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| Date | | | | | 1801 | | Imperial standard hoisted on Dublin Castle. Fever Hospital, Brown-street, opened. Penitentiary for juvenile offenders opened in Smithfield. St. George's Dispensary, Dorset-street, opened. | | | 1802 | | Act passed for the sale of the buildings of the late Parliament House to the Bank of Ireland. Foundation of the House of Recovery, Cork-Street, laid. House of Refuge, Baggot-street, opened. St. George's Church, Temple-street, commenced. King's Inns' buildings in Henrietta-street erected. Ormond bridge and Ringsend bridge swept away by a flood which inundated several parts of the city. Boats plied in Patrick-street. Peace of Amiens proclaimed in Dublin. | | | 1803 | | Insurrection in the city, headed by Robert Emmet, put down the same night it broke out, and several of the leaders executed. Population of Dublin, houses, 15,958 - inhabitants, 109,528 - average of inhabitants to each house,10 5/8. The Charitable Infirmary removed from the Inns-quay to Jervis-street. | | | 1804 | | Alterations in the late Parliament House, for the purpose of adapting it to the use of the Bank of Ireland, commenced. Vaccine Institution opened. Fever Hospital, Cork-street, opened. | | | 1805 | | Population of Dublin, as taken by the Rev. James Whitelaw, 170,094 souls - total area of the city, 1,264 acres. A ct, that the assize of bread should be stationary as in London, passed. Office for registering deeds removed from the Lower Castle yard to the King's Inns-quay. Female Penitentiary in Smithfield founded. Hibernian Bible Society instituted. | | | 1806 | | Foundation stone of the buildings of the College of Surgeons, Stephen's-green, laid. Foundation of the Bedford Asylum, North Great Brunswick-street, for the reception of 1,000 poor children, laid. | | | 1807 | | Foundation of the new Vice-regal Chapel, Dublin Castle, laid. St. Andrew's Church opened for public worship. The Prince of Wales Parkgate packet, and the Rochdale transport, with 300 passengers, wrecked at Dunleary; all souls onboard lost, except the captain and the crews. | | | 1808 | | Foundation stone of Nelson's monument laid. Hospital for the poor of St. Anne's and St. Mark's parishes opened in Mark-street. Bank of Ireland opened in College-green. New police, with jurisdiction over eight miles round Dublin, established. Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital opened. | | | 1809 | | Jubilee for the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of George III celebrated for three days in Dublin. The improvements of Essex-bridge completed. Richmond Institution for the Industrious Blind opened. Meath Loan Society instituted. | | | 1810 | | The spire of St. Werburgh's Church taken down. | |
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