The 2nd Earl of Kingston Is Tried Amid Great Pomp by the Irish House of Lords for the Murder of Colonel Henry FitzGerald

The Earl of Clare begins a 3-day visit to Trinity College, Dublin to purge United Irishmen; 19 are expelled

Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehended