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Independence of Great Britain

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

4Records
1867–1885Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1867

William Ewart Gladstone13 December 1867

Clerkenwell · Politics / Liberal Party

The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths

William Ewart Gladstone15 December 1867

Clerkenwell · Politics / Liberal Party

Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble

1868

William Ewart Gladstone1868

Politics / Liberal Party

Gladstone claims his policy is to "pacify Ireland"

1885

William Ewart Gladstone17 December 1885

London · Politics / Liberal Party

Newspapers quote Herbert Gladstone about his fathers conversion to Irish home rule

Names involved

William Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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