Decemberer
201.10

A Companion Calendar
to
Finnegans Wake
(a continuing project)
 
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1552

Death of St. Francis Xavier.
 
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1913
 
Government proclamation forbidding the import of arms or ammunition into Ireland.
 
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1921
Treaty signed giving Ireland Dominion Rule under the name "Irish Free State."
   
1933
Judge Woolsey's decision lifting ban on Ulysses in USA.
 
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1936
King Edward VIII signs Abdication Bill.
 
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1920
Black and Tans set fire to buildings in Cork City along southeastern side of Saint Patrick Street.
 
1936
King George VI succeeds to the English throne.
 
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1918
General Elections MPs elected Irish Unionist 25, Irish Nationalists 7, Sinn Fein 73.
   
1920
Homerule Bill for Ireland passes House of Lords.
 
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1773
Sam Adams authorizes Boston Tea Party.
 
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1924

Last number of Freeman's Journal.
 

 
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 1924
Hitler amnestied after serving in Landberg Prison where he wrote first part of Mein Kampf.
 
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1913
First crossword puzzle known as "Word-Cross" pubished in NY World.
 
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1939
 
IRA raid on Magazine Fort, Poenix Park.
 
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1691
Catholics excluded from Parliament and public office by act of English Parliament.
 
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First Century Feast of Saint Stephen, the first martyr.
 
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  1879
First public demonstration of Edison's incandescent lamp (bulb).