1845 Disaster
The Great Famine
A million dead, two million exiled: the island’s population has never recovered.
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Within twenty-five years of 1845 — the context national timelines leave out.- 3 years later Federal Constitution Switzerland
- 18 years later Founding of the Red Cross Switzerland
- 14 years later Union of the principalities Romania
- 15 years earlier Belgian independence Belgium
- 15 years earlier Greek independence Greece
- 16 years later Italian unification Italy
- 16 years later Franco-Monegasque treaty Monaco
- 19 years later Ban on the Lithuanian press Lithuania
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