Tag: Democracy

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30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

• 30th July 2023
• Tagged as: America, Democracy, Government, Jamestown, Virginia

The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.

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5th November 1940: President Roosevelt elected for an unprecedented third term

• 5th November 2022
• Tagged as: America, Democracy, Election, New Deal, President, Roosevelt, Second World War, USA

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.

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20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established

• 20th June 2022
• Tagged as: Democracy, Estates General, France, French Revolution, Louis XVI, Monarchy, National Assembly, Nobility, Revolution, Tennis Court Oath, Third Estate

The Deputies of the French Third Estate swore not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.

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27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time

• 27th April 2022
• Tagged as: Democracy, Duma, Nicholas II, Politics, Russia, Stolypin, Witte

The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.

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13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II of Russia assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement

• 13th March 2022
• Tagged as: Alexander II, Assassination, Autocracy, Democracy, Revoluion, Russia

Suffering from severe bleeding, the Tsar was taken to the Winter Palace where he died from his wounds.

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24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

• 24th February 2022
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Democracy, Impeachment, Johnson, Law, Slavery, United States, USA

Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864.

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30th January 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

• 30th January 2022
• Tagged as: Democracy, Dictatorship, Germany, Hindenburg, Hitler, Nazi, Reichstag, Weimar

Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.

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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

• 6th November 2021
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Democracy, Election, Lincoln, President, Slavery, USA

Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.

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2nd November 1795: The Directory established in France following the Thermidorian Reaction

• 2nd November 2021
• Tagged as: Democracy, Directory, France, French Revolution, Jacobin, Politics, Revolution, Robsepierre

This Constitution of the Year III established a bicameral legislature and a five-man Directory that wielded executive power.

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15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

• 15th June 2021
• Tagged as: Civil Rights, Democracy, England, Magna Carta, Pope

On the 15^th June 1215, Magna Carta – one of the most famous documents in the world – was approved by King John when he added his seal to it in a field at Runnymede near Windsor in England.