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Events relating to ireland
The armies of James II and William III confront each at the river Boyne, with victory going to William
In the years after the battle of the Boyne, Catholic ownership of land in Ireland is reduced to just 14% of the total
Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith publishes The Vicar of Wakefield, with a hero who has much to complain about but keeps calm
Anglo-Irish politician Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, a blistering attack on recent events across the Channel
Wolfe Tone is one of the founders in Belfast of the Society of United Irishmen
A secret Protestant group, the Orange Society, is formed in Co. Armagh to resist Irish nationalism
Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone sails from France to invade Ireland with a force of 14,000 French soldiers
Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone, convicted of treason for his failed invasion, cuts his throat to cheat the British gallows
The Act of Union comes into effect, linking Ireland with Britain to form the United Kingdom
The uprising by Irish nationalist Robert Emmet ends in disaster when he marches on Dublin with only about 100 men
Robert Peel, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces a police force soon known as the 'Peelers'
Daniel O'Connell organizes Catholic Associations throughout Ireland, funded by the members' penny subscriptions
Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell wins a sensational by-election victory to join the Westminster parliament
Hector Berlioz marries an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, with whom he has been obsessed since seeing her play Ophelia and Juliet in 1827
An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days
Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell pioneers mass political demonstrations, which become known as 'monster meetings'
Daniel O'Connell is convicted of seditious conspiracy and is sentenced to prison
Daniel O'Connell is acquitted on appeal and released from prison
A blight destroys the potato crop in Ireland and causes what becomes known as the Great Famine
The Irish, fleeing from the potato famine at home, become the main group of immigrants to the USA
An Irish branch of the US Fenians is established as the Irish Republican Brotherhood
British prime minister William Gladstone introduces a bill to disestablish the Anglican church in Ireland
Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, founds the Home Rule association
Charles Stewart Parnell takes his seat in the House of Commons at Westminster and immediately adds zest to the campaign for Home Rule
The ancient Irish game of hurling is formalized by the newly founded Irish Hurling Union
