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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]
1760. February 22 – Anna Magdalena Bach, accomplished German singer, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1701) April 3 – John Rous, Royal Navy officer during King George's War and the Seven Years' War (b. 1702) April 6 – Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (b. 1713) April 10 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
February 21 – 26 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland – 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 February 28. [2]
Ireland - 17th/18th Centuries, Culture, Economy: Although the late 16th century was marked by the destruction of Gaelic civilization in the upper levels of society, it was preserved among the ordinary people of the northwest, west, and southwest, who continued to speak Irish and who maintained a way of life remote from that of the new landlord class.
Ireland portal. History portal. Geography portal. This category is for topics specifically related to the decade 1760s in Ireland. 1710s. 1720s. 1730s. 1740s. 1750s.
1780s/90s. conflict between Protestant Peep O'Day Boys and Catholic Defenders. 1791. Society of United Irishmen founded by Theobald Wolfe Tone and others in Belfast for religious equality and radical reform. 1792. Catholic Relief Act removes restrictions on Roman Catholics in education, marriage and the professions they could follow.
Ireland 1760-1789. This page has been translated into Polish by Alice Slaba and may be found here. From about 1760 a Patriot Party, led by Henry Flood, appeared in the Irish House of Representatives. The Patriot Party advocated reforms, and won a great deal of popular support. To reassert English authority, George III ordered the Lord ...
