The Truth About Slavery in Mauritania
Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized sl...
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Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized sl...
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Charlie Chaplin married actress Lita Grey on November 25, 1924, in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico. Chaplin was 35 years old and Grey was 16. Their marriage followed a relatio...
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Expulsion of Jews from Portugal On December 5, 1497, King Manuel I of Portugal issued an edict requiring all Jews to either convert to Christianity or leave the kingd...
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On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all Jews in Castile and Arago...
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The Tome of Leo was issued as a formal declaration by Pope Leo I articulating the doctrinal position of the Church concerning the divine and human natures of Christ. T...
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Expulsion of Jews from Speyer On October 15, 1435, the city council of Speyer, a city within the Holy Roman Empire, issued an expulsion order for all Jewish residents...
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Expulsion of Jews from France On July 22, 1306, King Philip IV of France, also known as Philip the Fair, issued an edict expelling all Jews from the kingdom. The expu...
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Expulsion of Jews from England On July 18, 1290, King Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion, ordering all Jews to leave the Kingdom of England. The decree affected J...
Explore event →The Constitutio Antoniniana was an edict issued by Emperor Caracalla that granted Roman citizenship to nearly all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire. This decree mar...
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The Constitutio Antoniniana was an edict issued by Emperor Caracalla granting Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire. This decree dramatically e...
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30 March 1930 — Heinrich Brüning becomes German chancellor as parliamentary government becomes increasingly unstable. Presidents and chancellors rely more heavily on A...
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19 March 1945 — Hitler issues the so-called Nero Decree ordering destruction of German infrastructure that might fall into enemy hands. Albert Speer later claims he wo...
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27 February 1933 — Germany's parliament building burns in Berlin. The Nazi government uses the crisis to portray communism as an immediate revolutionary threat. Presid...
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28 February 1933 — President Hindenburg signs the Decree for the Protection of People and State after the Reichstag fire. Major constitutional protections involving sp...
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