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105 matches to Short Parliament
Brazzaville Declaration. 1944. Established colonial representation in French parliament, but not autonomy.
Bristol Riots. 1831. For British parliamentary reform.
Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.
Bundesrat. Upper house of Swiss, German, Austria Parliaments.
Bundestag. Lower House of German Parliament 1949-. Elects Chancellor.
Canterbury Christmas. 1647. Parliament bans Christmas celebration.
Catholic Emancipation Act. 1829. Catholics readmitted to English Parliament. Test Act. O’Connell.
Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.
Charles I. 1600-49. King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1625-. Attempted to rule without Parliament. Defeated in Civil War. Beheaded.
Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.
Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.
Defender of the Faith. 1521. Title conferred by Pope Leo X on Henry VIII. Withdrawn after Act of Supremacy. Reconfirmed by Parliament, 1544 for all succeeding monarchs.
Devil’s Parliament. 1459. Held at Coventry.
Drunken Parliament. 1661. Scotland.
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.