Ireland

countries: Ireland

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Malt Riots, Glasgow, against higher taxes imposed on Scottish malt.

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The Black Watch regiment was commissioned under General Wade to police the Highlands.

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The first number of Faulkners Dublin Journal is published

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Birth of John Smeaton, civil engineer and lighthouse builder.

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In the guise of an Irish Patriot , M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier Letter III - one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage

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Duncan Bain Macintyre, Scottish Gaelic poet, born

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Adam Ferguson, philosopher, historian, Father of Sociology born Logierait, Perthshire.

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Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations born Kirkcaldy.

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Mervyn Archdall, antiquary, is born in Dublin

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