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 Milt coup leader Maj-Gen 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 Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am 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 adm 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 PM 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 UK
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 Gov 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 adm
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 UK
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, NZ, 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 HR 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)
1923 Gov Walton of Oklahoma declares state of siege because of KKK terror
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 US 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 NZ declares independence from UK
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 Gov 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 Gen 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 Maj Gen 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 US 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 (Natl 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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