1694 in Ireland

1694 in Ireland

Events

Arts and Literature

*Jonathan Swift appointed to the prebend of Kilroot, near Carrickfergus in County Antrim (until 1696).

Births

*8 August - Francis Hutcheson, theologian and philosopher (d.1746).
*5 November - Sir Robert Blackwood, 1st Baronet (d.1774).
*28 December - Mary II of England, (b. 1662)

Deaths


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