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1747
in
Ireland&o=10616
1747 in Ireland&o=10616
1831 in Ireland
Events
The first statistics for religion in Ireland were gathered in this year's Census.
Births
22 January
-
Samuel Hill Lawrence
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in
1857
at
Lucknow
,
India
(d.
1868
).
26 January
-
Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley
,
British
military
officer
and
MP
(d.
1908
).
11 February
-
Henry Mitchell Jones
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1855 at
Sebastopol
,
Crimea
(d.
1916
).
1 August
-
George Richardson
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1859 at
Kewane Trans-Gogra
,
India
(d.
1923
).
September
-
Peter Gill
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1857 in
Benares
,
India
(d.
1868
).
September
-
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
,
Fenian
leader (d.
1915
).
28 November
-
John William Mackay
, businessman in America (d.
1902
).
3 December
-
James Graham Fair
, part-owner of the
Comstock Lode
,
United States Senator
and real estate and railroad speculator (d.
1894
).
17 December
-
William George Nicholas Manley
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1864 near
Tauranga
,
New Zealand
(d.
1901
).
December
-
Richard Fitzgerald
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1857 at
Bolandshahr
,
India
(d.
1884
).
Full date unknown
Daniel Connor
,
convict
transported
to
Western Australia
, businessman (d.
1898
).
John Dunlay
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1857 at
Lucknow
,
India
(d.
1863
).
Frederick Falkiner
, lawyer, judge and author (d.
1908
).
Deaths
30 January
-
William Hales
, clergyman and scientific writer (b.
1747
).
8 December
-
James Hoban
, architect, designed the
White House
in
Washington, D.C.
(b. c1762).
Full date unknown
Alexander Macomb, Sr.
, merchant and land speculator with
Macomb's Purchase
in
New York
(b.
1748
).
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