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| 1882 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Eamon de Valera |
| 1915 | Commandant | |
| Appointed Commandant in the Irish Volunteers |
| 1916 | Arrest | |
| Dublin Arrested for treason, 1916-1917 |
| Dublin Spared the death penalty because of his USAcitizenship & receives a life sentence |
| 1916 | Independence | |
| 15th Jan Dublin The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established |
| 1916 | Siege of Dublin | |
| 24th April Dublin 24-29 April, leads 125 men & captures the Boland mill during the Easter Rebelion |
| 1917 | Arrest | |
| Spare execution, because of his American citizenship & released after nearly 2 years |
| 1917 | Election | |
| July Clare Elected Member of Parliament for East Clare |
| 1917 | President | |
| Appointed President of Sinn Fein |
| 1918 | Election | |
| Sinn Fein win 73 seats but refuse to sit at Westminster |
| 1918 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Provisional Republican Government |
| 1919 | Arrest | |
| 3rd Feb Michael Collins organises de Valera's escape from Lincoln Gaol |
| 1919 | Assassination | |
| Soloheadbeag Irish Volunteers shoot dead 2 policemen & civil war erupts |
| 1919 | Constitution | |
| 21st Jan 37 Sinn Fein MPs establish the Dail Eirean, Irish Parliament |
| 21st Jan Dublin The Irish Republic is proclaimed |
| 1919 | Dail Eireann | |
| 1st April Dublin 2nd session of the Dail, Valera elected Priomh-Aire |
| 1919 | Death | |
| Soloheadbeag Irish Volunteers shoot 2 policemen dead & civil war erupts |
| 1920 | Dail Eireann | |
| Dublin Helps found the Dail Eireann, Irish Assembley |
| Joins Nationalists in forming the Irish Assembly, the Dail Eireann |
| Refuses to sit in the British Parliament |
| 1920 | Leader Dail Eireann Valera | |
| Dublin Appointed Leader of the Dail Eireann, Irish Assembley |
| 1921 | Constitution | |
| 14th Aug Dublin De Valera rejects Dominion status for Ireland |
| 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 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 進reann |
| 1921 | Independence | |
| 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 進reann |
| 1921 | Irish Free State | |
| 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 進reann |
| 1921 | Peace | |
| 23rd Aug Dublin The Irish Dail rejects the British peace offer |
| 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 |
| 1921 | Treaty Anglo Irish | |
| Dec Dublin The Treaty is controversial, 紳mon 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 進reann |
| 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 | Election | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil 進reann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| 1922 | Treaty Anglo Irish | |
| Dublin De Valera joins the anti-treaty faction opposing the perceived concessions |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn FＪn 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 |
| 1923 | Arrest | |
| Arrested by the Irish Free State, 1923-1924 |
| 1924 | Fianna Fail | |
| Founds the Fianna Fail Party |
| 1926 | Resignation | |
| 11th Mar Resigns as head of Sinn Feinn |
| 1927 | Constitution | |
| Dublin Leads the Fianna Fail into the Free State Parliament |
| 1930 | Conference of London | |
| 1st Oct London The Irish demand independence |
| 1930 | Independence | |
| 1st Oct London The Irish demand independence at the London Conference |
| 1932 | Election | |
| The election returns de Valera's party |
| 1932 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1933 | Constitution | |
| 3rd May Dublin The Dail abolishes loyalty to the British crown |
| 1933 | Election | |
| Jan The election increases de Valera's support |
| 1937 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Ireland, 1st term |
| 1951 | Prime Minister | |
| 13th June Appointed Prime Minister of Ireland, 2nd term |
| 1957 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Ireland, 3rd term |
| 1959 | President | |
| Appointed President of Ireland, 1st term |
| 1966 | President | |
| 2nd June Appointed President of Ireland, 2nd term |
| 1973 | Resignation | |
| 24th June Dublin Resigns as President of Ireland, aged 90 |
| 1975 | Death | |
| Death of Eamon de Valera |
