1845
August 1845: First report of potato blight in Ireland.
October 1845: One-third of crop is lost.
November 1845: Peel orders purchase of 100,000 Euros worth of Indian corn from US and creates relief commission.
December 1845: Food prices are doubled and over 80,000 deaths are reporterd by Census.
1846
March 1846: Public works schemes are approved; the sale of Indian corn begins.
June 1846: Peel wins a lobby to eliminate duties from corn laws, then resigns his role as prime minister. Russel then replaces Peel.
July 1846: Potato crop appears to be a healthy one. Parliament shuts down relief committees. Trevelyan announces public works to end in mid-August.
August 1846: Blight reappears. Three quarters of all crop is lost. Emigration rises. Public works begin again.
November 1846: Unusually severe winter sets in. Epidemic of fever and dysentery. The Society of Friends (Quakers) establishes a relief committee.
December 1846: Around 390,000 people are employed on public works. Census reports around 122,899 deaths.
1847
January 1847: British Relief Association is created.
February 1847: Soup Kitchen Act is passed.
March 1847: 714,000 people are employed on relief works.
April 1847: Fever Act is passed to cope with the epidemic.
June 1847: Soup kitchens are opened.
July 1847: Soup is distributed to three million people a day. A new Poor Law Act is passed, containing the "Gregory Clause" or "Quarter Acre Clause", resulting in waves of evictions.
August 1847: Little evidence of blight is detected, but harvest is one-quarter of what is the normal size and much too small to sustain the entire population.
October 1847: Soup kitchens are closed. Large- scale emigration continues late into the year.
December 1847: Crime and Outrage Bill is passed. Emigration records estimate around 220,000 people left Ireland in 1847. Census reports somewhere around 249,335 deaths.
1848
April 1848: Treason Felony Act is passed.
July 1848: Two-thirds of potato crop is destroyed. The funds and resources provided by the British Association run out. Young Ireland Uprising takes place in Billingarry, County Tipperary.
September 1848: Parliament stops drastic government relief measures. Poor Law rules strictly are enforced and rates are raised. First Encumbered Estates Act is passed.
November 1848: Cholera epidemic starts.
December 1848: Census reports around 208,252 deaths. 180,000 emigrate in 1848.
1849
May 1849: Rate-in-Aid Act equally distributes rates all over all Poor Law unions.
June 1849: Society of Friends gives up relief work.
August 1849: Queen Victoria visits Ireland. Potato blight is confined to the west and south.
December 1849: Most workhouses are full. Evicted families total around 16,686 in 1849. An estimated 220,000 emigrated. Census reports around 240,797 deaths.
1850
The right to vote is given to thousands of farmers who own twelve acres or more. Census reports around 164,093 deaths. 210,000 have emigrated.
1851
Census reports around 96,798 deaths.
1853
The British government cancels the 4 million Euros debt that the Irish ratepayers owe them.
1871
Census reports the population of Ireland is 4,412,000 - half that of the population of the years before the famine.
August 1845: First report of potato blight in Ireland.
October 1845: One-third of crop is lost.
November 1845: Peel orders purchase of 100,000 Euros worth of Indian corn from US and creates relief commission.
December 1845: Food prices are doubled and over 80,000 deaths are reporterd by Census.
1846
March 1846: Public works schemes are approved; the sale of Indian corn begins.
June 1846: Peel wins a lobby to eliminate duties from corn laws, then resigns his role as prime minister. Russel then replaces Peel.
July 1846: Potato crop appears to be a healthy one. Parliament shuts down relief committees. Trevelyan announces public works to end in mid-August.
August 1846: Blight reappears. Three quarters of all crop is lost. Emigration rises. Public works begin again.
November 1846: Unusually severe winter sets in. Epidemic of fever and dysentery. The Society of Friends (Quakers) establishes a relief committee.
December 1846: Around 390,000 people are employed on public works. Census reports around 122,899 deaths.
1847
January 1847: British Relief Association is created.
February 1847: Soup Kitchen Act is passed.
March 1847: 714,000 people are employed on relief works.
April 1847: Fever Act is passed to cope with the epidemic.
June 1847: Soup kitchens are opened.
July 1847: Soup is distributed to three million people a day. A new Poor Law Act is passed, containing the "Gregory Clause" or "Quarter Acre Clause", resulting in waves of evictions.
August 1847: Little evidence of blight is detected, but harvest is one-quarter of what is the normal size and much too small to sustain the entire population.
October 1847: Soup kitchens are closed. Large- scale emigration continues late into the year.
December 1847: Crime and Outrage Bill is passed. Emigration records estimate around 220,000 people left Ireland in 1847. Census reports somewhere around 249,335 deaths.
1848
April 1848: Treason Felony Act is passed.
July 1848: Two-thirds of potato crop is destroyed. The funds and resources provided by the British Association run out. Young Ireland Uprising takes place in Billingarry, County Tipperary.
September 1848: Parliament stops drastic government relief measures. Poor Law rules strictly are enforced and rates are raised. First Encumbered Estates Act is passed.
November 1848: Cholera epidemic starts.
December 1848: Census reports around 208,252 deaths. 180,000 emigrate in 1848.
1849
May 1849: Rate-in-Aid Act equally distributes rates all over all Poor Law unions.
June 1849: Society of Friends gives up relief work.
August 1849: Queen Victoria visits Ireland. Potato blight is confined to the west and south.
December 1849: Most workhouses are full. Evicted families total around 16,686 in 1849. An estimated 220,000 emigrated. Census reports around 240,797 deaths.
1850
The right to vote is given to thousands of farmers who own twelve acres or more. Census reports around 164,093 deaths. 210,000 have emigrated.
1851
Census reports around 96,798 deaths.
1853
The British government cancels the 4 million Euros debt that the Irish ratepayers owe them.
1871
Census reports the population of Ireland is 4,412,000 - half that of the population of the years before the famine.