1760 in Ireland
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- 21–26 February - Battle of Carrickfergus: A force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on 28 February.[1]
- 25 October - George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II.
- A Patriot Party under the leadership of Henry Flood, appears in the Irish House of Representatives.[2]
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Deaths
- 26 March - Margaret Woffington, actress (b. c1720).
- 23 September - Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, politician.
- 25 October - George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland; Elector of Hanover; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1683)
Full date unknown
- Patrick Cotter O'Brien, known as the Bristol Giant and the Irish Giant (d.1806).
References
- ^ Rodger, N. A. M. (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815. London: Penguin Books; National Maritime Museum. p. 283. ISBN 0-14-102690-1.
- ^ Ireland 1760 - 1789.
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