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Irish Coercion Act

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

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1882

William Ewart Gladstone1882

Government / Liberal Party Government

Establishes the Irish Coercion Act, which permits the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to detain people for as "long as was thought necessary", as there was much rural disturbance in Ireland and Cavendish, the Irish Secretary, was assassinated by Irish terrorists in Dublin

Names involved

William Ewart Gladstone

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