2013 Event Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 1992 Event Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education 1978 Event Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work 1942 Event Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1900 Event Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1900 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1900 Event Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1895 Event Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education 1876 Event Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1870 Event Compulsory education proclaimed in England 1717 Event Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1647 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1642 Event 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
