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2009 The parliament of Iceland votes to pursue joining the European Union
2008 Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70 2001 Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12 1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law 1996 Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies 1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament 1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 Liechtenstein prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament 1992 Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor 1992 Slovak parliament asks for self rule 1992 Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament 1991 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad 1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 1990 Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens 1990 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss 1989 Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia 1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals 1988 Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament 1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989 1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan 1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth 1986 C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85 1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted 1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections 1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl 1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament 1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament 1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament 1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1979 Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament 1979 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament 1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament 1977 Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship 1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election 1975 Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament 1974 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62 1973 Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws 1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market 1971 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament 1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes U.S. copper mines 1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections 1968 President Da Costa e Silva disbands parliament/grabs power 1968 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament 1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament 1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections 1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan 1963 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco 1963 Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77 1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured 1962 Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 1961 Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed 1960 President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament 1959 President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament 1959 Charles Hendry, born in West Sussex, England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden 1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses 1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons 1958 Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) 1957 Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1956 U.S.S.R.'s Cominform (Parliament) dissolves 1955 Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 Christine Oddy, British member European parliament 1955 John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance 1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1955 John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence 1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce 1955 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1955 Henry Bellingham, born in Cheltenham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk 1954 Pakistan governor-general Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament 1954 Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament 1954 Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1954 4/13/1954 Barbara Roche, born Barbara Maureen Margolis, Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green 1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism 1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal 1953 Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1953 Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1953 John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Stephen Byers, born in Wolverhampton, England, British politician, Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North 1953 Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1952 European Parliament forms in Strasbourg 1952 Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 David Amess, born in London, England, British politician, Conservative, Member of Parliament for Southend West 1952 Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1951 Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Simon Hughes, born in Cheshire, England, British politician, Liberal Member of Parliament of North Southwark and Bermondsey 1951 John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1951 Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1951 Ian McCartney, born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, British politician, Member of Parliament for Makerfield 1951 Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1950 South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1950 Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1950 Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament 1949 Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1948 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78 1948 Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Nigel Jones, born in Chelenham, England, politician, Liberal Democrat, Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1992 - 2005 1947 Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 1947 Tessa Jowell, born in Marylebone, England, politician, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood, Cabinet Minister 1947 John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1947 Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Archy Kirkwood, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 1946 Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1946 Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University 1946 Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service 1945 Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague 1945 John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons 1945 Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1944 Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council 1944 Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1944 James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 Keith Hampson, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Ripon 1943 Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley 1943 Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Asser B Kleerekoper, SDAP-Second-Member of parliament, dies at 62 1943 Win Griffiths, born in Wales, born Winston James Griffiths, politician, Labor Party, served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend, member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Bro Margannwg NHS Trust 1942 Michael Stephen, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Shoreham from 1992 until 1997 1942 Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 James Couchman, born in England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Gillingham 1941 Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament 1941 John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West 1940 Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies 1940 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 1940 William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1939 Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 1939 Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1939 Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1939 Bryan Gould, born in New Zealand, politician, Rhodes Scholar, Labor Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, served as Shadow Chief Secretary 1939 Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1938 Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1938 Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 1937 Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 1937 Alice Mahon, born in Halifax, England, trade unionist, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Halifax 1987 - 2005 1937 Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1937 Peter Pike, born in England, born Peter Leslie Pike, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Burnley 1937 Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1937 Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare 1936 Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power 1936 Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1935 Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1935 Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 1935 David Evans, born in England, footballer, cricketer for Aston Villa, Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield 1935 Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West 1934 Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Keith Speed, born in Evesham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Meriden in Warwickshire 1968 - 1974 1934 Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms 1933 Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) 1933 Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists 1933 President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament 1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1933 German Parliament disolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe 1932 Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament 1932 Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo 1932 James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1932 John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1931 Norman Tebbit, born in Southgate, England, politician, Member of Parliament 1930 Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1929 John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party 1929 Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1928 Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament 1928 British parliament accept female sufferage 1928 Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1927 Kenneth Eastham, born in England, politician, Labor Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1979 - 1997 1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 1927 Simone Veil, President European parliament, France 1927 Richard Body, born in England, Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body, politician, Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959 1927 John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party 1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1926 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties 1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno 1925 KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy 1925 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament 1925 Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1925 Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North 1925 John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament 1925 Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe president 1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1924 Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier 1924 Greek parliament proclaims republic 1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1923 Labour/Liberals win British parliament 1923 [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61 1923 Italian parliament accepts new constitution 1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1922 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president 1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life 1922 German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925 1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected 1921 Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats 1921 Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 Walter Clegg, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1919 Austria parliament approves 8-hour day 1919 Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence 1918 Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1918 SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament 1917 Helen Suzman, born in South Africa, politician and anti-apartheid activist, served 36 years in parliament 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare 1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Giorgio Almirante, born in Italy, fascist, member of parliament, 1948-87, 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1912 Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords 1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill 1911 Patrick Maitland, born in England, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, journalist, World War II Special Correspondent, Member of Parliament for Lanark 1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1909 Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1906 Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament 1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time 1905 Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) 1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage 1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage 1902 Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1901 Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne 1900 Queen Victoria disbands British parliament 1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic 1897 Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 1894 Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament 1892 Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 1880 Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament, SDAP 1879 Henri-Honore Giraud, French general/member of parliament 1878 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1875 Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch female parliament member, SDAP, 1918-37 1868 Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 1867 British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1866 Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament, 1905-19 1865 Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament, SPD, mayor of Kassel 1864 Greek parliament accept new Constitution 1863 Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary 1863 Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies 1863 Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893 1862 [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/member of parliament 1862 Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament 1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 1859 John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1858 Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament 1857 Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament 1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament 1848 German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg 1848 Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1841 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario 1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1838 Eugen Richter, German parliament member, Liberal 1836 British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1834 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member 1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1833 Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation 1832 British Parliament passes reform bill 1830 Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members 1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1828 Count d'Andreossi, French general/parliament leader, dies at 67 1825 Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament 1809 Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member 1808 Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian Parliament member 1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade 1805 Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament 1803 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, 1848-75 1797 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1793 Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies 1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament 1788 English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade 1787 Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes 1787 Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings 1784 English parliament accept India Act 1780 Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London 1775 Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion 1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act 1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1772 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 1762 British parliament accept Treaty of Paris 1761 Earl d'Andreossi, French general and member of parliament 1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship 1753 King Louis XV disbands French parliament 1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1741 Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1732 Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions 1722 Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions 1714 Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1705 Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king 1702 Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament 1697 English parliament accept army reduction 1697 Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king 1694 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1689 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 1689 German Parliament declares war on France 1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne 1689 British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights 1689 English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1689 Prince Willem III calls English parliament together 1687 King James II disbands English parliament 1681 Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion 1681 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London 1680 Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament 1678 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament 1675 English king Charles II adjourns parliament 1674 German Parliament declares war on France 1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament 1669 Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king 1663 English parliament accepts Staple Act 1661 Parliament confirms Navigation Act 1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns 1660 London Convention Parliament begins 1660 Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II 1660 English Long Parliament disbands 1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1653 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1653 British Barebones Parliament goes into session 1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria 1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1651 Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off 1648 Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament 1647 King Charles I handed over to English parliament 1647 Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds 1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1646 English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions 1645 English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance 1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1642 Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament 1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1640 English Long Parliament forms 1640 English Short Parliament unites 1640 English Short Parliament forms 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1630 Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament 1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later 1626 King Charles I disbands English parliament 1624 English parliament comes together 1622 King James I disbands the English parliament 1621 English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament 1621 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1619 John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader 1614 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation 1614 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1610 Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1600 Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1584 English parliament throws out Jesuits 1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism 1575 Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland 1573 Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king 1569 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 1555 English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king 1545 German Parliament opens in Worms 1542 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke 1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard 1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 1532 English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1531 English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting 1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together 1529 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism 1526 Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief 1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 1521 Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther 1376 English "Good Parliament" meets 1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1048 Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX 930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established 887 Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns |
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