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Date	Irish Historical Event	US American Event	Canadian Event	Australian Event
8000 BC	Arrival of first settlers
100	Arrival of the Gaels

432 AD	Arrival of St. Patrick

7th - 8th centuries AD	Golden Age - Book of Durrow, Book of Kells, Ardagh Chalice

795	First Norsemen / Vikings arrive
1014	Brian Boru is victorious over the Norsemen ad the Battle of Clontarf, but is killed after the battle.
1170	Strongbow arrived in Ireland. Becomes King of Leinster in 1171

1492		Columbus sights land in modern day Bahamas.
1494		Treaty of Tordesillas divides New World between Spain and Portugal
1497		John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America
1562	Elizabethan wars in Ireland begin
1595	Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone rebels
1598	Victory for O'Neill at Yellow Ford in Ulster

1601	O'Neill and O'Donnell defeated at battle of Kinsale
1603	James 1 ascends the British thrown. Hugh O'Neill surrenders
1607	Flight of the Earls	Jamestown founded
1620		Plymouth colony founded
1623				Dutch explorer Jan Carstensz maps & names main features of western coast
1649	Arrival of Cromwell
1681		Pennsylvania established
1689	Siege of Derry
1690	James II defeated by William Of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne
1691	Surrender of the Catholics at Limerick
1692		Witch trials in Salem

1770				Cook lands at Botany bay
1776		Declaration of Independence		Captain Cook lands at Botany Bay for the second time and claims the east coast for the UK
1777		Valley Forge. British surrender at Saratoga
1782	Legislative independence for Irish Parliament
1783		Treaty of Paris recognizes American independence
1789		Washington becomes first president		First wheat harvested at Rose Hill (Parramatta) near Sydney
1796	United Irishmen lay plans for rebellion	Adams defeats Jefferson in first contested presidential election		Merino sheep introduced into NSW
1798	Sporadic rebellion in midlands, Wexford and Wicklow. Death of Wolfe Tone.	XYZ Affair Alien and Sedition Acts Virginia and Kentucky resolutions		Bass discoveres Bass the Straight and Western Port Bay (Victoria)

1800	Act of Union passed. Takes effect on January 1st 1801	Jefferson defeats Adams and Burr for president		Mathew Flinders begins exploration in the Investigator
1803	Robert Emmets trial and execution following rising	Louisiana Purchase		Matthew Flinders completes circumnavigation of Australia
1812		Congress declares war on Britain		First exploration of the Illawarra district, south of Sydney, by George Evans
1823	Daniel O'Connell founds the Catholic Association			New South Wales granted the first constitutional charter by British law
1829	Catholic Emancipation act passed	Jackson inaugurated as "People's President"		Colony of Western Australia established
1837	Queen Victoria ascends the British thrown	Horace Mann becomes secretary of Massachusetts Board of Education Elijah Lovejoy killed by anti-abolitionist mob in Illinois		Charles Darwin surveys north west coast in HMS Beagle
1842	The Nation newspaper is founded
1845	Potato blight strikes. The Famine takes hold for 5 years and devastates the population			Emigrant ship Cataraqui runs aground in a fierce storm at King Island. Of the 415 people aboard, 9 survive
1849		California gold rush		First German immigrants arrive in Melbourne but are refused entry by Charles La Trobe. They ordered to sail on to Sydney
1854		Republican Party founded	Reciprocity Treaty between US and the British government	Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria
1858	Fenian Brotherhood founded in United States of America. James Stephens founds the organisation that eventually becomes the Irish Republican Brotherhood.	Freeport Doctrine	Amor De Cosmos arrives in Victoria to found a newspaper, the British-Colonist, which spoke against the idea of annexing British Columbia to the United States
1861		American Civil War begins
1865		American Civil War ends. Lincoln assassinated		Felons Apprehension Act is passed allowing bushrangers to be proclaimed outlaws and shot on sight
1866			The colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia are united. Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 is repealed by the United States
1867	Fenian rising. Kelly rescued from police custody in Manchester. Allen, Larkin & O'Brien executed. Clerkenwell explosion.	Tenure of Office Act Alaska purchased Southern states establish Reconstruction governments	British North America Act creates the Dominion of Canada
1869	Gladstone disestablishes the protestant church in Ireland	15th Amendment proposed Transcontinental railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah
1870	The first Land Act	Last Southern states readmitted to Congress	The Dominion of Canada purchases Rupert's Land and the North West Territories from the Hudson's Bay Company	All British Troops stationed in Australia withdrawn.
1871			British Columbia joins the Dominion of Canada, on the condition that a transcontinental railway is built.	Sydney stock Exchange was founded. A submarine communications cable from Java reaches Darwin
1875	Charles Stewart Parnell elected as an MP		Canada adopts the "Franking System"
1879	Irish National Land League founded
1881	Second Land Act	President Garfield assassinated		Smallpox epidemic breaks out in the Rocks area of Sydney. Restrictions placed on Chinese in NSW.
1886	First attempt at Home Rule Bill fails.	American Federation of Labor formed
1889	United Irishman newspaper is founded
1890		Wounded Knee
1893	Second attempt at Home Rule Bill fails	Great Northern Railroad completed		Financial panic and recession. Discovery of gold in Kalgoorlie, WA.

1912	The Home Rule Bill passes in the House Of Commons	Wilson elected president		Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens for business. Establishment of the Australian Flying Corp approved
1914	First World War begins in August.	Federal Trade Commission created U.S. Navy invades Veracruz		The first basic wage for New South Wales determined by the Court of Industrial Abritration
				Australian troops land at Gallipoli
1916	Easter rising in Dublin.	Pershing pursues Pancho Villa in Mexico. Wilson re-elected president	Manitoba becomes the first province to allow women to vote
1918	End of World War One.	Wilson's 14 Points. Sedition Act	Women were given same rights to vote as men in federal elections
1919	Dail Eireann meets. Meetings are not banned by the British.	Senate rejects U.S. entry into League of Nations. 18th Amendment to constitution	In Winnipeg, a strike of the metal workers union leads to the entire city going on strike. Nova Scotia allows women to vote in provincial elections	The League of Nations grants Australia a mandate over former German territories in the Pacific area
1920	'Black & Tans' arrive. Michael Collins orders the execution of 14 undercover British intelligence officers. In revenge 12 people are killed during a football match at Croke park when a British machine gun and rifles open fire into the crowd. The day becomes known as Bloody Sunday.	19th Amendment gives women the franchise. Warren Harding elected president.	Arthur Meighen, a Conservative, becomes Prime Minister	Sir Edmund Barton, Australias first Prime Minister dies. Flinders Naval base officially opens.
1921	Northern Ireland parliament is opened. Anglo-Irish treaty.	Congress enacts immigration quotas	National Progressive Party is formed. Japanese Canadians who served in World War I are given the right to vote in federal elections	Mrs. Edith Cowan is elected to the Legislative Assembly in Western Australia and becomes the first woman member of any Australian parliament
1922	General election in Ireland. Civil war begins. Michael Collins killed.	Teapot Dome scandal.	Prince Edward Island gives women the right to vote in provincial elections
1923	End of the civil war
1926	Fianna Fail founded by De Valera			Compulsory voting is introduced for elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
1927	General election. De Valera enters the Dail by circumventing the required Oath.	Lindbergh's solo flight across Atlantic. Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs		Parliament House in Canberra is formally opened as the official seat of government of the Commonwealth of Australia
1929		Stock market crash	The "Persons Case". Saskatchewan government decrees that all children "should have an adequate knowledge of the English language and the training necessary for good Canadian citizenship."	The Great Depression
1937	Constitution of Eire	Roosevelt announces court-packing plan		A regular Airmail service is inaugurated between America and Australia
1939	Outbreak of World War Two. De Valera declares Irelands neutrality.			Prime Minister Robert Menzies declares war on Germany

1945	End of World War Two.	Roosevelt dies, succeeded by Truman	Japanese Canadians were forced to choose between moving east of the Rocky Mountains or being deported to Japan
1948	General Election. De Valera defeated.	Truman elected president	Newfoundland and Labrador vote to join Canada after second referendum	Manufacture of the Holden, Australia's first mass-produced car
1949	Declaration of The Republic Of Ireland. British accept the declaration but guarantee support to Northern Ireland.	NATO established	Newfoundland and Labrador become the tenth province of Canada	The Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into force creating the status of "Australian Citizen"