In the wake of the flight of the Earls, the lands and titles left behind were confiscated by the English crown, which accelerated the process of English colonisation over the next century.
The violence grew to involve around 1,000 people on both sides who also broke into houses and destroyed property.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York.
Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
The Battle of the Bogside began in Derry, Northern Ireland, marking one of the first major conflicts of The Troubles.
Irish soldiers serving in the British Army led the first recorded Saint Patrick’s Day parade which, due to the high number of Irish immigrants in New York, quickly became an annual tradition.
The early introduction of three of the six new coins, together with an extensive publicity campaign, contributed greatly to the smoothness of Decimal Day when it finally came about in 1971.
The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.
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