Irish Republican Brotherhood founded
1858 · Event
A secret oath-bound society dedicated to an independent Irish republic, ancestor of the IRA.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Good Friday Agreement (1998)
- Partition of Ireland (1921)
- Plantation of Ulster (1609)
- Saint Patrick (385)
Around 1858
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- On the Origin of Species (1859)
- Pasteur develops germ theory of disease (1861)
- American Civil War (1861)
- Commodore Perry opens Japan (1853)
- Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1861)
- Communist Manifesto (1848)
- British Raj (1858)
- Wars of German Unification (1864)
- Italian unification (Risorgimento) begins (1859)