| 3 | 1845 | - 1845—1852: Irish Potato Famine
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Famine (mostly within Ireland) or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland, with the most severely affected areas in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant. During the Great Hunger, about 1 million people died and more than a million fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20%–25%.
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1850 - 1850 (0 years)