Free State
The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established
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1916 in Ireland
Explore 34 historical events and records for Ireland in 1916.
Historical records for Ireland in 1916
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January
Independence of Ireland
The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established
April
Lifeboat Escape from Pack Ice
Crean joins the expedition's lifeboat escape after the drifting ice begins breaking apart and the men are forced to seek solid land.
Elephant Island Landing
Crean reaches Elephant Island with the Endurance party, giving the men their first secure landfall after months on drifting ice.
Elephant Island Landing
Shackleton's entire party reaches Elephant Island by lifeboat, gaining solid ground after months living on drifting sea ice.
Declaration of Government
Declaration of Provisional Government of the Irish Republic from the rebel held GPO
Easter Rebellion
24-29 April, during the Easter Rebellion seeks immediate independence for Ireland
Easter Rebellion
Declaration of Provisional Government of the Irish Republic from the rebel held GPO. 24-29 April, the rebellion seeks independence for Ireland
James Caird Rescue Voyage Begins
Crean leaves Elephant Island with Shackleton and four other men aboard James Caird on an open-boat voyage to seek rescue assistance.
James Caird Voyage Begins
Shackleton leaves Elephant Island with five companions in the James Caird to seek rescue assistance from South Georgia.
Provisional Government
Declaration of Provisional Government of the Irish Republic from the rebel held GPO
Siege of Dublin
24-29 April, leads 125 men & captures the Boland mill during the Easter Rebelion
Easter Rebellion
Fights alongside Patrick Pearse and others in the General Post Office. Collins railed against what he perceived as its ham-fisted amateurism, notably the seizure of indefensible and very vulnerable positions such as St Stephens Green that were impossible to escape from and difficult to supply. Collins, like many of the risings participants, is arrested, almost sent to the gallows and winds up at Frongoch internment camp
May
James Caird Reaches South Georgia
Crean and the James Caird crew reach South Georgia after a seventeen-day voyage of more than eight hundred miles across the Southern Ocean.
South Georgia Interior Crossing
Crean crosses the unmapped mountainous interior of South Georgia with Shackleton and Frank Worsley during a continuous journey to Stromness whaling station.
August
Elephant Island Crew Rescued
Shackleton returns aboard the Chilean vessel Yelcho and rescues every member of the party left waiting on Elephant Island.
Elephant Island Rescue
Crean returns with Shackleton aboard the Chilean vessel Yelcho when the remaining Endurance men are finally rescued from Elephant Island.
December
Promotion to Acting Boatswain
Crean is promoted to acting boatswain after returning from the Endurance expedition, advancing to warrant officer status in the Royal Navy.
Other events (month unknown)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Publication of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Arrest of Eamon de Valera
Spared the death penalty because of his US citizenship & receives a life sentence. Arrested for treason, 1916-1917
Death of James Connolly
Executed in Kilmainham jail alongside 13 other leaders of the Easter rebellion
Death of Patrick Pearse
Executed in Kilmainham jail alongside 13 other leaders of the Easter rebellion
Dual Monarchy
Sinn Fein is wrongly blamed by the British for the Easter Rising, with which it had no association, apart from a desire of separation stronger than Home Rule - the leaders of the Rising were certainly looking for more than Dual Monarchy
Easter Rising
British authorities wrongly blamed Sinn Fein for the Easter Rising, although the organization had no involvement.
Easter Rising
Sinn Fein wanted separation beyond Home Rule, while the Rising's leaders sought more than a dual monarchy.
Easter Rising
The term Sinn Fein Rebellion is used by the Irish media, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) and even by a few of those involved in the Easter Rising.
Execution
Executed in Kilmainham jail alongside 13 other leaders of the Easter rebellion
Execution
Executed in Kilmainham jail alongside 13 other leaders of the Easter rebellion
Home Rule
Sinn Fein is wrongly blamed by the British for the Easter Rising, with which it had no association, apart from a desire of separation stronger than Home Rule - the leaders of the Rising were certainly looking for more than Dual Monarchy
Sinn Fein
Surviving leaders of the Rising under Eamon de Valera took over the party. De Valera replaced Griffith as president. Sinn Fein is wrongly blamed by the British for the Easter Rising with which it had no association
Sinn Fein
The term Sinn Fein Rebellion is used by the Irish media, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) and even by a few of those involved in the Easter Rising.
Sinn Fein
apart from a desire of separation stronger than Home Rule - the leaders of the Rising were certainly looking for more than Dual Monarchy
Sinn Fein
Surviving leaders of the Rising under Eamon de Valera took over the party. De Valera replaced Griffith as president
Treason
Arrested for treason, 1916-1917
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