1919    Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.

1920    After 74 days on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney died.

1984    Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

1994    The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.

1996    Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.