Battle of Fontenoy, the Irish Brigade of the French Army Under Lieutenant Charles O'Brien Repulses the British and Wins the Day

May 11, 1745

Ireland

John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl

Count Daniel O'Connell, a soldier in French and British services, is born in Derrynane, Co. Kerry