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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 (Irish: Bliain an Áir, meaning the Year of Slaughter) in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13% and 20% of the 1740 population of 2.4 million people, which was a proportionately greater loss than during the Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] [2] [3]
The chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, lit. ' The Bad Life ') documents a period of Irish history between 29 November 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent. [3] The proximate cause was famine resulting from a potato disease commonly known as late ...
The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties . While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...
Seven year famine [1] [2] Egypt: 2200 BC – 2100 BC: The 4.2-kiloyear event caused famines and civilizational collapse worldwide: Global: 441 BC: The first famine recorded in ancient Rome. Ancient Rome [3] 114 BC Famine caused by drought during the third year in the Yuanding period. Starvation in over 40 commanderies east of the Hangu mountain ...
January–February: the 'Great Frost' continues: unusually harsh winter [1] followed by a Spring drought. April – citizens of Drogheda prevent food being exported from their town to Scotland. [2] 31 May – 2 June: bread riots in Dublin. [3] June–December – exceptionally cold weather, leading to the Great Irish Famine (1740–1741). [3]
Events from the year 1497 in Ireland. Incumbent. Lord: ... July – Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the English throne, ... Start of great famine. [2] Births
Ongoing – Great Hunger: The first deaths from hunger take place early in the year. [1] Phytophthora infestans almost totally destroys the summer potato crop and the Famine worsens considerably. [2] By December a third of a million destitute people are employed on public works. [2]