- 1812 in Ireland
Events
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1 October - James Sadler, an English balloonist, started a balloon flight from Belvedere House nearMullingar in an attempt to cross theIrish Sea . He failed and almost drowned as a result.Births
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14 May -Charles William Russell ,Roman Catholic clergyman andscholar (d.1880).
*19 May -Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl , peer (d.1871).
*29 May -Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan ,Lord Chancellor of Ireland (d.1885).
*5 July -Frederick Edward Maning , writer and judge inNew Zealand (d.1883).
*12 July -C. P. Meehan , priest, poet and writer (d.1890).
*4 November -James Alipius Goold ,Roman Catholic Bishop andArchbishop ofMelbourne (d.1886).Full date unknown
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George James Allman , naturalist, Emeritus Professor of Natural History inEdinburgh (d.1898).
*David Moriarty , Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry (d.1877).Deaths
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25 April -Edmond Malone , Shakespeare scholar and literary critic (b.1741).
*22 June -Richard Kirwan , scientist (b.1733).
*27 August -John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere , soldier and politician (b.1732).Full date unknown
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Robert Owenson , actor and author (b.1744).
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