1783 in Ireland
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[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).
