November 1773 fourth son of John Arbuthnot Senior of Rockfleet, Co Mayo. He was a General in the army, a colonel in the 76th Regiment. He was a Brigadier General in the Portuguese Service and was appointed...

    , British military officer (d.1863
    1863 in Ireland
    -Events:*The Ulster Railway, which began construction in 1839, reaches Clones.*28 November - First edition of The Irish People.-Births:*1 February - George Carew, 4th Baron Carew ....

    ).
  • 22 November - John George de la Poer Beresford
    John George de la Poer Beresford
    Lord John George de la Poer Beresford PC was an Anglican archbishop and Primate.-Background:Born at Tyrone House, he was the second surviving son of George de La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Monck and maternal granddaughter of Henry...

    , Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) (d.1862
    1862 in Ireland
    -Full date unknown:*The Dublin Fire Brigade was established under the Dublin Corporation Fire Brigades Act.-Births:*10 June - John de Robeck, admiral in the British Navy .*11 June - Violet Florence Martin, author .*14 June - John J...

    ).

Full date unknown

  • William Beatty, Ship's Surgeon on HMS Victory
    HMS Victory
    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....

     during the Battle of Trafalgar
    Battle of Trafalgar
    The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....

     (d.1842
    1842 in Ireland
    -Events:*15 October - The Nation newspaper is founded in Dublin.*The Ulster Canal is completed.-Births:*6 February - Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile .*10 February - Agnes Mary Clerke, astronomer and writer ....

    ).
  • John Shaw, Captain in the United States Navy
    United States Navy
    The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

     (d.1823
    1823 in Ireland
    -Events:*Catholic Association formed by Daniel O'Connell, to further Catholic Emancipation.*Northern Whig newspaper is founded in Belfast.-Births:*1 January - Edward Butler, lawyer and politician in Australia ....

    ).

Deaths

  • 17 April - Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran
    Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran
    Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC , known as Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Baronet from 1741 to 1757 and as Viscount Sudley from 1758 to 1762, was an Irish politician....

    , politician (b.1703
    1703 in Ireland
    -Events:* Popery Act , enacted by the Parliament of Ireland, reintroduces gavelkind: when a Roman Catholic dies, his estate is to be divided equally among his sons if they retain their Catholic faith.-Births:*Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, politician .*Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist ....

    ).
  • 19 November - Charles Clinton
    Charles Clinton
    Charles Clinton was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather New York Governor DeWitt Clinton....

    , French and Indian War
    French and Indian War
    The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...

     Colonel
    Colonel
    Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

     (b.1690
    1690 in Ireland
    -Events:*14 June - William lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.*29 June - Williamites reach the Boyne.*12 July - Battle of the Boyne, Jacobite supporters are defeated by William III....

    .
  • 19 November - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
    James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
    Lieutenant-General James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, etc. PC , styled Lord Offaly until 1744 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1744 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 1766, was an Irish nobleman, soldier and politician.-Background:Leinster was the son of Robert...

    , politician (b.1722
    1722 in Ireland
    -Births:*29 May - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, politician .*Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, politician .-Deaths:*11 March - John Toland, philosopher ....

    ).
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