The Troubles
1968 CE – 1998 CE · 30 years
Three decades of ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland between republicans seeking union with Ireland and loyalists wanting to remain British. Over 3,500 were killed before the Good Friday Agreement brought peace in 1998.
Wikipedia
The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.
The Troubles on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Irish republican paramilitaries (IRA)
- British Army, Ulster loyalist paramilitaries
Key moments
Defining events in the The Troubles.
- 1972 Bloody Sunday
- 1972 Bloody Friday
- 1984 Brighton hotel bombing
- 1987 Enniskillen bombing
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Yugoslavia
1918 CE – 1992 CE
Conflict · Europe
Kurdish–Turkish Conflict
1984 CE – 2026 CE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Czechoslovakia
1918 CE – 1992 CE
Conflict · Europe
Yugoslav Wars
1991 CE – 2001 CE
Landmark · Europe
Danube Delta
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Slovenia
Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1968 CE and 1998 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- The TroublesThe original uploader was Jonto at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yugoslavia location mapDerivative work of History_of_Yugoslavia.svg by NikNaks Portions used contain parts of: B… · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kurdish–Turkish conflictNA · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of the Czech RepublicJaroslav Kursa · Public domain
- Yugoslav WarsPeter Denton Peter Božič Paul Katzenberger Paalso · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
- Flag of SloveniaOriginal: Marko Pogačnik Vector: Achim1999 · Public domain
