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Events from the year 1916 in Ireland. ==Events== *14 January - Michael Collins resigns his job in London and returns to Ireland.〔Mackay, James (1998). Michael Collins, A Life (1998 Reprint of 1997 ed.). Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-85158-949-X. p. 44.〕 *14 February - John Redmond is re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Dublin. *29 February - The week-long Derry Feis opens in the city. * 21 March - A crowd attacks Sinn Féin's Tullamore headquarters; three police are injured. *20–21 April - The German-controlled cargo steamer , masquerading as , is intercepted by the Royal Navy and scuttled following an unsuccessful attempt to land arms for the Irish Volunteers in Tralee Bay. *21 April - Roger Casement and two others are arrested at Banna Strand, County Kerry, for attempting to land arms and ammunition. *22 April - Eoin MacNeill, Chief of Staff of the Irish Volunteers cancels all manoeuvres of Volunteers planned for the following day. *23 April - Easter Sunday: The military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood meets at Liberty Hall and decides to begin the planned insurrection at noon the next day. The Proclamation of the Republic is signed by the seven leaders in the name of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. *24 April - The Easter Rising begins in Dublin. The Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army occupy the General Post Office, City Hall, the College of Surgeons, the Four Courts, Jacob's Factory, Boland's Mills, the South Dublin Union, and the Mendicity Institution. At noon Patrick Pearse reads the proclamation on the steps of the General Post Office, Dublin. *25 April - Martial law is declared in Dublin by the British authorities for a period of one month. *26 April - Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Thomas Dickson and Patrick McIntyre are summarily executed at Portobello Barracks. *27 April * * Major-General Sir John Maxwell arrives in Dublin to take command of the British Army, 12,000 of whose troops are now in the city; the centre is cordoned off. * * Gas attack at Hulluch in France: The 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division is decimated in one of the most heavily concentrated German gas attacks of World War I. *29 April - At 3.45pm, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Thomas MacDonagh surrender unconditionally as the Easter Rising collapses. *1 May - The Easter Rising collapses. Sir John Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces announces that all involved in the insurrection have surrendered. *3 May - Following their courts martial, Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas J. Clarke are executed at Kilmainham Gaol. *4 May - The executions continue. Joseph Plunkett, Michael O'Hanrahan, Edward Daly and Willie Pearse are executed for their part in the Rising. The Chief Secretary of Ireland, Augustine Birrell, resigns. *5 May - John MacBride, another leader of the Rising, is executed today. W. T. Cosgrave is sentenced to death, however, this is later commuted to penal servitude for life. *8 May - Another four leaders of the Easter Rising are executed. They are Éamonn Ceannt, Conn Colbert, Michael Mallin and Seán Heuston. *11 May - During a debate in the Parliament of the United Kingdom on the Irish crisis, John Dillon of the Irish Parliamentary Party calls on the British government to end the executions of the Easter Rising leaders. *12 May - Two more leaders, Seán Mac Diarmada and James Connolly are executed. Connolly, who was wounded in the fighting, is strapped to a chair and shot. Meanwhile, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith arrives in Dublin for a week-long visit. *15 May - The trial of Roger Casement begins in London. He is charged with high treason for his part in the Easter Rising. *17 May - Thomas O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick, refuses a request to discipline two of his curates who expressed republican sympathies. He reminds General Maxwell that he had shown no mercy to those who surrendered.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Limerick bishop refused to bow to British military orders )〕 *21 May - Daylight saving time begins for the first time throughout the United Kingdom as people put their clocks forward one hour. The purpose is to reduce the number of evening hours to save fuel. *26 June - Roger Casement goes on trial at the Royal Courts of Justice on a charge of treason. He has been stripped of his knighthood. *1 July - The Battle of the Somme begins. The 36th Ulster Division, which contains many Ulster Volunteers, loses 5,500 men in the first two days.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) )〕 *23 July - Thousands attend an open-air meeting at the Phoenix Park in Dublin to discuss the British government's Irish partition proposals. It is the first open-air meeting since martial law was proclaimed. *26 July - The date of 3 August is set as the execution date of Roger Casement. *3 August - Roger Casement is hanged at Pentonville Prison for high treason. *19 August - ''The Irish Times'' publishes a 264-page handbook detailing the events of the Easter Rising. *29 October - John Redmond demands the abolition of martial law, the release of suspected persons, and that Irish prisoners be treated as political prisoners. *5 November - Honan Chapel, Cork, a product of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement, is dedicated. *18 November - Battle of the Somme ends after 141 days; stopped by foul weather and with thousands of Irish casualties. *21 December - In the British House of Commons, it is announced that all Irish prisoners are to be released. *25 December - The last group of Irish prisoners, 460 men from Reading Gaol, arrive in Dublin. Seán T. O'Kelly and Arthur Griffith are among those released. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1916 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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