Historical place archive

Dublin in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Dublin in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

34 records28 event labels18 people1729โ€“2024

Historical events in Dublin

1729

11 January 1729
Birth of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke ยท Social Science

Birth of Edmund Burke

1788

1788
Aide-de-Campe
Arthur Wellesley ยท Military

Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy

1806

10 April 1806
Marriage
Arthur Wellesley ยท Military

Marries Kitty Pakenham, St George's Church, Dublin, Ireland

1807

3 April 1807
Chief Secretary
Arthur Wellesley ยท Whig Party Government

Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland

1875

1875
Election
Edward Gibson ยท Conservative Party

Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University

1877

1877
Attorney General
Edward Gibson ยท Conservative Party Government

Appointed Attorney General for Ireland

1882

6 May 1882
Death of Lord Frederick Cavendish
Frederick Charles Cavendish ยท Liberal Party Government

Irish National Invincibles kill Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke.

6 May 1882
Phoenix Park Assassination
Frederick Charles Cavendish ยท Liberal Party Government

Is murdered in Phoenix Park on the day he reaches Dublin.

1887

18 April 1887
Plot
Charles Stewart Parnell ยท Irish Party

Parnell says the Times letter linking him to the Phoenix Park murders is a forgery. Accused by the British newspaper The Times of support for the brutal murders in May 1882 of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Cavendish and the Under Secretary Burke in Dublins Phoenix Park

1888

13 August 1888
Plot
Charles Stewart Parnell ยท Irish Party

A commission investigates Parnells involvement in the Phoenix Park murders

1890

1890
Plot
Charles Stewart Parnell ยท Irish Party

The letter in the Times condeming Parnell is judged to be a forgery by Richard Pigott. Cleared of the Phoenix Park murders

1900

1900
Visit to Dublin
Victoria ยท Conservative Party Government

Visits Dublin for the 1st time in 40 years. Lifts the ban on wearing green & supports St Patricks Day parades

1912

22 March 1912
Birth of Wilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell ยท Drama

Birth of Wilfrid Brambell

1916

April 1916
Easter Rising Begins
Henry Herbert Asquith ยท Coalition Government

The Easter Rebellion breaks out in Dublin.

April 1916
Reballion of Easter
Henry Herbert Asquith ยท Coalition Government

The Easter Rebellion breaks out in Dublin

24 April 1916
Arrest of Roger Casement
Roger Casement ยท World War, 1st

Returns to Ireland with a brigade of German POWs in a German submarine

1 May 1916
Reballion of of the Easter
John Maxwell ยท Coalition Government

Crushes the last remnants of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin

1 May 1916
Reballion of of the Easter
John Maxwell ยท Military

Takes the surrender of the last of the rebels, over 1,000 prisoners have been taken. Crushes the last remnants of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin

1919

21 January 1919
Constitution of Great Britain
David Lloyd George ยท Civil War

The Sinn Fein decalre the foundation of the Irish Republic

December 1919
Constitution of Great Britain
David Lloyd George ยท Civil War

A new Home Rule Bill proposes Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & an all Irish Council

December 1919
Home Rule
David Lloyd George ยท Government of Great Britain

A new Home Rule Bill proposes Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & an all Irish Council

December 1919
Home Rule
David Lloyd George ยท Civil War

A new Home Rule Bill proposes Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & an all Irish Council

December 1919
Legislation
David Lloyd George ยท Government of Great Britain

A new Home Rule Bill proposes Parliaments in Dublin & Belfast & an all Irish Council

1922

14 April 1922
Reballion of Irish Republic
David Lloyd George ยท Military

Irish Republic rebels occupy 4 Government courts in Dublin

28 June 1922
Reballion of Rebels in Dublin
David Lloyd George ยท Military

The Irish Government attacks the Republicans who surrender 3 days later. Civil war continues for a year

1974

17 May 1974
Bombing of Dublin
Edward Richard George Heath ยท Conservative Party Government

Protestant car bombs in Dublin kill 22

1975

March 1975
Meeting
Harold Wilson ยท European Economic Community (EEC)

A "financial mechanism" is agreed to prevent Britain from paying the EC too much

11 March 1975
Renegotiation Results
Harold Wilson ยท Labour Party Government

Reports renegotiated European Community terms before the membership referendum.

1980

8 December 1980
Summit Meeting at Dublin
Margaret Hilda Thatcher ยท Conservative Party Government

Attends the Anglo-Irish summit in Dublin

1988

1988
Manager
John "Jack" Charlton ยท Football

Appointed Manager of the Ireland national team

1994

1994
Manager
John "Jack" Charlton ยท Football

Charlton is awarded the freedom of the city of Dublin in 1994 by Lord Mayor Tomย s Mac Giolla

1998

11 May 1998
Accords of Good Friday
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair ยท Labour Party Government

A Sinn Fein conference approves the Good Friday Accord

2004

2004
Black Hole Information Revision
Stephen William Hawking ยท Physics

Announces a revised position on the black hole information problem, arguing that quantum information need not be permanently lost.

2024

7 September 2024
UK-Ireland Reset Summit
Keir Starmer ยท Labour Party Government

Starmer and Taoiseach Simon Harris begin a programme of renewed bilateral cooperation.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Dublin. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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