05 Oct	1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
10 Jan	1969: Civil rights protesters defiant
17 Apr	1969: Devlin is youngest-ever woman MP
14 Aug	1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland
10 Oct	1969: Ulster's B Specials to be disbanded
16 Apr	1970: Paisley victory rattles NI parliament
26 Jun	1970: Violence flares as Devlin is arrested
02 Jul	1970: Police snatch London gun cache
08 Jul	1971: British troops shoot Londonderry rioters
09 Aug	1971: NI activates internment law
18 Aug	1971: British Army shot 'unarmed' disabled man
13 Oct	1971: Army blasts N Ireland border roads
23 Oct	1971: Two women shot at Belfast checkpoint
31 Oct	1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower
04 Dec	1971: Bomb demolishes crowded Belfast pub
30 Jan	1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest
02 Feb	1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed
22 Feb	1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks
19 Apr	1972: 'Bloody Sunday' report excuses Army
03 Jun	1972: Protestant march ends in battle
10 Jul	1972: Whitelaw's secret meeting with IRA
26 Nov	1972: Police foil IRA hospital rescue attempt
31 Jul	1973: Chaotic meeting of Belfast Assembly
21 Aug	1973: 'Bloody Sunday' inquest accuses Army
10 Sep	1973: Bomb blasts rock central London
14 Nov	1973: IRA gang convicted of London bombings
09 Dec	1973: Sunningdale Agreement signed
30 May	1972: Official IRA declares ceasefire
04 Feb	1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing
20 Apr	1974: 'Troubles' death toll hits 1,000
28 May	1974: Strikes topple NI power-sharing body
17 Jun	1974: IRA bombs parliament
17 Jul	1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London
05 Oct	1974: Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts
16 Oct	1974: Maze prison goes up in flames
22 Oct	1974: Bomb blast in London club
28 Oct	1974: Minister's wife survives bomb attack
21 Nov	1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19
18 Dec	1974: Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims
22 Dec	1974: Heath's home is bombed
27 Feb	1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory
05 Sep	1975: London Hilton bombed
22 Sep	1975: Bomb blasts rock Northern Ireland
09 Oct	1975: Man killed in Piccadilly bomb blast
07 Nov	1975: IRA kidnappers release industrialist
27 Nov	1975: TV presenter Ross McWhirter shot dead
12 Dec	1975: Balcombe Street siege ends
05 Jan	1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland ambush
29 Jan	1976: Explosions rock London's West End
15 Oct	1976: UDR men jailed for Showband killings
18 Feb	1978: Belfast bomb suspects rounded up
21 Jun	1978: Four dead in post office shootings
30 Mar	1979: Car bomb kills Airey Neave
27 Aug	1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten
05 Sep	1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade
16 Jan	1981: Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner
10 Apr	1981: Hunger striker elected MP
05 May	1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison
12 May	1981: Second IRA protester dies in jail
18 Jul	1981: Violence erupts at Irish hunger strike protest
03 Oct	1981: IRA Maze hunger strikes at an end
20 Jul	1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London
21 Oct	1982: Sinn Fein triumph in elections
27 Oct	1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb
05 Aug	1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 years
25 Sep	1983: Dozens escape in Maze break-out
04 Dec	1983: IRA gunmen shot dead in SAS ambush
17 Dec	1983: Harrods bomb blast kills six
14 Mar	1984: Sinn Fein leader shot in street attack
12 Oct	1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
25 Jun	1985: Police hunt IRA resort bombs
15 Nov	1985: Anglo-Irish agreement signed
10 Jun	1986: Magee convicted of Brighton bombing
24 Jun	1986: Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
12 Jul	1986: Orange Parade sparks riots
08 Nov	1987: Bomb kills 11 at Enniskillen
16 Mar	1988: Three shot dead at Milltown Cemetery
30 Sep	1988: 'SAS killed lawfully' - Gibraltar jury
12 Feb	1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered
20 Mar	1989: Senior RUC men die in gun attack
22 Sep	1989: Ten dead in Kent barracks bomb
19 Oct	1989: Guildford Four released after 15 years
20 Jul	1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
14 Mar	1991: Birmingham Six freed after 16 years
03 Jun	1991: IRA men shot dead by British army
02 Jul	1992: IRA murders 'informers'
03 Dec	1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester
20 Mar	1993: Child killed in Warrington bomb attack
24 Apr	1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London
29 Nov	1993: Secret meetings with IRA revealed
15 Dec	1993: Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace
31 Aug	1994: IRA declares 'complete' ceasefire
30 Nov	1995: Clinton kindles hope in Northern Ireland
10 Feb	1996: Docklands bomb ends IRA ceasefire
15 Jun	1996: Huge explosion rocks central Manchester
19 Jul	1997: IRA declares ceasefire
23 Sep	1997: Peace talks wobble after Unionist outburst
27 Dec	1997: Loyalist leader murdered in prison
10 Apr	1998: Northern Ireland peace deal reached
10 May	1998: Sinn Fein backs peace deal
13 Oct	1994: Loyalists announce a ceasefire
23 May	1998: Leaders welcome 'yes' vote for N Ireland
12 Jul	1998: Children die in Drumcree protests
15 Aug	1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing
08 Sep	1998: Real IRA announce ceasefire
09 Sep	1999: Report urges sweeping reform of RUC
29 Nov	1999: NI power-sharing executive appointed
25 Mar	2000: Trimble narrowly wins leadership challenge
26 Jun	2000: IRA weapons dump inspected
24 Jul	2000: Loyalist killer Michael Stone freed from Maze
28 Jul	2000: Last prisoners leave the Maze
06 May	2001: Second blast at London post office
14 Jul	2001: NI agreement stalls in Staffordshire
03 Aug	2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven
14 Aug	2001: Setback for NI peace process
23 Oct	2001: IRA begins decommissioning weapons
31 Jan	2005: Belfast stab victim McCartney dies