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100 Years Ago – 13 January 1922

13 January 1922 Aristide Briand resigned as the Prime Minister of France following political opposition to his policy at the

12 January 1922 David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, said that the UK would back the French if any country

11 January 1922 Arthur Griffith was confirmed as the new President of Dáil Éireann, the Irish Parliament, and he started

10 January 1922 David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, refused to comment on reports of a General Election being called,

9 January 1922 Éamon de Valera resigned from his role as President but said that he would continue to fight

9 January 1972 26 people were hurt when the Queen’s Own Highlanders entered a house in Belfast which was booby

8 January 1922 The issue of war reparations continued to cause issues at the Cannes Conference, with the French media

8 January 1972 Lord Carrington (in photo above), the Secretary of State for Defence, cancelled off his engagements in Hong

7 January 1922 Éamon de Valera offered to resign as the President of the Republic saying that “I am sick

7 January 1972 The Government told the country to be prepared for the first national coal strike since 1926 following