1699 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1699 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

William III

Events

• January 26 - June 14 – the Parliament of Ireland meets and enacts legislation to levy duties on exported woolens; to encourage the construction of parsonages; to oblige landowners to plant and conserve trees; and to prevent Roman Catholics from becoming solicitors.^[1]
• February 1 – the Parliament of England requires the disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.^[1]
• May 4 – the Parliament of England enacts legislation providing for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the administration of forfeited estates in Ireland.^[1]
• A Roman Catholic English language New Testament is probably printed in Dublin at about this date, but all copies appear to have been suppressed.^[2]

Arts and literature

• c. July - August – the Welsh scholar Edward Lhuyd first travels in Ireland.^[1]
• Publication of The Dublin Scuffle: being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London, to Patrick Campbel, bookseller in Dublin.

Births

• September 26 – Charles Macklin, actor and dramatist (d. 1797)
• Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, politician (d. 1771)
• Edward Lovett Pearce, architect (d. 1733)
• Isaac Wayne, tanner (d. 1774 in the Province of Pennsylvania)

Deaths

• April 6 – Sir Richard Nagle, lawyer and politician (b. 1636)
• June 18 – Popham Seymour-Conway, landowner (b. 1675) (result of a drunken duel)
• Michael Hill, politician (b. 1672)
• Dudley Persse, landowner (b. 1625)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.
2. Book: Daniell, David. The Bible in English: its history and influence. registration. David Daniell (author). New Haven. Yale University Press. 2003. 0-300-09930-4. 501.