The Irish Revolution
2019
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Episode Guide
- 3. When Myth and History Rhyme Feb 24, 2016
- The aftermath, how public opinion turned and how the rebellion changed everything.
- 2. Insurrection Feb 5, 2016
- Accounts of what it was really like for the people who experienced it during the Easter Rising.
- 1. Awakening Jan 27, 2016
- Setting up the context for our dramatic story for the events of Easter week.
1916 United States presidential election: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeats Republican Charles Evans Hughes, when California is called a week after Election Day. Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Jul 22, 2015 · Historical events from year 1916. Learn about 282 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1916 or search by date or keyword.
What happened and who was famous in 1916? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1916.
May 22, 2024 · Easter Rising, Irish republican insurrection against British government in Ireland, which began on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, in Dublin.
Nov 9, 2009 · On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic and, along with some 1,600 followers, staged a rebellion against the...
At 7:15 am on February 21, 1916, the heaviest German artillery bombardment yet seen in the war began on a front of eight miles around Verdun, and the French trenches and barbed wire fields there were flattened out or upheaved in a chaos of tumbled earth.
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.
Mar 20, 2015 · The 1916 Easter Rising saw the first separatist shots fired in a campaign which was to destroy the United Kingdom of 1914 and lead to the secession of more than 20% of the country’s land-mass.
May 28, 2024 · Battle of Verdun, (February 21–December 18, 1916), World War I engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive. It was one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war; French casualties amounted to about 400,000, German ones to about 350,000.
U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeats Republican Charles E. Hughes. Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
