mar 5, 1901 - Sixteen Irish members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom are ordered to leave during a debate over matters affecting Great Britain (which excludes Ireland even though it is part of the United Kingdom), and all refuse

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After the resolution for their closure from a debate on the education budget had passed, 220–117, Chairman Balfour House asked them to retire to the lobby. P. A. McHugh responded, "We will not divide," and was cheered by his Irish colleagues. The Speaker of the House then directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove the non-compliant members of parliament; first to go was Eugene Crean, from Cork, who fought with the six officers but was finally subdued. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, at about 12:30, policemen were called into the building. Taken, in addition to Crean and McHugh were members Michael Flavin, James Gilhooly, Thomas McGovern, John Cullinan, Patrick O'Brien, William Lundon, William Abraham, Patrick Doogan, Anthony Donelan, Patrick White and Jeremiah Jordan. The Times of London wrote, "Drastic punishment must be meted out to this offense which is all the more unpardonable because clearly deliberate."

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