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2005 Luxembourg accepts a referendum on the E.U. constitution
2005 Dutch reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution 2005 French reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1996 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution 1994 Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress 1990 Benin nullifies its constitution 1990 Namibia's constitution ratified 1989 Chad adopts its Constitution 1989 East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 Hungary revises constitution 1989 Chile amends its constitution 1989 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup 1988 Brazil adopts its Constitution 1988 Fiji's new constitution is proposed 1988 Burma suspends its constitution 1988 South Korea adopts constitution 1987 Afghanistan Constitution adopted 1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1987 Fiji's constitution is suspended 1987 Suriname constitution ratified 1987 Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution 1987 Ethiopia adopts constitution 1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution 1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect 1987 Philippines adopts constitution 1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect 1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution 1986 Bangladesh Constitution restored 1986 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect 1985 Pakistan restores constitution 1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution 1985 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution 1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution 1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup 1985 Guatemala adopts constitution 1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab 1984 South Africa adopts constitution 1984 Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Haiti adopts constitution 1983 Netherlands adopts constitution 1982 Sao Tome and Principe constitution approved 1982 China adopts its constitution 1982 Turkey adopts constitution 1982 Portugal revises constitution 1982 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution 1982 Guinea adopts constitution 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1982 Canada adopts its constitution 1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution 1982 Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution 1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect 1982 Honduras adopts constitution 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution 1981 Burundia adopts its constitution 1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins 1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution 1981 Palau adopts constitution 1980 Vietnam adopts constitution 1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published 1980 Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum 1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution 1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1980 Guyana adopts constitution 1980 Chile adopts its constitution 1980 Cape Verde adopts its constitution 1980 Angola revises its constitution 1980 Belgian constitution revised 1980 Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaunde Terry becomes president 1980 Togo's constitution becomes effective 1979 Togo adopts constitution 1979 Zimbabwe adopts constitution 1979 Iran accepts constitution 1979 Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president 1979 Ghana adopts constitution 1979 Somali constitution approved by president 1979 Somali adopts constitution 1979 Ecuador adopts its constitution 1979 Congo adopts constitution 1979 Mali's constitution goes into effect 1979 Seychelles adopts constitution 1979 Nigeria amends constitution 1979 Rhodesia agrees to new constitution 1978 Spain constitution goes into effect 1978 King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution 1978 Thailand adopts constitution 1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda 1978 Spain adopts constitution 1978 Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution 1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1978 Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties 1978 Comoros adopts constitution 1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka 1978 Sierra Leone adopts constitution 1978 Zaire revises constitution 1978 Angola revises its constitution 1977 U.S.S.R. adopts constitution 1977 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution 1977 Benin adopts its constitution 1977 Libya amends constitution 1976 Albania constitution goes into effect 1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect 1976 Trinidad and Tobago adopts constitution 1976 Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution 1976 Portugal adopts constitution 1976 Portuguese constitution assumed 1976 Cuba adopts its constitution 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) 1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force 1975 Madagascar adopts constitution 1975 Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution 1975 Greece adopts constitution 1975 Gabon amends constitution 1975 Sweden adopts constitution 1974 East Germany amends constitution 1974 Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, suspends constitution 1974 Malta's constitution goes into effect 1974 Malta adopts constitution 1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution 1974 Burma accepts its constitution 1973 Grenada adopts constitution 1973 Bahrain's constitution goes into effect 1973 Zambia adopts constitution 1973 Bahamas declares Independence from U.K. and adopts constitution 1973 Uruguay suspends constitution 1973 Bahrain adopts it's constitution 1973 Sudan adopts constitution 1973 Swaziland suspends constitution 1973 Pakistan suspends constitution 1973 Syria adopts constitution 1973 Morocco adopts constitution 1973 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius 1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life 1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect 1972 Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect 1972 Bangladesh adopts constitution 1972 Panama adopts constitution 1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified 1972 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified 1972 Hungary revises constitution 1972 Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed 1971 Egypt adopts its constitution 1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect 1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution 1970 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution 1970 Iraq's constitution goes into effect 1970 Senegal adopts constitution 1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted 1969 Libya adopts constitution 1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution 1969 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation 1968 Iraq adopts constitution 1968 Bermuda adopts its constitution 1968 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted 1968 East Germany adopts constitution 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1968 Nauru adopts constitution 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane 1967 Zaire adopts constitution 1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution 1967 St. Helena adopts constitution 1967 Tonga revises constitution 1966 Dominican Republic adopts constitution 1966 Uruguay adopts constitution 1965 Romania adopts constitution 1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power 1964 Maldives adopts constitution 1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1963 Algerian population accepts constitution 1963 Senegal adopts constitution 1962 Current constitution of Monaco promulgated 1962 Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy 1962 Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) 1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1961 Mauritania adopts constitution 1961 Gabon adopts constitution 1961 Venezuela adopts constitution 1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution 1960 Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution 1960 Mongolia adopts constitution 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution 1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution 1959 Indonesia restores constitution 1959 Singapore adopts constitution 1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) 1959 Gabon adopts its constitution 1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution 1958 France adopts constitution 1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution 1954 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1954 Virgin Islands (U.S.) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) 1953 British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution 1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution 1952 "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day) 1952 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution 1952 Puerto Rico's constitution approved by U.S. Congress 1952 Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution 1952 Jordan adopts constitution 1951 Constitution of Jordan passes 1951 Uruguay accepts its constitution 1951 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified 1950 West Berlin granted a constitution 1950 Indies Constitution goes into effect 1950 Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) 1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) 1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic 1949 Costa Rica adopts Constitution 1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution 1949 Hungary adopts constitution 1949 East Germans constitution approved 1949 West German constitution approved 1948 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea 1948 Italy adopts constitution 1947 Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy 1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution 1946 Constitution accepted in Taiwan 1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution 1946 Panama accepts its new constitution 1946 Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic 1944 Iceland adopts constitution 1944 Generals Giraud and de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1936 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from U.S., Organic Act 1934 Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution 1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution 1930 Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution 1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador 1926 Lebanon adopts constitution 1926 Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate 1925 Greek republican constitution enforced 1923 Italian parliament accepts new constitution 1922 Dutch Constitution proclaimed 1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1921 Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect 1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution 1919 Finland adopts constitution 1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly 1917 Present Mexican constitution adopted 1906 Ecuador adopts its constitution 1900 Australia accepts its constitution 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1889 Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 1887 Philadelphia celebrates 100th anniversary of U.S. Constitution 1886 Colombia adopts constitution 1877 Burkina adopts its constitution 1876 Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed 1875 Tonga adopts constitution 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect 1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution 1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes 1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery 1864 Greek parliament accept new Constitution 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1863 Eduard David, German undersecretary, constitution of Weimar 1862 Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution 1862 Confederate Constitution and presidency are declared permanent 1861 Washington D.C. - Crittenden resolution is passed stating that the war is to be fought to preserve union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution 1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the U.S. Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states 1857 Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) 1856 Constitution of South Australia adopted 1853 Argentina adopts it's constitution 1848 Sardinia-Piemonte gets new Constitution 1848 Toscane gets liberal Constitution 1848 Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution 1845 Texas ratifies a state constitution 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed 1837 Spain gets new Constitution 1836 Texas approves a constitution 1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I 1831 Belgium adopts it's Constitution 1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll 1812 U.S. warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere 1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 1804 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power 1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1797 U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1795 11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, affirms power of states 1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted 1791 France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution 1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly 1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" 1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution 1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th U.S. state 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1789 U.S. constitution goes into effect 1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) 1788 Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist, Language of the Constitution 1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify 1788 South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution 1788 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1787 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution 1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify U.S. constitution 1787 Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution 1787 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution 1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval 1787 Constitution submitted to states for ratification 1787 U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1787 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor 1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution 1755 Rufus King, framer of U.S. constitution 1723 Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution 1721 Roger Sherman, signer, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution 1669 John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution 1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford 1600 San Marino adopts constitution 1484 Joachim I Nestor, elector, Brandenburg, Constitution |
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