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438 matches to Parliament Act
Duma. 1906-17. Russian parliament created by Nicholas II after Revolution.
Dunces Parliament. 1404. Coventry. No lawyers.
Eliot, John. 1592-1632. English Puritan leader. Parliamentary liberties.
English Civil War. 1642-9. King vs Parliament. Charles beheaded. Monarchy abolished. Commonwealth. Cromwell. Covenanters.
Erfurt Parliament. 1850. Austrian opposition causes withdrawal of Prussian plan for German Unification.
European Parliament. 1958 Assembly. 1979 Legislature. 1993 Legislative Assembly of European Union.
European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.
Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.
Five Hundred, Council of. 1795. Lower House of French Parliament.
Fronde. 1648-53. Revolt of French parliamentarians vs king’s power. Failure encouraged Absolutism.
Good Parliament. 1376. Reforms against Edward III. Nullified 1377.
Grand Remonstrance. 1641. Grievances presented to Charles I by Long Parliament.
Grattan, Henry. 1746-1820. Irish independence leader. Irish Parliament 1782. Poyning’s Law repeal movement.
Gunpowder Plot. Nov 5, 1605. Conspiracy of Catholics against James I. Betrayed, the Houses of Parliament were not blown up. Guy Fawkes is burned in effigy each year. Catesby.
Hampden, John. 1594-1643. English parliamentary leader.
Hansard. 1774-. Official British parliamentary report.
Home Rule Bill. 1914 Separate Irish Parliament. 1920 Government of Ireland Act. Irish Free State.
India Act. 1784. Transferred control of British East India Co to Parliament. 1858. All power over India from East India Co to British crown. 1919-35. Created bicameral parliament of limited authority.
Indulgence, Declaration. 1662,72. Charles II grants toleration of Nonconformists. Voided by Parliament. 1687. James II suspends penal laws against Catholics causing Glorious Revolution.
Ito Hirobumi. 1841-1909. Westernizing Japanese statesman. First Parliament 1890.
Labourers, Statute. 1351. Parliament’s freezing of rising wages after plague leads to Peasants Revolt.
Legislative Assembly. 1791-2. 1849-51. French national parliament...National Convention.
Long Parliament. 1640-60. Civil War parliament. Ended Charles I attempt to govern without one.
Louis XVIII. 1755-1824. Bourbon. Restored to French throne by Allies 1814-. Advisory Parliament. Ultraloyalists.
Mad Parliament. 1258. Barons give financial aid to Henry III in exchange for reform. Oxford Provisions.