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1696 in Ireland
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1696
Events from the year 1696 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: William III
Events
April 27 – an act of the Parliament of England for encouraging linen manufacture in Ireland allows plain linen to be exported to England without an import tariff being applied.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal
May 2 – The Irish Admiralty’s prize commissioners lodged embezzlement charges related to captured French goods, mainly wines, valued at over £7,279. The suit targeted naval officers such as: Captains Bing, Shovell, and Fitz-Patrick.Volume 37: March 21-May 14, 1696 British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-papers/vol1/pp496-509 2025-06-06 www.british-history.ac.uk
Famine in the Scottish Borders leads to a new wave of Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster.
Births
December 1 – Francis Burton, politician (d. 1744)
Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet, physician and politician (d. 1776)
Thomas Drennan, Presbyterian minister (d. 1768)
Approximate date – James Latham, portrait painter (d. 1747)
Abraham Shackleton, Quaker (d. 1771)Richey Rose October 2009 Shackleton, Abraham https://www.dib.ie/biography/shackleton-abraham-a7986 10.3318/dib.007986.v1 2023-02-12 Dictionary of Irish Biography en
Deaths
thumb|100px|Henry Capel
March 18 – Bonaventure Baron, Franciscan theologian (b. 1610)
May 9 – Henry Capell, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1638)
October? – Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet, politician.
December 8 – Sir Charles Porter, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1631)
Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin, scribe and poet (b. before 1651)
References
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