John Hume Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Hume, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

5 records1972–19985 events2 places

Chronological biography

1972

Bloody Sunday30 January 1972

Politics / Northern Ireland Troubles · Civil Rights Leader · Londonderry

Condemns the killings after the Derry march.

1973

Northern Ireland Assembly21 November 1973

Government / Government of Great Britain · Minister of Commerce

Includes former Unionist PM Brian Faulkner as Chief Executive, SDLP leader Gerry Fitt as Deputy Chief Executive & SDLP leader John Hume as Minister for Commerce & alliance leader Oliver Napier

1979

Party Leader1979

Politics / Social Democratic and Labour Party · Party Leader of SDLP

Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party

1998

Accords of Good Friday1998

Politics / Social Democratic and Labour Party · Party Leader of SDLP

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to John Hume and David Trimble, leaders of the largest Catholic and Protestant political parties, an incentive for all sides to ensure that this time the peace would last

Nobel Prize1998

Politics / Social Democratic and Labour Party · Party Leader of SDLP · Oslo

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace

Titles and roles

Civil Rights Leader · Minister of Commerce · Party Leader of SDLP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.