Ireland declares a republic
1949 · Event
The Republic of Ireland Act takes effect, formally leaving the Commonwealth.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master
More from Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Good Friday Agreement (1998)
- Partition of Ireland (1921)
- Plantation of Ulster (1609)
- Saint Patrick (385)
- Irish War of Independence (1919)
- Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921)
Around 1949
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Korean War (1950)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- World War II (1939)
- Manhattan Project (1942)