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Events on Tuesday 21 October 1879 1
1879Irish National Land League FoundedMichael Davitt organizes tenant farmers against landlordismMichael Davitt founded the Irish National Land League in Dublin to campaign for fair rents, fixed tenure, and free sale for Irish tenant farmers. Charles Stewart Parnell was elected its president, linking the land agitation to parliamentary nationalism. The League's campaign launched the Land War, a period of agrarian unrest across Ireland.