July – A civil action is brought against Owen Coffee, an attorney from
Clonkeen,
County Westmeath by Captain Andrew Armstrong of Castle Armstrong,
King's County, for having employed Armstrong's runaway East Indian slave, Peter Kent, while he was still his property. Armstrong is awarded £100 damages.[2]
Francis Lucas, naval officer and merchant trader (b. c1741).
References
^"College Historical Society". University of Dublin, Trinity College, Central Societies Committee. 2009. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-01.