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Northern Ireland
05 Oct
1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
10 Jan
1969: Civil rights protesters defiant
17 Apr
1969: Devlin is youngest-ever woman MP
14 Aug
1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland
10 Oct
1969: Ulster's B Specials to be disbanded
16 Apr
1970: Paisley victory rattles NI parliament
26 Jun
1970: Violence flares as Devlin is arrested
02 Jul
1970: Police snatch London gun cache
08 Jul
1971: British troops shoot Londonderry rioters
09 Aug
1971: NI activates internment law
18 Aug
1971: British Army shot 'unarmed' disabled man
13 Oct
1971: Army blasts N Ireland border roads
23 Oct
1971: Two women shot at Belfast checkpoint
31 Oct
1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower
04 Dec
1971: Bomb demolishes crowded Belfast pub
30 Jan
1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest
02 Feb
1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed
22 Feb
1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks
19 Apr
1972: 'Bloody Sunday' report excuses Army
03 Jun
1972: Protestant march ends in battle
10 Jul
1972: Whitelaw's secret meeting with IRA
26 Nov
1972: Police foil IRA hospital rescue attempt
31 Jul
1973: Chaotic meeting of Belfast Assembly
21 Aug
1973: 'Bloody Sunday' inquest accuses Army
10 Sep
1973: Bomb blasts rock central London
14 Nov
1973: IRA gang convicted of London bombings
09 Dec
1973: Sunningdale Agreement signed
30 May
1972: Official IRA declares ceasefire
04 Feb
1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing
20 Apr
1974: 'Troubles' death toll hits 1,000
28 May
1974: Strikes topple NI power-sharing body
17 Jun
1974: IRA bombs parliament
17 Jul
1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London
05 Oct
1974: Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts
16 Oct
1974: Maze prison goes up in flames
22 Oct
1974: Bomb blast in London club
28 Oct
1974: Minister's wife survives bomb attack
21 Nov
1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19
18 Dec
1974: Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims
22 Dec
1974: Heath's home is bombed
27 Feb
1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory
05 Sep
1975: London Hilton bombed
22 Sep
1975: Bomb blasts rock Northern Ireland
09 Oct
1975: Man killed in Piccadilly bomb blast
07 Nov
1975: IRA kidnappers release industrialist
27 Nov
1975: TV presenter Ross McWhirter shot dead
12 Dec
1975: Balcombe Street siege ends
05 Jan
1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush
29 Jan
1976: Explosions rock London's West End
15 Oct
1976: UDR men jailed for Showband killings
18 Feb
1978: Belfast bomb suspects rounded up
21 Jun
1978: Four dead in post office shootings
30 Mar
1979: Car bomb kills Airey Neave
27 Aug
1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten
05 Sep
1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade
16 Jan
1981: Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner
10 Apr
1981: Hunger striker elected MP
05 May
1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison
12 May
1981: Second IRA protester dies in jail
18 Jul
1981: Violence erupts at Irish hunger strike protest
03 Oct
1981: IRA Maze hunger strikes at an end
20 Jul
1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London
21 Oct
1982: Sinn Fein triumph in elections
27 Oct
1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb
05 Aug
1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 years
25 Sep
1983: Dozens escape in Maze break-out
04 Dec
1983: IRA gunmen shot dead in SAS ambush
17 Dec
1983: Harrods bomb blast kills six
14 Mar
1984: Sinn Fein leader shot in street attack
12 Oct
1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
25 Jun
1985: Police hunt IRA resort bombs
15 Nov
1985: Anglo-Irish agreement signed
10 Jun
1986: Magee convicted of Brighton bombing
24 Jun
1986: Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
12 Jul
1986: Orange Parade sparks riots
08 Nov
1987: Bomb kills 11 at Enniskillen
16 Mar
1988: Three shot dead at Milltown Cemetery
30 Sep
1988: 'SAS killed lawfully' - Gibraltar jury
12 Feb
1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered
20 Mar
1989: Senior RUC men die in gun attack
22 Sep
1989: Ten dead in Kent barracks bomb
19 Oct
1989: Guildford Four released after 15 years
20 Jul
1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
14 Mar
1991: Birmingham Six freed after 16 years
03 Jun
1991: IRA men shot dead by British army
02 Jul
1992: IRA murders 'informers'
03 Dec
1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester
20 Mar
1993: Child killed in Warrington bomb attack
24 Apr
1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London
29 Nov
1993: Secret meetings with IRA revealed
15 Dec
1993: Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace
31 Aug
1994: IRA declares 'complete' ceasefire
30 Nov
1995: Clinton kindles hope in Northern Ireland
10 Feb
1996: Docklands bomb ends IRA ceasefire
15 Jun
1996: Huge explosion rocks central Manchester
19 Jul
1997: IRA declares ceasefire
23 Sep
1997: Peace talks wobble after Unionist outburst
27 Dec
1997: Loyalist leader murdered in prison
10 Apr
1998: Northern Ireland peace deal reached
10 May
1998: Sinn Fein backs peace deal
13 Oct
1994: Loyalists announce a ceasefire
23 May
1998: Leaders welcome 'yes' vote for N Ireland
12 Jul
1998: Children die in Drumcree protests
15 Aug
1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing
08 Sep
1998: Real IRA announce ceasefire
09 Sep
1999: Report urges sweeping reform of RUC
29 Nov
1999: NI power-sharing executive appointed
25 Mar
2000: Trimble narrowly wins leadership challenge
26 Jun
2000: IRA weapons dump inspected
24 Jul
2000: Loyalist killer Michael Stone freed from Maze
28 Jul
2000: Last prisoners leave the Maze
06 May
2001: Second blast at London post office
14 Jul
2001: NI agreement stalls in Staffordshire
03 Aug
2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven
14 Aug
2001: Setback for NI peace process
23 Oct
2001: IRA begins decommissioning weapons
31 Jan
2005: Belfast stab victim McCartney dies
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