On the 15th 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.
The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.
On the 27th February 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin was set on fire in an arson attack.
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
On the 2nd November 1795, the Directory was established in France.
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.
On 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent, marking the start of female suffrage in Great Britain.
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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