September 19, 1757Having been funded by a bequest from Jonathan Swift, St Patricks Hospital for the insane, Dublin, is opened
October 28, 1758Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and former MP for Dunleer, drowns with his son Edward
October 26, 1760George III crowned, beginning a 60 year reign, one of the longest in British history.
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