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Northern Ireland

269 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Northern Ireland, 1921 CE to 2012 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

256 entries, 1921 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 192124 May – Irish elections, under terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920: In the Northern Ireland general election for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland (held by single transferable vote), it is apparent by 29 May that the Unionists have a substantial majority (40 out of 52 seats). The six Sinn Féin members consider themselves elected to sit in the Second Dáil (where five others also hold seats representing Southern Ireland).Northern Irelandsource
  • 192212 December - The Duke of Abercorn becomes first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he will hold until 1945.Northern Irelandsource
  • 19246 May – James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.Northern Irelandsource
  • 192718 April – The first greyhound racing track in Ireland opens at Celtic Park (Belfast).Northern Irelandsource
  • 19299 January – Brian Friel, playwright (died 2015).Northern Irelandsource
  • 193331 January–7 April - A strike disrupts rail transport in Northern Ireland. The Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operation permanently.Northern Irelandsource
  • 193526 October – Lord Edward Carson, the Dublin-born unionist leader and barrister, is buried in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.Northern Irelandsource
  • 1937Louis MacNeice writes the poem Carrickfergus.Northern Irelandsource
  • 194027 May – The new Churchill war ministry in London agrees to seek co-operation from Éamon de Valera and creation of an All-Ireland Council during "the present emergency".Northern Irelandsource
  • 194126 May – A special sitting of Dáil Éireann unanimously condemns the introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland.Northern Irelandsource
  • 194319 July – Robert Alexander, rugby and cricket player (born 1910).Northern Irelandsource
  • 1946Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.Northern Irelandsource
  • 19485 July – The National Health Service launches in Northern IrelandNorthern Irelandsource
  • 1952August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (2.5 mi), feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains.Northern Irelandsource
  • 1956Tayto (Northern Ireland) established by the Hutchinson family to manufacture potato chips at Tandragee, County Armagh.Northern Irelandsource
  • 19586 February – Jackie Blanchflower, capped 12 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, survives the Munich air disaster involving Manchester United on the return flight from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Jackie (younger brother of Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Blanchflower) has won two league champions in England with United since his debut for them in 1951, but his injuries are severe and he is forced to abandon the game in the coming year.Northern Irelandsource
  • 19621 April – Belfast Zoo (Bellevue Gardens) is transferred from Belfast Corporation's Transport Department to the Parks & Cemeteries Department to halt its further decline.Northern Irelandsource
  • 196521 January – Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin.Northern Irelandsource
  • 19685 April – Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company takes over operations from the Ulster Transport Authority, managing Northern Ireland Railways, Ulsterbus, Northern Ireland Carriers and Northern Ireland Airports.Northern Irelandsource
  • 197127 September – Prime ministers Edward Heath, Jack Lynch and Brian Faulkner meet at Chequers to discuss the Northern Ireland situation.Northern Irelandsource
  • 1975William Peskett's poems The Nightowl's Dissection are published.Northern Irelandsource
  • 197818 January – The European Court of Human Rights finds Britain guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of republican internees in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.Northern Irelandsource
  • 198111 June - Hunger striker Kieran Doherty is elected TD for Cavan–Monaghan in Dáil Éireann in the 1981 Irish general election.Northern Irelandsource
  • 1986November – Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast is included in the first tranche of UNESCO World Heritage Sites designated in the UKNorthern Irelandsource
  • 199210 August - The Ulster Defence Association is proscribed by the Government of the United Kingdom.Northern Irelandsource

21st century

13 entries, 2000 CE to 2012 CE

  • 20006 February - President of Ireland, Mary McAleese attends a concert at Clonard Monastery.Northern Irelandsource
  • 2000The Belfast Giants ice hockey team is established and enters the Ice Hockey Superleague playing at the Odyssey Arena.Northern Irelandsource
  • 2001The Saint Patrick Visitor Centre opens in Downpatrick.Northern Irelandsource
  • 200122 November – First Minister David Trimble and deputy First Minister Mark Durkan meet with residents of Upper Ardoyne, and the next day, 23 November, the Holy Cross protests are called off after 14 weeks.Northern Irelandsource
  • 2001The Ulster Grand Prix and North West 200 were cancelled due to Foot-and Mouth crisis.Northern Irelandsource
  • 200214 February – Kilkeel fishing boat The Tullaghmurray Lass is lost with all three crew in the Irish Sea.Northern Irelandsource
  • 20029 January – Holy Cross dispute: Confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School, a Roman Catholic girls' school in the largely Protestant Ardoyne district, during the afternoon school run, explode into widespread sectarian rioting which spreads across north Belfast and continues on 10 January, when the school is closed.Northern Irelandsource
  • 20025 April – The first recruits of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland graduate.Northern Irelandsource
  • 200316 December - Robert Dunlop announces he would quit motorcycle racing after the 2004 season.Northern Irelandsource
  • 2003Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,702,600Northern Irelandsource
  • 200420 December - Northern Bank robbery: A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from Northern Bank's Donegall Square West headquarters in Belfast, one of the largest bank robberies in British history; no-one is ever found directly responsible for the crime.Northern Irelandsource
  • 2011October – Lucy Caldwell is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureNorthern Irelandsource
  • 201228 January – Irish Football League Cup final – Coleraine v Crusaders.Northern Irelandsource