potato famine
41Vietnamese Famine of 1945 — The Vietnamese Famine of 1945 (Vietnamese: Nạn đói Ất Dậu Famine of the Ất Dậu Year) was a famine that occurred in northern Vietnam from October 1944 to May 1945, during the Japanese occupation of the country. Between 400,000 and 2 million people …
42Irish Famine (1740–1741) — The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 was perhaps of similar magnitude to the better known Great Famine of 1845 1852. Unlike the famine of the 1840s, which was caused in part by a fungal infection in the potato crop, that of 1740 41 was due to extremely… …
43the Irish Famine — noun a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) • Syn: ↑the Great Hunger, ↑the Great Starvation, ↑the Great Calamity • Hypernyms: ↑famine …
44Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …
45Ireland — This article is about the island. For the sovereign state of the same name, see Republic of Ireland. For the constituent country of the United Kingdom, see Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Ireland (disambiguation). Coordinates …
46Genocides in history — Genocide is the mass killing of a group of people, as defined by Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a… …
47Irish literature — Introduction the body of written works produced by the Irish. This article discusses Irish literature written in English from about 1690; its history is closely linked with that of English literature. Irish language literature is treated… …
48Highland Clearances — Ruined croft houses on Fuaigh Mòr in Loch Roag. The island was cleared of its inhabitants in 1841 and is now only used for grazing sheep. The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the expulsion of the Gael) were forced… …
49Irish immigration to Puerto Rico — In the 19th century, there was considerable Irish immigration to Puerto Rico, for a number of reasons. Among which were the following: the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s which killed millions of Irishmen and the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815… …
50Große Hungersnot in Irland — Die als Große Hungersnot (englisch Great Famine oder Irish potato famine; irisch An Gorta Mór) in die Geschichte eingegangene Hungersnot zwischen 1845 und 1849 war die Folge mehrerer durch die damals neuartige Kartoffelfäule ausgelöster …
