Charles Stewart Parnell timeline

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Birth	27 June 1846
1875	Elected Home Rule League MP for Meath.
1877	August: Elected President, Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain; obstructionist try to wreck South Africa Bill in Commons.
1878	links with Clan na Gael
1879	President, Irish Land League; 'The ‘New Departure' campaign.
1880	May: Replaces William Shaw as chairman (leader) of the Home Rule League;19 September: Parnell outlines "boycotting" strategy in Ennis speech.
1881	Land Act enacted by Gladstone. Criticised by Irish leaders for exceptions denied aid; 13 October: Arrested for 'treasonable practices' and sent toKilmainham Gaol; issued 'No Rent Manifesto'.
1882	25 April: Kilmainham Treaty between Parnell & govt. Parnell released. 'No Rent Manifesto' withdrawn. Land Act amended.8 May 1882: Chief Secretary (Lord Frederick Cavendish) and Under-Secretary Thomas H. Burke murdered byInvincibles in Viceregal Lodge (Known as the "Phoenix Park Murders") Public outcry. Parnell condemns murders;October: Irish National League replaces Land League. Parnell controls it. Home Rule Party name changed to Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP).
1883	December: Parnell receives £37,000 personal gift following national fundraising to alleviate his "financial distress".
1884	October: Catholic Hierarchy ally themselves with IIP and ditch their own party.
1885	June: Lord Salisbury forms minority Tory ministry. 1 August: Confidential meeting with new Lord Lieutenant, Lord Carnavon. 14 August: Ashbourne Land Act enacted. 7 November: Parnell urges Irish voters in Great Britain to vote Tory on eve of general election. IPP wins 85 seats. Hawarden Kite reveals Gladstone is now pro-Irish home rule.
1886	1 February: Gladstone forms government with IPP support. 26 March: Cabinet discusses draft Home Rule Bill.Joseph Chamberlain resigns. 8 June: Bill defeated in Commons. September: Commons rejects Parnell's Tenants' Relief Bill. October: Plan of Campaign launched in "United Ireland" newspaper. Elections put Tories back in power.
1887	Arthur Balfour becomes Chief Secretary. New Land Act and new coercion laws.March: The Times publishes a series "Parnellism and Crime". 18 April: article in series links Parnell to the Phoenix Park murders, quoting a letter he supposedly wrote. 17 July: Salisbury (PM) sets up commission to investigate links between Parnell and crime.
1888	May: Parnell distances himself from thePlan of Campaign in a speech to the Liberal Eighty Club in London, in the interest of Home Rule.
1889	22 February: Richard Piggott revealed as forger of Parnell letter. Later Gladstone leads Commons in a standing ovation when Parnell returns. December: Captain O'Shea files for divorce, naming Parnell as co-respondent.
1890	February: Commission's 35 volume report clears Parnell of murder link but not of Home Rule links with crime.November: story of divorce breaks. Initial support for Parnell as presumption that it is a new smear. 24 November: Gladstone tactfully warns Parnell's deputy, Justin McCarthy of "problems" with scandal for Liberals. 25 November: IPP re-elects Parnell chairman, unaware of Liberal problems. 26 November: Gladstone letter on problems published.1 December: After 5 days debate, 44 IPP MPs desert Parnell. Party and country splits. Parnell supporters forcibly seize hisUnited Ireland party paper HQ. Anti-Parnellites launch own newspapers. 22 December: Anti-Parnellites win Kilkenny North by-election.
1891	January: Parnell rejects with unbending authority offer to retire temporarily from politics and then return later to leadership. Parnellites lose two by-elections (2 April Sligo; 8 July Carlow) Closer battle in Sligo but defeat also. Parnell appeals for Fenian support. 25 June: Parnell marries Katharine O'Shea. Catholic hierarchy (minus one) issue condemnation. 27 September: Health badly deteriorated, Parnell delivers last public speech in Co. Roscommon. Catches pneumonia from the deluge at the meeting and never recovers.
Death	6 October 1891 at the age of 45 in Brighton.