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| 1885 | Parnell, Charles Stewart |  |
| 21st Nov Advises English constituencies to vote Conservative |
| 1916 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| 15th Jan Dublin The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established |
| 1919 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Soloheadbeg The Irish War of Independence begins on the same day the First Dil meets, when two policemen guarding a consignment of gelignite are shot dead by IRA volunteers acting without orders |
| 1921 | Barton, Robert | |
| 11th Oct London Irish Treaty delegates Arthur Griffith (leader) and Robert Barton (with Robert Erskine Childers as Secretary General to the delegation) set up headquarters at 22 Hans Place in Knights bridge and reside there until conclusion of the Treaty in December |
| 1921 | Broy, Ned | |
| 11th Oct London Collins takes up quarters at 15 Cadogan Gardens. His personal staff included Liam Tobin, Ned Broy and Joe McGrath |
| 1921 | Childers, Robert Erskine | |
| 11th Oct London Irish Treaty delegates Arthur Griffith (leader) and Robert Barton (with Robert Erskine Childers as Secretary General to the delegation) set up headquarters at 22 Hans Place in Knights bridge and reside there until conclusion of the Treaty in December |
| 1921 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| London de Valera nominates a team of delegates headed by Arthur Griffith, with Michael Collins as his deputy, Collins agreed to go to London |
| 22nd Aug Cork Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork |
| 22nd Aug Cork Death of Michael Collins |
| 11th Oct London Collins takes up quarters at 15 Cadogan Gardens. His personal staff included Liam Tobin, Ned Broy and Joe McGrath |
| 11th Oct London Irish Treaty delegates Arthur Griffith (leader) and Robert Barton (with Robert Erskine Childers as Secretary General to the delegation) set up headquarters at 22 Hans Place in Knights bridge and reside there until conclusion of the Treaty in December |
| Dec Dublin Most of the Irish Republican Army oppose the Treaty, opening the prospect of civil war |
| Dec Dublin The Treaty is controversial, amon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic is unhappy that Collins had signed any deal without his and his cabinet's authorisation |
| 6th Dec London Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State" |
| 6th Dec London Republican purists regard it as a sell-out, with the replacement of the republic by dominion status within the British Empire, and an Oath of Allegiance made (it was then claimed) directly to the King |
| 6th Dec London The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish government elected by a lower house called Dil ireann |
| 6th Dec London The treaty provides for a possible all-Ireland state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does) |
| 1921 | Griffith, Arthur | |
| London de Valera nominates a team of delegates headed by Arthur Griffith, with Michael Collins as his deputy, Collins agreed to go to London |
| 1921 | McGrath, Joe | |
| 11th Oct London Collins takes up quarters at 15 Cadogan Gardens. His personal staff included Liam Tobin, Ned Broy and Joe McGrath |
| 1921 | Tobin, Liam | |
| 11th Oct London Collins takes up quarters at 15 Cadogan Gardens. His personal staff included Liam Tobin, Ned Broy and Joe McGrath |
| 1921 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| 23rd Aug Dublin The Irish Dail rejects the British peace offer |
| Dec Dublin The Treaty is controversial, amon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic is unhappy that Collins had signed any deal without his and his cabinet's authorisation |
| 6th Dec Britain signs a peace treaty with Ireland |
| 6th Dec de Valera nominates a team of delegates headed by Arthur Griffith, with Michael Collins as his deputy, Collins agreed to go to London |
| 6th Dec London Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State" |
| 6th Dec London Republican purists regard it as a sell-out, with the replacement of the republic by dominion status within the British Empire, and an Oath of Allegiance made (it was then claimed) directly to the King |
| 6th Dec London The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish government elected by a lower house called Dil ireann |
| 6th Dec London The treaty provides for a possible all-Ireland state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does) |
| 1922 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |
| 1922 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Dublin De Valera joins the anti-treaty faction opposing the perceived concessions |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |
| 1930 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| 1st Oct London The Irish demand independence at the London Conference |
