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Formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. 1848: Declaration of Sentiments: Records establishment of the first women's rights convention. 1856: Declaration of Paris: Abolishes privateering. 1868: St Petersburg Declaration: Delegates agree to prohibit the use of less deadly explosives. 1898: Philippine Declaration ...
Biathanatos (from Greek Βιαθανατος meaning "violent death") is a work by the English writer and clergyman John Donne.Written in 1608 and published after his death, [1] it contains a heterodox defense of "self-homicide" (), listing prominent Biblical examples including Jesus, Samson, Saul, and Judas Iscariot.
The first shots of the invasion had been fired at around 4:48 am of 1 September, by the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein.At 5:40 am, Hitler issued a declaration to the armed forces: "The Polish state has refused the peaceful settlement of relations which I desired, and appealed to arms...
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume work by John Adams, written between 1787 and 1788.The text was Adams’ response to criticisms of the proposed American government, particularly those made by French economist and political theorist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, who had argued against bicameralism and separation of powers.
A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state announces existing or impending war activity against another. The declaration is a performative speech act (or the public signing of a document) by an authorized party of a national government, in order to create a state of war between two or more states.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected ...
Britain's new defence minister, John Healey, signed the pact in Berlin, where he met German counterpart Boris Pistorius. UK, Germany sign joint defence declaration for closer cooperation Skip to ...
The Imperial edict of declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire (Kyūjitai: 米國及英國ニ對スル宣戰ノ詔書) was published on 8 December 1941 (Japan time; 7 December in the US), 7.5 hours after Japanese forces started an attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor and attacks on ...