Compact timeline (Northern) Ireland
1800: Catholic Ireland became part of protestant Great Britain.
1916: Easter Rising, Nationalists proclaimed an independent Irish Republic.
1919-1921: Irish war of Independence between British forces and the Irish Republican Army leading to the partitioning of Ireland into Northern (majority Protestants) and Southern Ireland (majority Catholic). They were both still part of the UK.
1922-1923: Irish Civil War because of disagreement among republicans over the Anglo-Irish Treaty .
1923: Irish Free State without British rule.
1949: On Easter Monday, Eire became Republic of Ireland, totally independent from Britain.
1968-1998: The Troubles.
1972: Bloody Sunday, as British troops shot and killed 13 demonstrators in Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Ulster).
1998: Good Friday Agreement on a political settlement for Northern Ireland approved by voters.
2005: IRA announced an end to armed campaign and handed in their weapons. The Protestants Loyalist didn't.
2007: Last British soldier left Northern Ireland