1699 in Ireland

Events from the year 1699 in Ireland.

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See also:Other events of 1699
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: William III

Events
  • January 26–June 14 – the Parliament of Ireland meets and enacts legislation to levy duties on exported woolens; to encourage the construction of parsonages; to oblige landowners to plant and conserve trees; and to prevent Roman Catholics from becoming solicitors.[1]
  • February 1 – the Parliament of England requires the disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.[1]
  • May 4 – the Parliament of England enacts legislation providing for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the administration of forfeited estates in Ireland.[1]
  • A Roman Catholic English language New Testament is probably printed in Dublin at about this date, but all copies appear to have been suppressed.[2]

Arts and literature
  • c. July–August – the Welsh scholar Edward Lhuyd first travels in Ireland.[1]
  • Publication of The Dublin Scuffle: being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London, to Patrick Campbel, bookseller in Dublin.

Births
Charles Macklin by John Opie
  • September 26 – Charles Macklin, actor and dramatist (d. 1797)
  • Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, politician (d. 1771)
  • Edward Lovett Pearce, architect (d. 1733)
  • Isaac Wayne, tanner (d. 1774 in the Province of Pennsylvania)

Deaths
  • April 6 – Sir Richard Nagle, lawyer and politician (b. 1636)
  • June 18 – Popham Seymour-Conway, landowner (b. 1675) (result of a drunken duel)
  • Michael Hill, politician (b. 1672)
  • Dudley Persse, landowner (b. 1625)

References
  1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. Daniell, David (2003). The Bible in English: its history and influence. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN 0-300-09930-4.
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