1683 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1683 in Ireland.

Events

• February 19 – the Evans Baronetcy, of Kilcreene in the County of Kilkenny, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of William Evans.
• June 23 – the Caldwell Baronetcy of Wellsborough in County Fermanagh, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of James Caldwell, High Sheriff of County Fermanagh.
• October 15 – first meeting of the Dublin Philosophical Society, established by William Molyneux.[1]
• December 14 – Dominic Maguire, O.P., is elected as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.[2][3]
• The titles of Viscount Mountjoy and Baron Stewart of Ramelton in the Peerage of Ireland are conferred upon Sir William Stewart, 3rd Baronet, of Ramelton.

Births

Charles Fitzroy

• October 25 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)
• Daniel Falkiner, politician (d. 1759)
• Thomas Fortescue, politician (d. 1769)
• Michael Ward, politician (d. 1759)

Deaths

• 

  Valentine Greatrakes
  February 3 – Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, Roman Catholic landowner in Ireland and Scotland and political intriguer (b. 1609)
• November 28 – Valentine Greatrakes, faith healer (b. 1628)
• December 11 – George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough, politician (b. c.1620)
• Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont, Dutch-born peer (b. 1643)

References

1. Wilde, W. R. (1844–1847). "Memoir of the Dublin Philosophical Society of 1683". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. 3: 160–76. JSTOR 20489545.
2. Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 229.
3. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 415. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.