1775 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1775 in Ireland.
Events
- Henry Flood accepts a seat on the Privy Council of Ireland and becomes vice-treasurer.[1]
- Henry Grattan enters the Parliament of Ireland and becomes leader of the "patriot party".[1]
Arts and literature
- 17 January - Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play, the comedy of manners The Rivals, is premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre, London.
- Robert Jephson's tragedy Braganza is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Births
- 3 March - Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley, politician (died 1854).
- 25 April - William Warren Baldwin, doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and political figure in Upper Canada (died 1844).
- 6 August - Daniel O'Connell, politician, campaigner for Catholic Emancipation and Repeal of the Union (died 1847).
- 30 September - Robert Adrain, scientist and mathematician in America (died 1843).
Full date unknown
- William Thompson, political and philosophical writer and social reformer (died 1833).
Deaths
- 27 April - John Rutty, Quaker physician and naturalist (born c. 1697 in England).
- 31 December - Richard Montgomery, soldier, major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War (born 1738).