Bloody Sunday
Condemns the killings after the Derry march.
Role range: 1969-1998 – 1972-1972
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John Hume Biography and Timeline
Follow John Hume through 5 dated historical records for Great Britain.
John Hume, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1972–1998Years on this page
1972
1973
Northern Ireland Assembly
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 Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
Role range: 1979-2001
1998
Accords of Good Friday
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
Role range: 1979-2001
Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace
Role range: 1979-2001
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.