History Hop Tags - Issues

475-04-09

Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.

1156-09-17

Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the 'Privilegium Minus' decree, which elevated Austria to a duchy.

1252-05-15

Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.

1256-04-13

The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.

1256-05-04

The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.

1329-03-27

Pope John XXII issues his 'In Agro Dominico' condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

1343-01-27

Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.

1357-11-25

Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace

1377-05-22

Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.

1512-12-27

The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.

1514-01-14

Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.

1515-07-22

First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland & Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence

1712-10-03

The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.

1749-01-03

Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

1763-10-07

George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north & west of Alleghenies to white settlement

1775-05-10

2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time

1775-07-06

Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent

1775-07-10

Horatio Gates issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army

1775-07-25

Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta

1789-08-27

French National Assembly issues "Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen"

1796-07-08

US State Dept issues 1st American passport

1797-02-26

Bank of England issues first £1-note

1807-12-17

France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

1810-09-16

Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event

1814-03-30

Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.

1814-04-05

Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes

1815-02-06

NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)

1829-05-24

Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate

1835-12-03

1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)

1837-06-20

Britain issues its 1st stamp, 1 penny Queen Victoria

1838-10-27

Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.

1839-06-17

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result

1851-04-23

Canada issues its 1st postage stamps

1857-02-21

US issues flying eagle cents

1861-02-06

British Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy issues first storm warnings for ships

1861-08-30

John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels

1862-01-26

Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive, General George McClellan ignores order

1862-03-10

US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)

1862-05-15

Major Gen Benjamin F Butler issues order (New Orleans) that confederate women abusing union soldiers be treated as whores

1862-11-09

US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him

1862-12-17

General Ulysses S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee

1863-07-30

President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot

1864-11-09

Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"

1865-01-16

Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)

1865-04-10

At Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last

1865-11-13

US issues 1st gold certificates

1867-02-14

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co issues 1st policy

1890-09-24

President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned

1894-03-12

Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday

1898-06-23

Emilio Aguinaldo issues a decree replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary government, with himself as President

1900-04-16

US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps

1900-06-21

In the Philippines, General Arthur McArthur, US military governor of the Philippines, issues an amnesty proclamation to those Filipinos who will renounce the insurgent movement and accept US sovereignty

1900-06-29

The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater ferocity

1900-07-03

Trying in stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia

1900-09-15

A Boer delegation issues an appeal at the Hague, Netherlands, that the major powers intervene in the war in South Africa

1900-11-30

The First Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by the President having examined possible routes for a canal, issues its report favoring that through Nicaragua over the Panama route

1901-04-15

Pope Leo XIII issues an allocution deploring hostile actions against the Roman Catholic Church throughout Europe

1901-04-19

In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo issues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence.

1901-08-15

Great Britain issues a proclamation calling on the Boers to surrender by 15 September or face banishment and confiscation of their property

1906-01-10

The British and French begin consultations on military and naval issues

1907-06-16

Tsar Nicolas II of Russia dissolves the Second Duma (parliament) and issues an edict that will increase representation of propertied classes while reducing that of peasants, workers and national minorities

1908-07-26

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

1909-08-07

US issues 1st Lincoln penny

1911-11-11

Russia issues an ultimatum to Persia and follows it with an invasion of North Persia to impose political control

1914-08-05

Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money

1914-08-18

US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"

1915-01-18

Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.

1916-04-22

Chief of Staff of the Irish Volunteers Eóin MacNeill issues the Countermanding order in Dublin to try to stop what would become the Easter Rising

1917-04-16

[OS Apr 4] Lenin issues his radical April Theses calling for Soviets to take power during Russian Revolution

1927-06-30

Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico

1928-07-20

The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians.

1929-07-10

US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency

1932-01-01

The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.

1936-01-01

1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune

1936-07-18

Spanish Civil War : General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leds uprising with army in Morocco

1938-09-26

Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land

1941-06-25

FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination

1942-12-15

Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs

1943-04-15

Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase

1945-03-19

Adolf Hitler issues "Nero Decree" to destroy all German factories

1947-01-01

Benelux agress to work related issues

1948-05-16

Israel issues its 1st postage stamps

1948-07-26

Pres Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in armed forces

1950-03-01

USSR issues golden rubles

1950-05-13

Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards

1950-10-11

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS

1952-04-15

Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card

1954-05-29

Pope Pius X issues holy declaration

1955-01-01

Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps

1957-10-13

German Democratic Republic recalls OstMark & issues new currency

1958-08-18

Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)

1960-01-01

Bank of France issues new franc, worth 100 times the value of existing francs

1960-11-18

Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration

1961-11-06

US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith

1963-03-27

Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.

1964-03-09

Supreme Court issues NY Times vs Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel & recover damages

1966-07-26

Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.

1972-02-01

The Ministry of Defence also issues a detailed account of the British Army's version of events during 'Bloody Sunday'

1972-09-20

The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled Towards a New Ireland, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland

1972-09-20

The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled Towards a New Ireland, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland

1972-10-30

The Northern Ireland Office issues a discussion document 'The Future of Northern Ireland'; the paper states Britain's commitment to the union as long as the majority of people wish to remain part of the United Kingdom

1977-07-26

The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issues a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto, South Africa

1977-08-03

Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered

1979-05-24

Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar

1979-11-11

Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center

1982-06-25

South African President P.W. Botha issues a new Proclamation again placing Ingwavuma under government control

1983-01-10

NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver

1986-01-07

Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes

1986-06-02

NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token

1986-11-14

FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila

1991-04-11

UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration

1992-10-27

Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien

1992-11-21

Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances

1993-11-20

Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.

1994-03-07

US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship

1995-08-02

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd issues a decree replacing all members of the Council of Ministers who do not have blood ties so the royal Family

1996-03-25

US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill

1996-08-23

Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'

1997-06-25

Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop

2007-07-07

Pope Benedict XVI issues the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, removing restrictions on celebrating the old Tridentine Mass.

2009-03-04

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

2016-02-17

FDA issues guidelines to keep Zika virus out of donated blood

2016-08-05

Turkey Issues a Warrant for Fethullah Gulen, Cleric Accused in Coup

2017-04-11

North Korea issues warning as US strike group heads to Korean Peninsula

2017-09-25

Trump issues new travel ban restricting entry from 8 countries

2018-04-04

China vows countermeasures as US issues extensive tariff list

1883-06-23

Frederick Taylor, Dolls with Issues

1941-03-30

Bob Smith, It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

1972-08-02

Nick Boganwright, Trust Issues

1975-06-09

Jason Roeser, Michael & Michael Have Issues.

1978-04-15

Kelly S. King, Trust Issues

1985-01-07

Brian Gilmore, Lobie's Body Issues

1979-01-10

Frederick Taylor, Dolls with Issues