1714 in Ireland
List of events
Events from the year
1714 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
: Anne (until 1 August), then
George I
Events
1 August
George I
becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of Anne.
Former
Governor of Londonderry
and hero of the
siege of Derry
, Colonel
John Mitchelburne
, hoists the Crimson Flag on the steeple of
St Columb's Cathedral
to celebrate the
Relief of Derry
in 1689 and forms the first club known as the
Apprentice Boys of Derry
.
Charles Spencer
is appointed as British
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
.
Esther Vanhomrigh
pursues
Jonathan Swift
to Ireland.
First definitely known Dublin printing of the
King James Version
of the
Bible
.
[1]
Births
John Clegg
, violinist (d. c.1746?)
Deaths
5 July
–
Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet
, politician (b. 1654)
1 August
–
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
(b. 1665)
References
^
Daniell, David
(2003).
The Bible in English: its history and influence
. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN
0-300-09930-4
.