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Father James Coigly is executed by hanging at Pennington Heath.
Father James Coigly, a Catholic priest and prominent member of the United Irishmen, is executed by hanging at Pennington Heath, England, in 1798. He had been arrested in Margate while preparing to embark for France, where he intended to secure French military support for an Irish uprising.
Sir Philip Crampon, surgeon, is born in Dublin
Sir Philip Crampton, 1st Baronet, FRS (7 June 1777 – 10 June 1858) was an eminent Irish surgeon and anatomist. He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1811, 1820, 1844 and 1855.
Francis Flood, grandfather of Henry Flood, is expelled from the House of Commons
Francis Flood, grandfather of the later prominent statesman Henry Flood, is expelled from the Irish House of Commons for abuses committed against Agmondisham Cuffe, MP, as well as Cuffe’s tenants and others in County Kilkenny.
Robert the Bruce of Scotland, died.
Robert I, (Roibert a Briuis in medieval Gaelic, Raibeart Bruis in modern Scottish Gaelic and Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys in Norman French), usually known in modern English today as Robert the Bruce (11 July 1274 ? 7 June 1329), was King of Scotland (1306 ? 1329).