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Ireland

Events in Irish History

DATE

EVENT

1171	England first invades Ireland under English king Henry II.
1607	Beginning of the Ulster Plantation under English king James I.
1800	Act of Union is passed, uniting Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1845-1850	Irish Famine causes Irish population to decrease by 2 million due to death and emigration.
1912	Irish Revolution against British rule begins.
1914	The Irish Home Rule Bill, which grants an independent parliament to Ireland, passes, though enactment is delayed until 1920.
1916	Easter Rebellion in Dublin, in which Irish nationalist forces take control of the city before being forced to surrender by British troops (April 24-April 29).
1919-1921	Irish War of Independence between Irish nationalists and British forces.
1920	Government of Ireland Act establishes six of the nine counties of Ulster as the province of Northern Ireland and grants independent parliaments to both Ireland and Northern Ireland.
1921	Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, which ends the Irish War of Independence and grants limited freedom to Ireland (December 6).
1922	The Irish Free State is established, ending the Irish Revolution (December 6).
1922-1923	Irish Civil War between the Free State government and Irish nationalists opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
1937	Eire (formerly Irish Free State) becomes an independent member of the British Commonwealth.
1949	The Republic of Ireland becomes an independent state, separate from the British Commonwealth.
1969-1972	Terrorist activity increases in Northern Ireland.
1971	Internment (imprisonment without trial) is introduced in Northern Ireland to combat terrorism.
1972	"Bloody Sunday" - British troops shoot and kill 13 unarmed protesters in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland (January 30).
1972	"Bloody Friday" - IRA detonates a number of bombs in Belfast, killing nine civilians (July 21).
1972	The parliament of Northern Ireland is suspended and the British impose direct rule over the province.
1976	Two women from Belfast, Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to reconcile religious communities in Northern Ireland.
1980-1981	IRA prisoners stage hunger strikes; ten die.
1993	Downing Street Declaration, which establishes a framework for peace negotiations, is issued by British and Irish prime ministers
1994	IRA calls unconditional cease-fire (August 31).
1996	IRA ends cease-fire by bombing London's Docklands district, injuring over 100 (February 9).
1996	Peace negotiations begin in Belfast (June 10). Sinn Fein (the political arm of the IRA) is barred from the negotiations, resulting in limited progress.
1997	IRA renews cease-fire (July 20); Sinn Fein joins peace negotiations (September 15).
1998	Historic Northern Ireland peace agreement reached (April 10). Accord is ratified by large majorities in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (May 22).