Permanent historical factsheet

Independence of Ireland

Great Britain · Government / Coalition Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1916–1922Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1916

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st1916

Government / Coalition Government

The Government calls a truce & leaves the Republicans in control of much of the South

1921

Austen Chamberlain1921

London · Government / Coalition Government

Urges the creation of the Irish Free State

1922

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st1922

Government / Coalition Government

The Irish Free State will become part of the Commonwealth & be sovereign. The Irish agree the King should be Head of State

Names involved

Austen ChamberlainDavid Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st

Provenance

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