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| 1795 |
| | | A secret Protestant group, the Orange Society, is formed in Co. Armagh to resist Irish nationalism | |
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| 1796 |
| | | Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone sails from France to invade Ireland with a force of 14,000 French soldiers | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone, convicted of treason for his failed invasion, cuts his throat to cheat the British gallows | |
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| 1801 |
| | | The Act of Union comes into effect, linking Ireland with Britain to form the United Kingdom | |
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| 1803 |
| | | The uprising by Irish nationalist Robert Emmet ends in disaster when he marches on Dublin with only about 100 men | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Robert Peel, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces a police force soon known as the 'Peelers' | |
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| 1823 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell organizes Catholic Associations throughout Ireland, funded by the members' penny subscriptions | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell wins a sensational by-election victory to join the Westminster parliament | |
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| 1833 |
| | | Hector Berlioz marries an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, with whom he has been obsessed since seeing her play Ophelia and Juliet in 1827 | |
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| 1838 |
| | | An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days | |
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