| 1870 | May 19 | Home Rule movement formed by Isaac Butt. |
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| Aug 1 | Gladstone’s first Irish Land act. |
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| Sept 1 | First meeting of the Home Government Association. |
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| 1871 | Apr 2 | Census taken: population recorded as 5,412,377. |
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| 1872 | Jul 18 | Ballot Act established secrecy in voting. |
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| 1873 | Jan 8 | Formation of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain. |
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| Mar 12 | Defeat of Gladstone’s Irish University Bill. |
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| Nov 18 | Formation of the Home Rule League (Dublin). |
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| 1874 | Feb | General election: 60 Home Rulers returned. |
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| Mar 3 | Home Rule parliamentary party created. |
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| Jul 30 | Obstruction campaign begins in parliament. |
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| 1875 | Apr 22 | Charles Stewart Parnell enters the House of Commons (MP for Meath). |
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| 1876 | Aug 20 | IRB Supreme Council withdraws support from the Home Rule movement. |
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| 1877 | Jul 31 | Acceleration of obstructionist strategy by militant Home Rule MPs. |
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| Aug 28 | Charles Stewart Parnell elected President of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain. |
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| 1878 | Oct 24 | John Devoy (Clan na Gael) proposes a ‘New Departure’ to the Parnellites. |
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| 1879 | Apr 20 | Launch of the land agitation at Irishtown, Co. Mayo. |
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| May 5 | Death of Isaac Butt, founder of the Home Rule movement. |
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| Aug 16 | National Land League of Mayo formed. |
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| Oct 21 | Irish National Land League formed. |
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| 1880 | Mar | General election, United Kingdom. |
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| May 17 | Parnell elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party. |
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| Sept 19 | Parnell launches the boycott campaign against those defying the Land League. |
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| 1881 | Jan 31 | Ladies’ Land League launched in Ireland. |
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| Apr 3 | Census taken: population recorded as 5,174,836. |
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| Aug 22 | Gladstone’s second land act: legislation of the ‘three Fs’. |
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| Sept 15 | Parnell advises Land League to test the new act. |
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| Oct 13 | Arrest of Parnell. |
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| 18 | Land League leaders’ ‘no rent’ manifesto. |
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| 20 | Proscription of the Land League. |
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| 1882 | May 2 | Parnell released after the Kilmainham ‘treaty’ with Gladstone. |
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| 6 | Lord Frederick Cavendish and T. H. Burke are assassinated in the Phoenix Park. |
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| Oct 17 | Irish National League formed. |
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| 1883 | Dec 11 | Parnell National Tribute handed over (£38,000 raised). |
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| 1884 | Oct 1 | Agreement between the Catholic hierarchy and the Irish Party over the representation of Catholic educational claims. |
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| Dec 6 | Representation of the People Act: Irish electorate increased from 224,000 to 738,000. |
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| 1885 | Jan 21 | Parnell’s ‘ne plus ultra’ speech. |
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| May 1 | Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union founded. |
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| Jun 25 | Redistribution of Seats Act reforms constituency divisions. |
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| Aug 14 | Ashbourne Act: land purchase extended. |
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| Nov 24 | General election: Liberal victory, with Parnellites holding 86 seats. |
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| Dec 17 | Reports of Gladstone’s conversion to Home Rule published. |
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| 1886 | Apr 8 | Introduction of the First Home Rule Bill. |
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| Jun 8 | Defeat of Gladstone’s Home Rule Bill. |
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| Jul 1 | General election: Conservative victory. |
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