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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...

Timeline of Events

1916

4.24.1916

Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.

4.29.1916

Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

5.3.1916

The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.

6.29.1916

The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.