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Northern Ireland

270 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

257 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
  • 192915 January – Priscilla Studd, Protestant Christian missionary, died in Spain (born 1864).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
  • 1940Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway (part of Belfast and Northern Counties Railway) ceases operations.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
  • 19461 December – Nutts Corner opens as Northern Ireland's principal civil airport, replacing Belfast Harbour.Northern Irelandsource
  • 194917 April – At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth under terms of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.Northern 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
  • 195922 September – At its inaugural conference the Irish Congress of Trade Unions attacks the government of Northern Ireland for not recognising the new organisation.Northern Irelandsource
  • 196325 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.Northern Irelandsource
  • 196521 January – Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin.Northern Irelandsource
  • 196828 August – Gerry Fitt, MP, tables a House of Commons motion, signed by 60 Labour Party backbenchers, criticising RUC action in Dungannon on 24 August, demanding that "citizens of Northern Ireland should be allowed the same rights of peaceful demonstration as those in other parts of the United Kingdom".Northern Irelandsource
  • 197115 February – Decimal Day: The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland both switch to decimal currency.Northern Irelandsource
  • 197520 February – A violent feud erupts between the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) and the Irish Republican Socialist Party and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).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
  • 1982Northern Ireland 0-0 YugoslaviaNorthern Irelandsource
  • 1986January – Belfast City Hospital tower-block is opened.Northern Irelandsource
  • 199324 June – Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigns over links with tycoon Asil Nadir.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