History Hop Tags - Proclaims

37-03-18

The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

69-01-02

Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor

350-06-03

Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

355-08-11

Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.

365-09-28

Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.

393-01-23

Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor.

963-07-02

The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.

1550-11-14

Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente

1598-08-21

-22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence

1665-05-31

Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah

1720-10-10

French government proclaims strike on banknotes

1769-12-12

Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee

1774-04-30

Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee

1775-03-23

Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war

1775-08-22

King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion

1776-07-04

US congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain

1787-07-06

French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax

1789-10-03

Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26

1794-02-04

French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery

1818-04-28

Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain

1821-12-01

Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain

1822-01-05

Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire

1824-05-24

Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee

1838-02-28

Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)

1840-05-21

Captain William Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by treaty and the South Island by 'discovery'

1842-11-08

Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)

1854-01-18

Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico

1854-12-08

Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin

1859-09-17

Joshua Abraham Norton, born in England but a resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America. Eccentric possibly, but 30,000 turned up for his funeral.

1861-05-16

Kentucky proclaims its neutrality

1861-05-20

Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War

1865-06-13

President Andrew Johnson proclaims reconstruction of confederate states

1865-08-20

President Andrew Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Texas

1868-09-23

Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)

1874-12-24

Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875

1885-03-19

Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask

1885-12-22

Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee

1890-11-04

Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate

1895-09-30

France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar

1898-06-11

Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking

1900-05-18

Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1900-09-05

France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

1905-03-31

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco and proclaims Germany's support of Moroccan independence and equal opportunity for all powers to trade there

1905-04-21

The elective assembly of Crete proclaims union with Greece

1906-02-09

Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising

1907-02-25

US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic

1910-08-28

Nicholas I, who first assumed power in 1860 and had his reign interrupted by Turkish rule, again proclaims himself king

1910-10-05

Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic

1911-11-28

Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico

1914-05-09

US President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day

1914-12-05

The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.

1916-01-12

Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in Pacific

1916-06-05

The Sherif Hussein proclaims a revolt of the Arabs in the province of Hejaz, an action that undermines the Turkish Empire

1917-11-02

Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

1917-12-11

German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia

1918-03-23

Lithuania proclaims independence

1918-04-09

Latvia proclaims independence

1918-10-17

Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic

1918-11-03

Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I

1918-11-09

Bavaria proclaims itself a republic

1921-03-17

Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics

1922-12-29

Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage

1924-02-24

Greek parliament proclaims republic

1927-08-19

Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.

1929-01-26

Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence

1929-07-24

President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war

1933-02-10

Hitler proclaims end of Marxism

1933-03-05

FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday

1935-11-14

FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth

1936-04-13

Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece

1937-11-10

Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo"

1937-12-07

Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work

1939-05-23

Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland

1939-09-01

Switzerland proclaims neutrality

1940-05-10

Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege

1940-10-03

France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status

1940-10-04

French Vichy-regime proclaims end of "Statut of the Juifs"

1942-06-20

Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews

1942-08-06

Hermann Goering proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder"

1942-11-08

Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall

1946-01-01

National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic

1946-04-13

Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over

1946-11-03

Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution

1946-12-31

Pres Harry Truman officially proclaims end of WW II

1948-05-01

North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea

1949-08-03

Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire

1950-04-25

Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)

1950-08-15

Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia

1950-11-16

US president Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat

1950-12-16

Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"

1951-10-06

Stalin proclaims USSR has atom bomb

1953-05-03

Westchester conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to Read"

1953-09-28

Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954

1955-05-31

Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to rail strike

1955-10-26

Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres

1957-12-21

Indonesia proclaims end to state of war

1959-01-25

Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council

1959-02-07

Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution

1961-12-19

Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization

1962-11-06

Saudi Arabia proclaims abolition of slavery

1963-11-23

LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)

1964-12-31

Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN

1965-10-28

Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion

1965-12-17

British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia

1969-03-20

US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970

1970-12-12

Polish government proclaims price rise

1971-08-14

Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule

1972-06-26

IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland

1972-08-03

British premier Edward Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to dock strike

1973-10-20

President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athlete of 1st ½ century

1977-11-04

UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa

1979-05-31

Zimbabwe proclaims independence

1980-09-17

Iraq breaks 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway

1982-03-10

President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1982-04-16

Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution

1982-10-14

President Reagan proclaims war against drugs

1986-11-11

Suriname government proclaims gold purification

1988-11-15

PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence

1989-10-23

Hungary proclaims itself a republic & declares communist rule ended

1990-06-21

At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"

1994-08-31

Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire

1995-05-14

Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader

1995-09-11

Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"

1997-10-25

After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.