1699_in_Ireland Knowpia

Centuries:	15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th;
Decades:	1670s; 1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s;
See also:	Other events of 1699 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1699 in Ireland.

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January 26–June 14 – the Parliament of Ireland meets and enacts legislation to levy duties on exported woolens; to encourage the construction of parsonages; to oblige landowners to plant and conserve trees; and to prevent Roman Catholics from becoming solicitors.^[1]
February 1 – the Parliament of England requires the disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.^[1]
May 4 – the Parliament of England enacts legislation providing for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the administration of forfeited estates in Ireland.^[1]
A Roman Catholic English language New Testament is probably printed in Dublin at about this date, but all copies appear to have been suppressed.^[2]

c. July–August – the Welsh scholar Edward Lhuyd first travels in Ireland.^[1]
Publication of The Dublin Scuffle: being a challenge sent by John Dunton, citizen of London, to Patrick Campbel, bookseller in Dublin.

Charles Macklin by John Opie

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
^ Daniell, David (2003). The Bible in English: its history and influence. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN 0-300-09930-4.