- 1803 in Ireland
Events
*Rise of Irish Republicanism. Rebellion in
Dublin led byRobert Emmet .Births
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2 March -Mary Frances Clarke , founder of theSisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d.1887).
*29 April -Paul Cardinal Cullen , Cardinal and CatholicPrimate of Ireland (d.1878).
*1 May -James Clarence Mangan , poet (d.1849).
*May -Francis Kelly , surveyor, business agent, farmer, and politician inCanada (d.1879).Full date unknown
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Gerald Griffin , novelist, poet and playwright (d.1840).
*John Kinder Labatt , brewer inCanada (d.1866).Deaths
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23 January -Arthur Guinness , brewer and founder of theGuinness Brewery business and family (b.1725).
*21 February -Edward Marcus Despard , British colonel turned revolutionary, executed forHigh Treason (b.1751).
*11 July - Thomas Hussey,diplomat ,chaplain , and Bishop of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (b.1746).
*24 August -James Napper Tandy , rebel leader (b.1740).
*29 August -Samuel Neilson , one of the founder members of theSociety of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the "Northern Star" (b.1761).
*20 September -Robert Emmet , nationalist, led abortive rebellion against British rule and was captured, tried and executed (b.1778).
*21 October - Thomas Russell, co-founder and leader of theUnited Irishmen , executed for his part in Robert Emmet's rebellion (b.1767).
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