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Éamon de Valera

Irish statesman (1882–1975)

8 dated entries naming Éamon de Valera, drawn from 7 separate years between 1882 CE and 1975 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1882October 14 – Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (d. 1975)source

20th century

  • 1922January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera resigns.source
  • 1926March 23 – Éamon de Valera organises the political party Fianna Fáil in Ireland.source
  • 1937December 29 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes "Ireland", and Éamon de Valera becomes the first Taoiseach (prime minister) of the new state. A Presidential Commission (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the popular election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938. The new constitution prohibits divorce.source
  • 1937July 21 – Éamon de Valera is elected President of the Executive Council (prime minister) of the Irish Free State, by the Dáil (parliament).source
  • 1943March 17 (Saint Patrick's Day) – Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, makes the speech "The Ireland That We Dreamed Of", commonly called the "comely maidens" speech, in Dublin Castle.source
  • 1948February 18 – Éamon de Valera, Irish head of government from 1918 to 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. John A. Costello is appointed Taoiseach by President Seán T. O'Kelly, until 1960.source
  • 1975August 29 – Éamon de Valera, Irish politician and statesman, 3rd President of Ireland and 3-time Taoiseach (b. 1882)source

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