May 14, 1870 — Michael Davitt is arrested for treason
Michael Davitt was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in the year 1846, during the worst of the Great Famine (known...
September 14, 2020
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December 19, 1877 — Michael Davitt is released from prison
Michael Davitt was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), a revolutionary movement that espoused armed uprising as the...
August 24, 2020
August 16, 1879 — The Land League of Mayo is formed
Michael Davitt and Charles Parnell were the two leading lights of the Land League of Mayo. Formed in response to...
August 14, 2020
May 30, 1906 — Michael Davitt dies
Michael Davitt was 60 years old when he died in Elphis Hospital, Dublin. In his six decades of life, he’d...
January 24, 2020
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