1788 in Ireland

1788 in Ireland

Events

*Belfast Reading Society is established in Belfast, later to become the Linen Hall Library.

Births

*12 September - Alexander Campbell, religious leader in Britain and the United States (d.1866).
*14 October - Edward Sabine, astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer (d.1883).

Deaths

*5 March - Guy Johnson, military officer and diplomat (b. c1740).
*9 June - Hector Theophilus de Cramahé, Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Quebec, and Lieutenant Governor of Detroit (b.1720).


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