the irish potato famine By Bobster Aug 1, 1845 first report of potato blight in ireland Oct 29, 1845 one-third of total crop lost Nov 29, 1845 peel orders purchase of 1000,000 eurors worth of corn from the us Dec 29, 1845 food prices double Mar 29, 1846 sale of indian corn approved Jun 29, 1846 russel replaces peel as prime minister Jul 29, 1846 potato crops appear healthy Aug 29, 1846 blight reappears 3/4 of crop lost emigration escalates Nov 29, 1846 severe winter comes in fever and dysentery are epidemic Dec 29, 1846 122,899 deaths by census reports Feb 27, 1847 soup kitchen act passed Mar 29, 1847 714,000 people employed on relife works May 29, 1847 fever act passed to cope with epidemic Jun 29, 1847 soup kitchens open Jul 29, 1847 soup distributed to 3,000,000 people daily Aug 29, 1847 little evidence of blight but harvest i 1/4 the normaal size and to small to sustain population Oct 29, 1847 soup kitches close large scale emmigration continuse late into year Dec 31, 1847 Emigration records estimate 220,000 left in ireland Dec 31, 1847 census reports249,335 deaths Jul 31, 1848 2/3 of potato crop destroyed young ireland uprising takes place Nov 30, 1848 cholera epidemic begins Dec 31, 1848 census reports 208,252 deaths 180,000 emigrate in 1848 May 31, 1849 rate-in-aid act distributes rates equally all over poor law unions Jun 30, 1849 society of friends gives up relife work Aug 31, 1849 Queen victoria visits ireland potato light confiend to west and south Dec 31, 1849 16,686 evicted families, estimated 220,00 emigrated, and 240,797 deaths Jan 1, 1850 the right to vote is extended to farmers who hold twelve acers or more Jan 1, 1851 census reports 96,798 deaths Jan 1, 1853 the brithes government cancels the 4 million (erours) that the irish rate payers owe Jan 1, 1871 census reports the population of ireland as 4,412,000 half of the pre-famine years