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1737 in Ireland

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This article lists events from the year 1737 in Ireland.

Incumbent

  • Monarch: George II

Events

  • April 9 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (sworn 7 September).
  • August 29 – proclamation reducing the ratio of gold to silver in coins of Ireland to conform with the British standard.
  • September 1 – The News Letter is first published in Belfast by Francis Joy, making it the world's oldest existing English language newspaper.

Births

  • April 18 – William Hazlitt, Unitarian minister and writer (d. 1820)
  • May 2 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig statesman, home secretary in 1782 and prime minister 1782–1783 (d. 1805)
  • May 14 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (d. 1806)
  • Christopher Hewetson, sculptor (d. c.1798)
  • Joseph Wall, British army officer, colonial governor and murderer (d. 1802)

Deaths

  • August 7 – Hugh MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1660)
  • November – Sir Gerard Lally, Jacobite and French military officer.
  • John Neale, influential Dublin music publisher and musical instrument maker.

References

References

  1. (1989). "A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History". Oxford University Press.
  2. Johnston, Ruth. "Belfast News Letter". [[BBC]].
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