January 26, 1799
Thomas Charles Wright, officer in Bolivars army, is born in Drogheda, Co. Louth
Ireland
homas Charles Wright (1799–1868) was an Irish-born naval admiral. He was the founding-father of the Ecuadorian Navy, and a general in Simón Bolívar’s army. He is regarded as a leading militarist in Ecuador’s and other South American countries’ struggle for independence