Timeline - list

This is a list of 'Timeline' events I occasionally add to individuals. Some are examples from a magazine which I have yet to use. I can add some more if you think they are important. They are events which were 'significant' in someone's lifetime.(ORA Compatible)

From	To	Location	Description	Note
1169	1171	Ireland	Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland, prompted by Diarmaid macMurchadha King of Leinster. Normans commence plantation of it's key supporters.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland
1171		Ireland	English King Henry II invades Ireland to control Norman and Irish population. Welcomed to halt Norman expansion but English plantations then commmence.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland
28Jun1491	28Jan1547	England	Henry VIII is King and triggers centuries of religious persecution to obtain a divorce	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
1492		America	Christopher Columbus re-discovers America	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
18Feb1516	17Nov1558	Ireland	Mary is Queen and promotes bloody Catholic persecutions of protestants	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England
7Sep1533	24Mar1603	England	Elizabeth I is Queen and promotes British acquisitions by any means	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I
1550	1620	Ireland	Plantations of Ireland: Tudor and Stuart monarchs commence campaign of subjugation of Irish people by the plantation of loyal English subjects. Begins with Munster and ends with Ulster in 1606.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland
1556		Ireland	First plantations took place in Laois and Offaly under Catholic Queen Mary Tudor. Laois became Queen's County after Mary and Offaly King's County after husband Phillip II of Spain. Heavily resisted by native Irish who lose 2/3rds of land to English.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland
1565		America	St Augustine established as first permanent settlement	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida
1 Jan 1578		Mullaghmast, Ballitore, Kildare, Ireland	Rath of Mullaghmast Massacre where the Seven Septs of Laois, including O'Dowlings were lured by parley to slaughter by English	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Mullaghmast
1579		Ireland	Munster Rebellion	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_rebellion
1580		Ireland	Second plantations in Munster followed the seizure of Catholic Earl of Desmond's property in Munster.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland
1586		Ireland	English landlords 'Undertakers' agreed to bring over English customs, Protestantism and loyalty to the Queen. Plantation failed by 1600 as land was ruined in war to take it and constant Irish attacks.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland
1598		Ireland	Hugh O'Neill sent an army to Munster under Owney O'More joined by dispossessed Irish and Old English. Widespread killings and castles and crops burned.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_O%27Neill,_Earl_of_Tyrone
1603	1625	Ireland	Third plantations in Ulster under James 1.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster
1607		North America	Jamestown settlement founded by John Smith	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement
1609	1774	North America	American Indian Wars (Colonial Period) where immigrants to North America supress and eradicate indigenous tribes	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#Colonial_periods_(1609%E2%80%931774)
1620		North America	Mayflower lands at Plymouth	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower
1Oct1641	30Apr1653	Ireland	Irish Confederate Wars (Eleven Years' War): Irish Catholics try to seize the English administration to force British Commonwealth into concessions for Catholics. Terminated by Oliver Cromwell's brutal invasion.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars
23Oct1641	31May1642	Ireland	Irish Rebellion of 1641 or the Irish Confederate Wars (Eleven Year's War) part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641
22Aug1642	3Sep1651	England	English Civil War: series of wars between the British monarchy and parliamentary forces over which arogant 'elites' should govern the country. Parlimentary victory for Cromwell led to beheading of King Charles I and significant dispowering of future British monarchs.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War#The_King's_rule
1649	1652	Ireland	Cromwellian Invasion: Troops commanded by Oliver Cromwell arrive in Ireland to seize lands of Charles I loyalists and Irish lords. Lands then granted for settlement to Cromwell supporters.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland
1689	1691	Ireland	Williamite War: England's King James II deposed after conflict with William of Orange ending in Jacobean defeat in 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne and Battle of Aughrim in 1691. Dutch William and wife Mary become monarchs of the United Kingdom.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland
1754		North America	French and Indian War starts between Britain and France, both ally with Native tribes	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War
1775	1842	USA	American Indian Wars (East of Mississippi) where immigrants to North America supress and eradicate indigenous tribes	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#East_of_the_Mississippi_(1775%E2%80%931842)
1778		Ireland	'The Volunteer' militias raised originally to guard against invasion as British troops were fighting revolution in America. Some militias successfully pressured Westminster to allow Dublin government	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Volunteers_(18th_century)
10Feb1763		North America	French and Indian War ends with Britain gaining most of North American territory from France	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War
19apr1775		North America	American Revolutionary War starts over taxation without representation	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
3Sep1783		USA	American Revolutionary War of Independence ends with Peace of Paris Treaty	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
1796		Ireland	Irish Flax Growers awarded looms to encourage production. Lists published.	http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Flax_growers.htm#:~:text=T%20he%20Flax%20Growers%20Bounty%20List%20is%20also,growers%20who%20were%20given%20incentives%20for%20growing%20flax.
1798		Ireland	Irish Rebellion by United Irishmen defeated	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798
1807		United Kingdom	Britain outlawed its involvement in the international slave trade	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807
1800		Ireland	Acts of Union: Irish parliament is dissolved and Ireland becomes part of the United Kingdom ruled from Westminster.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800
1807	1814	United Kingdom	The Peninsular War, seven years of fighting Napoleon	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War
1811	1924	USA	American Indian Wars (West of Mississippi) where immigrants to North America supress and eradicate indigenous tribes	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#West_of_the_Mississippi_(1811%E2%80%931924)
18Jun1812	16Feb1815	USA	War of 1812, conflict between USA and the British Empire largely over naval impressment, ending in Treaty of Ghent	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
1823	1837	Ireland	Tithe Applotment Books (to pay tax to Protestant church) leading to Tithe War (1830-36)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe_War
1837		England & Wales	Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#United_Kingdom
1838	1857	England & Wales	Chartist mass call for anti-corruption reforms to representation fail for working people largely due to adherence to legal protest methods, but establishes that superficially democratic governments cling to power regardless of the views of its people	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism
1841		England & Wales	The first census was taken in June	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_census
1845	1852	Ireland	'The Starvation' - Irish Famine; Due to potato crop failure and Westminster mismanagement of exports and crisis, 1 to 1.5 million people die, another million become refugees in UK, USA & Australia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)
1848	1864	Ireland	Griffith's Valuation of Ireland surveys landholdings	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith%27s_Valuation
1855		Scotland	Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#United_Kingdom
12Apr1861		USA	American Civil War starts due to conflict between State and National authority over many issues, predominantly, slavery	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
1864		Ireland	Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration#United_Kingdom
9May1865		USA	American Civil War ends with abolition of slavery and dissolution of confederacy	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
6Dec1865		USA	Abolition of slavery by 13th Amendment.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_slavery_in_the_United_States_of_America
1870		England & Wales	Forster's Education Act introduced elementary education for 5 to 13-year-old children	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_Education_Act_1870
20 Dec 1880	23 Mar 1881	South African	First Anglo-Boer War between the United Kingdom and the Boers. Resulting in Boer victory and UK recognition of South African Republic.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War
1882		England & Wales	Building on the Act of 1870, this Married Women's Property Act aimed to protect wives' rights to retain their own property	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_Women%27s_Property_Act_1882
1889		Argentina	Dresden Affair ends mass migration from Ireland to Argentia (1870-1880) as many die on ship SS Dresden and on arrival in Naposta, Bahia Blanca, Argentina due to attrocious conditions	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Argentine#The_Dresden_Affair
1892		USA	Ellis Island Immigration Station opens in New York. The first person through the gate was 15-year-old Irish girl Annie Moore	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
11 Oct 1899	31-May-02	South Africa	Second Anglo-Boer War between United Kingdom and Boers. Resulting in British victory and the establishment of the Orange Free State.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War
1906		England & Wales	The Haldane Reforms began overhauling the way that the British Army was organised	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldane_Reforms
28Jul1914		Europe	World War 1 starts, following the assassination at Sarajevo, with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
17Feb1915		Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey	Gallipoli Campaign starts - a bloody and costly defeat for allied forces against the Ottoman Empire	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign
09Jan1916		Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey	Gallipoli Campaign ends - a bloody and costly defeat for allied forces against the Ottoman Empire	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign
24Apr1916	29Apr1916	Ireland	Easter Rising or Easter Rebellion armed skirmishes by Irish Republicans against British rule. Resulting in 485 deaths, an unconditional surrender of rebel forces and 16 execution of rebel leaders.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising
01Nov1918		World	World War 1 ends with millions dead and armistice in Germany	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
21Jan1919	11Jul1921	Ireland	Irish War of Independence; setting-up of the Irish parliament called the Dail Eireann promotes armed resistance to British rule and leads to the partition of Ireland and creation of the Irish Free State.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence
06Dec1922		Ireland	Irish Free State established until 29 Dec1937 (effectively independent but remaining a British Dominion)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State
1928		United Kingdom	Equal Franchise Act meant that women acquired the same voting rights as men. All people over the age of 21 were eligible to vote in the UK	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Equal_Franchise)_Act_1928
29Dec1937		Ireland	Irish Free State abolished and becomes 'Eire' - an effective Republic as allegiances, political and law-making ties with the United Kingdom are terminated.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland
01Sep1939		Europe	World War 2 starts with German invasion of Poland	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
02Sep1945		World	World War 2 ends armistice in Japan (VJ Day)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
19Nov1945		Germany	The Nuremberg Trials begin	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials
15Aug1947		India	Independence from British rule	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement
18Apr1949		Ireland	Britain finally officially declares Ireland (the southern 26 counties) a Republic and Ireland is removed from the British Commonwealth.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland
25Jun1950		Korea	Korean War starts	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
27Jul1953		Korea	Korean War ends	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
01Nov1955		Vietnam	Vietnam War starts	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
1970		England & Wales	The age of voting eligibility was dropped to 18 years of age for men and women	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age#United_Kingdom
1970		World	Climate Crisis threat to life on earth largely ignored by human race	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_crisis
30Apr1975		Vietnam	Vietnam War ends	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
1989		World	Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee
1991		World	The 'Cold War' Ends	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
2007		World	Smartphones are on the rise with the launch of the first iPhone	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
31Dec2019		World	Coronavirus Covid 19 pandemic kills over 6,019,085 people (at 10 Mar 2022) worldwide and exposes great strengths in healthcare personnel and political inadequacies amounting in many countries to criminal neglect and/or gross incompetence.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country
24Feb2022		Ukraine	Russia's fascist dictator, Vladimir Putin, launches large-scale unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, slaughtering innocent civilians and displacing millions of people to grab territory. The War is notable for potentially triggering World War 3, and for the Russian government's intransigent, labour intensive and pernicious maintenance of a completely false narrative both internally and externally.	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
28Feb2022		World	United Nations climate report declares that research shows for many aspects of man-made climate deterioration the effects are already irresversible.	https://phys.org/news/2022-02-climate-atlas-human-worse-bigger.html#:~:text=The%20United%20Nations%20on%20Monday%2C%20Feb.%2028%2C%202022%2C,to%20die%20from%20extreme%20weather%2C%20the%20report%20says.