William Conolly Resigns as Speaker

Death of dramatist, essayist and publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner who founded The Tatler and The Spectator

Samuel Boyse, MP for Bannow, dies as a result of a duel at the age of 33

William Conolly resigns as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons on grounds of ill health. Sir Ralph Gore is elected unanimously in his place