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John Ponsonby is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament

John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl

Thomas St Lawrence, 13th Baron of Howth, receives £215 14s 1 1-2d for the expense he incurs in building a quay at Howth for landing coals for the lighthouse

Philosopher David Hume born.