1656 in Ireland

Events from the year 1656 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
See also:Other events of 1656
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Lord Protector: Oliver Cromwell

Events
  • Cromwellian soldier William Morris becomes a Quaker, founding a meeting at Belturbet, County Cavan, before returning to his home at Castle Salem, Cork.
  • William Petty completes the comprehensive mapping of Ireland known as the Down Survey.

Births
  • April 17 – William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founder of the Dublin Philosophical Society (d.1698).

Deaths
  • March 21 – James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland, published the Ussher chronology purporting to time and date creation (b. 1581)[1]
  • Approximate date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (b. c.1585)

References
  1. "James Ussher". www.westminster-abbey.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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