Birth of Charles Stewart Parnell
Birth of Charles Stewart Parnell
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Charles Stewart Parnell Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles Stewart Parnell through 58 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Charles Stewart Parnell, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1846–1886Years on this page
1846
1875
Home Rule
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
Member of Parliament
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
1878
Home Rule Confederation
Appointed President of the Home Rule Confederation
Home Rule
Appointed President of the Home Rule Confederation
1879
Irish National Land League
Elected president of Davitts newly founded Irish National Land League, signing a militant Land League address campaigning for land reform
Irish National Land League
Charles Stewart Parnell leaves for America with John Dillon to raise funds for famine relief and secure support for Home Rule
1880
Coronation
Speaks in sixty-two cities in the USA & Canada, where he was so well received in Toronto, that Healy dubbs him "the uncrowned king of Ireland"
Irish National Land League
Speaks in sixty-two cities in the USA & Canada, where he was so well received in Toronto, that Healy dubbs him "the uncrowned king of Ireland". Has an audience with the American President & addresses the House of Representatives on the state of Ireland
Ennnis Speech
Parnell outlines his "boycotting" strategy in his Ennis speech
Home Rule League
Charles Stewart replaces William Shaw as chairman of the Home Rule League
Home Rule
Charles Stewart replaces William Shaw as chairman of the Home Rule League
Member of Parliament
Sits for the constituency of Cork City from 1880 until 1891
1881
Arrest of Charles Stewart Parnell
Convicted on charge of obstructing the operation of the new land act. Campaigns for Irish tenants not to pay rent, retaliation for outlawing the Land League
Arrest of Charles Stewart Parnell
Arrested for treasonable practices and sent to Kilmainham Gaol; issued No Rent Manifesto
Manifesto
Arrested for treasonable practices and sent to Kilmainham Gaol; issued No Rent Manifesto
Land League
Campaigns for Irish tenants not to pay rent, retaliation for outlawing the Land League
Land League
Campaigns for tennants not to pay rent in retaliation for outlawing the Land League
Strike
Campaigns for tennants not to pay rent in retaliation for outlawing the Land League
1882
Arrest of Charles Stewart Parnell
Kilmainham Treaty between Parnell & the Government, Parnell is released
Home Rule
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL). Combines moderate agrarianism, a Home Rule programme with electoral functions, is hierarchical and autocratic in structure with Parnell wielding immense authority and direct Parliamentary control
Irish National League
Combines moderate agrarianism, a Home Rule programme with electoral functions, is hierarchical and autocratic in structure with Parnell wielding immense authority and direct Parliamentary control
Irish National League
Parnell leaves the day-to-day running of the INL in the hands of his lieutenants Timothy Harrington as Secretary, William OBrien editor of its newspaper United Ireland and Timothy Healy.
Irish National League
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL).
Irish National League
The informal alliance between the new, tightly disciplined INL and the Catholic Church is one of the main factors for the revitalisation of the national Home Rule.
Land League
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL)
Home Rule League
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Home Rule
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Independence of Great Britain
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Independence of Ireland
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Irish Home Rule
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Irish Parliamentary Party
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Rule of Ireland
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
1885
Independence of Great Britain
Advises English constituencies to vote Conservative
Independence of Ireland
Advises English constituencies to vote Conservative
1886
Home Rule
Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill, his object to establish an Irish legislature
Independence of Great Britain
Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill, his object to establish an Irish legislature
Independence of Ireland
Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill, his object to establish an Irish legislature
Irish Home Rule
Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill, his object to establish an Irish legislature
Legislation
Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill, his object to establish an Irish legislature
Records, sources and methodology
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