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Emmet, Robert
1778 - Born on the 4th of March in Ireland.
1797 - The Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Lord Kilwarden, chief prosecutor of William Orr, was dragged from his carriage and hacked to death.
1798 - The preparations for the uprising were successfully concealed, but a premature explosion at one of Emmet's arms depots killed a man and forced Emmet to bring forward the date of the rising before the authorities' suspicions were aroused.
1802 - During a brief lull in the Napoleonic Wars Emmet joined an Irish delegation to Napoleon asking for support. However the delegation returned unsuccessfully.
1803 - Emmet returned to Ireland and together with other revolutionaries such as Thomas Russell and James Hope , prepared to launch a new rebellion.
- Died on the 20th of September.
1797 - The Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Lord Kilwarden, chief prosecutor of William Orr, was dragged from his carriage and hacked to death.
1798 - The preparations for the uprising were successfully concealed, but a premature explosion at one of Emmet's arms depots killed a man and forced Emmet to bring forward the date of the rising before the authorities' suspicions were aroused.
1802 - During a brief lull in the Napoleonic Wars Emmet joined an Irish delegation to Napoleon asking for support. However the delegation returned unsuccessfully.
1803 - Emmet returned to Ireland and together with other revolutionaries such as Thomas Russell and James Hope , prepared to launch a new rebellion.
- Died on the 20th of September.
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