# Good Friday Agreement (1998)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1998-good-friday-agreement
Categories: main-event

The British and Irish governments and most Northern Irish parties agreed a new power-sharing and constitutional framework. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 10 April 1998 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The agreement sharply reduced political violence and remains the foundation of Northern Ireland's peace settlement.

## Why it matters
The agreement sharply reduced political violence and remains the foundation of Northern Ireland's peace settlement.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [GOV.UK — Belfast Agreement](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-belfast-agreement)
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Good Friday Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Good+Friday+Agreement&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Good Friday Agreement](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Good+Friday+Agreement)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)