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2009 Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own
2008 Kosovo declares independence from Serbia 2006 ETA terrorist group declares ceasefire against Spain 2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 1998 U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1995 President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City 1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow 1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint 1991 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas 1991 Moldavia declares independence from U.S.S.R. 1991 Ukraine declares independence from U.S.S.R. 1991 Latvia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. 1991 Estonia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. itself independent 1991 President Bush declares recession is near an end 1991 New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Croatia declares independence 1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq 1990 Armenia declares independence 1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence 1990 Ukraine declares independence 1990 Moldavia declares independence 1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence 1989 Hungary proclaims itself a republic and declares communist rule ended 1989 China declares martial law in Beijing 1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day" 1988 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs 1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1987 Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic 1986 P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 1985 Pope John Paul II declares Titus Brandsma divine 1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy 1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1983 St. Kitts and Nevis declares independence from U.K. 1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead 1982 Seattle Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees 1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala 1982 Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine 1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists 1981 Belize declares independence 1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran 1980 University administraion declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law 1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan 1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person 1978 Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1978 Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K. 1976 Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president 1975 Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint 1975 Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" 1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness 1973 Guinea-Bissau declares independence 1973 Bahamas declares Independence from U.K. and adopts constitution 1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam 1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 Marcos declares martial law in Philippines 1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan 1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK 1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds 1970 John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence 1970 Tonga, formerly Friendly Islands, declares independence from U.K. 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain 1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1968 Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia 1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain 1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria 1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia 1966 Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot 1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago 1964 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from U.K. 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" 1963 Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK 1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control 1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's 1961 Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism 1961 Kuwait declares independence from U.K. 1961 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery 1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K. 1960 Mali, formerly French Sudan, declares independence from France 1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France 1960 Chad declares Independence from France 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium 1960 Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration 1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France 1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral 1960 Senegal declares independence from France 1960 Chad declares independence from France 1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation 1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K. 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and U.K. 1952 U.S.S.R. declares peace treaty with Japan invalid 1948 State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1948 Israel declares independence from British administration 1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK 1948 Burma declares independence from UK 1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1947 Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK 1946 Syria declares independence from French administration 1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands 1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1945 Finland declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany 1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland 1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration 1943 Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/president Jose Laurel) 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers 1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1943 Hitler declares "Total War" 1942 U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan 1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy 1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy 1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war 1941 Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence 1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union 1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack 1941 2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO 1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege 1939 Canada declares war on Germany 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China 1938 Japan declares war on China 1937 China declares war on Japan 1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran 1934 New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday 1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem 1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent 1929 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government 1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords 1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) 1922 President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem 1922 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy 1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China 1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence 1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1920 Georgia declares independence 1919 Fiume (Rijeka) declares it's Independence 1919 Afghanistan declares independence from U.K. 1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks 1919 Armenia declares it's Independence 1918 Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established 1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia 1918 Poland declares independence 1918 Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire 1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent 1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1917 Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack 1917 Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent 1917 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia 1917 Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) 1917 Kerenski regime declares Russian republic 1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I 1916 U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic 1916 Greece declares war on Germany 1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Germany declares war on Romania 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal 1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Italy declares war on Turkey 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I 1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 U.S. declares Panama Canal Zone neutral 1914 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia 1914 Serbia declares war against Germany 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 1914 U.S. declares neutrality in WW I 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) 1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1912 Albania declares it's Indepenence from Turkey 1912 Albania declares independence from Turkey 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1912 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1910 Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K. 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1907 New Zealand declares independence from U.K. 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Japan declares war on Russia 1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state 1901 Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies 1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England 1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control 1898 U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba 1898 Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate 1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence 1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate 1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1883 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1877 U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election 1876 Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1876 Serbia declares war on Turkey 1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1870 Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1869 Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1866 Italy declares war on Austria 1865 Union General Granger declares slaves are free in Texas 1863 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful 1861 Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers 1861 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the U.S. Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1848 Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland 1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1846 California declares independence from Mexico in Sonoma 1846 U.S. declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins 1846 Yucatan declares independence from Mexico 1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" 1838 Mexico declares war on France 1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation 1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation 1836 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru 1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico 1830 Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands 1828 South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1823 President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" 1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 1822 Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence 1821 Panama declares independence from Spain 1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence 1821 Mexico declares independence 1821 Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1820 Cuenca Ecuador declares independence 1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador 1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain 1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples 1815 U.S. declares war on Algiers for taking U.S. prisoners and demanding tribute 1813 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain 1812 War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain 1811 Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain 1811 Austria declares bankruptcy 1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain 1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) 1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established 1809 Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1801 Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence 1801 Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1799 Austria declares war on France 1796 Spain declares war on England 1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1793 France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 France declares war on Prussia 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) 1788 Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Turkey declares war on Russia 1780 England declares war on Netherlands 1780 Britain declares war on Holland 1780 Sweden declares neutrality 1780 Denmark declares neutrality 1779 In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England 1778 Prussia declares war on Austria 1778 England declares war on France 1777 Vermont declares independence from NY 1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England 1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion 1762 England declares war on Spain and Naples 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia 1756 England declares war on France 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England 1739 England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear 1739 England declares war on Spain 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1723 Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution 1719 Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire 1718 England declares war on Spain 1718 France declares war on Spain 1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden 1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia 1707 Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II 1705 Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king 1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1702 England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia 1689 France declares war on England 1689 English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1689 German Parliament declares war on France 1688 French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands 1688 France declares war on German 1675 Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine 1674 German Parliament declares war on France 1672 States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void 1672 France declares war on Netherlands 1672 England declares war on Netherlands 1667 Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War 1666 France declares war on England and Munster 1665 English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1663 Osman declares war on Austria 1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent 1652 England declares war on Netherlands 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution 1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France 1635 France declares war on Spain 1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor 1624 England declares war on Spain 1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1568 In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1557 England declares war on France 1549 France declares war on England 1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended 1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons 1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain 1509 France declares war on Venice 1428 Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid 1380 French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics 1346 Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 1338 German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant 1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid 1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy 392 Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion |
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