1783 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Events

• 17 April - The Renunciation Act, is passed by Westminster. It acknowledges the exclusive right of the Parliament of Ireland to legislate for Ireland.

[edit] Births

• 26 April - Peter Boyle de Blaquière, politician in Canada and first chancellor of the University of Toronto (d.1860).
• 28 April - Sir Eyre Coote, KB, soldier (b.1726).
• 24 July - William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, politician and statesman (d.1843).

[edit] Deaths

• 2 October - Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown (b.1701).
• 2 December - Thomas Burke, physician, lawyer and Governor of North Carolina (b. c1747).

[edit] Full date unknown

• James Adair, trader with Native Americans and historian (b. c1709).
• Robert Barber, quartermaster on HMS Adventure during Captain Cook's Second Voyage (b.1749).
• Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist (b.1703).