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  • Thumbnail for Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham...
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    A proclamation (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement) is an official declaration issued by a person of authority to make certain announcements...
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  • Thumbnail for Presidential proclamation (United States)
    A presidential proclamation is a statement issued by a US president on an issue of public policy and is a type of presidential directive. A presidential...
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  • Thumbnail for Proclamation of the Irish Republic
    The Proclamation of the Republic (Irish: Forógra na Poblachta), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by...
    16 KB (2,034 words) - 13:09, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Philippine–American War
    Manila. On February 4, 1899, The Philippine Council of Government issued a proclamation urging the people to continue the war. Philippine President Emilio...
    157 KB (16,333 words) - 22:12, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal Proclamation of 1763
    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven...
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    passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and requesting a proclamation. The next day, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation...
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  • Thumbnail for Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence
    Chattogram. On 10 April, the Provisional Government of Bangladesh issued a proclamation on the basis of the previous declaration and established an interim...
    35 KB (3,531 words) - 11:36, 19 May 2024
  • including most Canadian provinces and all Australian states, issued their own proclamations at times relative to their time zones, following meetings of...
    144 KB (15,716 words) - 21:18, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Juneteenth
    African Americans – of slavery's wartime demise. Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War on September 22, 1862...
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  • The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793, that declared the nation neutral...
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  • Thumbnail for 1717–1718 Acts of Grace
    The Proclamation for Suppressing of Pirates (also known simply as the Act of Grace, though not an Act of Parliament) was a royal proclamation issued by...
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    Flag Day (United States) (category Observances in the United States by presidential proclamation)
    after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially...
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  • written proclamations issued by the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been issued on...
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  • Proclamation of the Republic may refer to: Proclamation of the Irish Republic, issued during the Easter Rising of 1916 Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)...
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    Constitution as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy" to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It provided that, on January 1, 1863, in the states...
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  • Thumbnail for S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
    president issued a proclamation under Article 356(1) dismissing the government of Meghalaya and dissolving the legislative assembly. The Proclamation stated...
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  • Thumbnail for Proclamation No. 216
    Proclamation No. 216 was the 2017 proclamation of martial law and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao amid...
    48 KB (4,354 words) - 14:22, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alien and Sedition Acts
    countries. On April 10, 1946, Truman issued presidential proclamation #2685, which modified the previous proclamation, and set a 30-day deadline for removal....
    39 KB (4,289 words) - 06:19, 7 May 2024
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    the president to issue a proclamation to "command the insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, within a limited time", and...
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