2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2015 Event The Greek parliament approves a euro bailout package that contains conditions rejected by voters during an earlier referendum; failed confidence in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his Syriza party may now oblige him to call new elections 2015 Event The German government approves the Greek bailout deal, which was also approved by the Greek parliament earlier this week; German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that chaos would result if the deal did not go through 2015 Event Greece and its creditors agree to a bailout of up to 86 billion euros in exchange for economic reforms to include changes to the pension system and tax laws; the Greek Parliament must still approve the deal 2015 Event The Greek Parliament votes in favor of holding a referendum on July 5th regarding whether the country should accept reforms in exchange for continued bailouts; current bailouts expire on June 30th, the day that a $1.8 billion debt payment is due 2015 Event The Japanese parliament votes to lower the nation's voting age to 18 from 20; the change will make about 2.4 million people eligible to vote 2015 Event The Greek Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the nation's next president; Pavlopoulos, preferred by the SYRIZA party, was chosen over opposition party nominee Nicos Alivizatos 2014 Event Arseny Yatseniuk, prime minister of Ukraine, submits his resignation in frustration over inaction of the parliament to address energy needs and military funding 2013 Event Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expelled from parliament due to his tax fraud conviction 2013 Event New Zealand's first same-sex marriages take place since the country's parliament passed the Marriage Equality Bill in April 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2013 Event For the first time in its history, the European Parliament rejects a European Union budget 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is passed by the Parliament 2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Event Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves the Parliament 2012 Event The Libyan parliament passes a vote of no confidence for Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Prime Minister of Libya; Abdurrahim El-Keib again takes over the post 2012 Event In a third round of voting, the Parliament of Albania fails to elect the President of the Republic of Albania 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 Event The Parliament of Greece votes in favor of an international bailout deal 2011 Event Boris Gryzlov, ally to Vladimir Putin and speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, resigns from his position 2011 Event An austerity budget is approved by the Parliament of Greece 2011 Event Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, attacks Britain, claiming the students represent Iran's public opinion 2011 Event Protesters storm the national Parliament in Kuwait; Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet, resign 2011 Event Parliament gives the new Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos a vote of confidence, opening the doors for national unity to help restore financial stability in Greece 2011 Event In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote 2011 Event Nepal's Parliament elects Unified Communist Party leader Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister 2011 Event Thailand's parliament officially elects Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister of Thailand; Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister 2011 Event Singapore dissolves its Parliament for the 14th General Election, planned for May 7, 2011 2011 Event The Tibetan parliament will seek the Tibetan community's opinion after the Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics 2011 Event Exiles in Tibet vote for a new Prime Minister, and also for 43 members of the Tibetan parliament 2011 Event Burma opens its new parliament 2011 Event Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31 2010 Event Some Greeks in the Greek Parliament protest sweeping cuts approved in the budget 2010 Event The European Parliament awards Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2010 Event Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejects demands by Thai protesters to dissolve Parliament in 30 days 2010 Event The 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots continue as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly flees the country, the government steps down and protesters control the parliament building 2010 Event The parliament in Portugal approves a bill legalizing same-sex marriage 2009 Event The parliament of Iceland votes to pursue joining the European Union 2008 Death Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70 2001 Event Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12 1997 Event Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law 1996 Death Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies 1996 Death David Whitton, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, dies at 44 1995 Event President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament 1993 Event Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 Event Liechtenstein prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament 1992 Event Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor 1992 Event Slovak parliament asks for self rule 1992 Event Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament 1991 Event Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad 1990 Death Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 1990 Event Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens 1990 Event Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 1990 Event 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss 1989 Event Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia 1989 Death Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 1989 Event Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals 1988 Event Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament 1988 Event Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989 1988 Event President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan 1988 Death Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 1988 Event Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth 1986 Death C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85 1985 Event West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust 1984 Event Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1984 Event South African election for parliament boycvotted 1983 Event Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1983 Event Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections 1982 Event West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl 1982 Event Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1982 Event Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament 1982 Event Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament 1981 Event Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament 1980 Event Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1979 Event Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament 1979 Event Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament 1979 Event Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 Event Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1977 Event Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament 1977 Event Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament 1976 Event Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship 1976 Event Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election 1975 Event Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1974 Event European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament 1974 Death Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62 1973 Death Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Event Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws 1972 Event British Parliament votes to join European Common Market 1971 Event Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament 1971 Event Chilean parliament nationalizes U.S. copper mines 1969 Event SPD wins West German Parliament elections 1968 Event President Da Costa e Silva disbands parliament/grabs power 1968 Event President De Gaulle disbands French parliament 1968 Event West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1965 Event Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament 1965 Event Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections 1965 Event Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 1964 Birthday Boris Johnson, New York City, New York, politician, journalist, Mayor of London, formerly served as a Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames 1964 Event European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan 1963 Event King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco 1963 Death Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77 1963 Event Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured 1962 Death Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 1961 Birthday Hiro Hase, born in Oyabe, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, transitioned to position of chairman for the PWF, in the Japanese parliament 1961 Event Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat 1960 Event Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed 1960 Event President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament 1959 Event President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament 1959 Birthday Charles Hendry, born in West Sussex, England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden 1958 Event Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses 1958 Event West German parliament desires German atomic weapons 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Event Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) 1957 Birthday Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1956 Event U.S.S.R.'s Cominform (Parliament) dissolves 1956 Birthday Andrew Mitchell, born in Hampstead, London, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 1955 Birthday Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 Birthday Christine Oddy, British member European parliament 1955 Birthday John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance 1955 Event Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1955 Birthday Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South 1955 Birthday John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence 1955 Event Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce 1955 Death Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1955 Birthday Henry Bellingham, born in Cheltenham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk 1954 Event Pakistan governor-general Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament 1954 Birthday Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1954 Birthday 4/13/1954 Barbara Roche, born Barbara Maureen Margolis, Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green 1954 Event Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament 1954 Event Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism 1953 Event Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal 1953 Birthday Diane Abbott, born in London, England, Labour Party Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1953 Birthday Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1953 Birthday John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Birthday Francis Maude, born in Abingdon, England, politician, Conservative party, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham 1953 Birthday Stephen Byers, born in Wolverhampton, England, British politician, Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North 1953 Birthday Guy Verhofstadt, born in Dendermonde, Belgium, politician, liberal, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium 1999 - 2008, member, European Parliament 1953 Birthday Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, born in Cambridge, England, politician, landowner, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Cotswold 1953 Birthday Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1952 Event European Parliament forms in Strasbourg 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 Birthday David Amess, born in London, England, British politician, Conservative, Member of Parliament for Southend West 1952 Birthday Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1952 Birthday Eveline Herfkens, born in The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch politician, member of the Dutch parliament from 1981 - 1990, served on the Council of the Labor Party 1951 Event Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Birthday Simon Hughes, born in Cheshire, England, British politician, Liberal Member of Parliament of North Southwark and Bermondsey 1951 Birthday David Whitton, born in Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1951 Birthday John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1951 Birthday Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1951 Birthday Ian McCartney, born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, British politician, Member of Parliament for Makerfield 1951 Birthday Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Birthday Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1950 Birthday Ria Oomen-Ruijten, born in Echt, the Netherlands, politician, member of the European Parliament, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1950 Event Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1950 Event South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 Birthday Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1950 Birthday Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 Event King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Birthday Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1948 Death Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Nigel Jones, born in Chelenham, England, politician, Liberal Democrat, Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1992 - 2005 1947 Birthday Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 1947 Birthday Tessa Jowell, born in Marylebone, England, politician, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood, Cabinet Minister 1947 Birthday John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1947 Birthday Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Birthday Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Birthday Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Birthday Archy Kirkwood, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 1946 Birthday Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1946 Birthday Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University 1946 Birthday Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service 1945 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague 1945 Birthday John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 Birthday Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Birthday Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Death Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1944 Birthday Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council 1944 Birthday Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Birthday Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1944 Birthday James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 Birthday Keith Hampson, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Ripon 1943 Birthday Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Death Asser B Kleerekoper, SDAP-Second-Member of parliament, dies at 62 1943 Birthday Win Griffiths, born in Wales, born Winston James Griffiths, politician, Labor Party, served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend, member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Bro Margannwg NHS Trust 1942 Birthday Michael Stephen, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Shoreham from 1992 until 1997 1942 Birthday Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Birthday James Couchman, born in England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Gillingham 1941 Event Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament 1941 Birthday John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West 1940 Death Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies 1940 Death Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 1940 Birthday William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1940 Birthday Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1939 Birthday Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 Event British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1939 Birthday Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1939 Birthday Bryan Gould, born in New Zealand, politician, Rhodes Scholar, Labor Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, served as Shadow Chief Secretary 1939 Event Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1938 Birthday Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1938 Birthday Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 1937 Birthday Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 1937 Birthday Alice Mahon, born in Halifax, England, trade unionist, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Halifax 1987 - 2005 1937 Birthday Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1937 Birthday Peter Pike, born in England, born Peter Leslie Pike, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Burnley 1937 Birthday Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1937 Birthday Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare 1936 Birthday Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Event Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1935 Birthday Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1935 Birthday Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 1935 Birthday David Evans, born in England, footballer, cricketer for Aston Villa, Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield 1935 Birthday Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West 1934 Birthday Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Birthday Keith Speed, born in Evesham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Meriden in Warwickshire 1968 - 1974 1934 Birthday Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1933 Event Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms 1933 Birthday Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997 1933 Event Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) 1933 Event Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament 1933 Event Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists 1933 Event President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament 1933 Event 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1933 Event German Parliament disolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe 1932 Birthday Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 Birthday Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Event Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 Event Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo 1932 Birthday James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Birthday Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1932 Birthday John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1931 Birthday Norman Tebbit, born in Southgate, England, politician, Member of Parliament 1930 Birthday Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 Birthday David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1929 Birthday John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Birthday Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1928 Birthday Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 Event King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament 1928 Event British parliament accept female sufferage 1928 Birthday Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1927 Birthday Kenneth Eastham, born in England, politician, Labor Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1979 - 1997 1927 Death Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 1927 Birthday Simone Veil, President European parliament, France 1927 Birthday Richard Body, born in England, Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body, politician, Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959 1927 Birthday John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Birthday Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1926 Event Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties 1925 Event German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno 1925 Event KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy 1925 Event General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament 1925 Birthday Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1925 Birthday Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North 1925 Birthday John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 Event SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament 1925 Birthday Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1925 Event Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe president 1925 Event Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1924 Event Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists 1924 Event Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament 1924 Event Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier 1924 Event Greek parliament proclaims republic 1924 Event Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1923 Event Labour/Liberals win British parliament 1923 Death [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61 1923 Event Italian parliament accepts new constitution 1922 Event Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1922 Event Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president 1922 Event Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1922 Event Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life 1922 Event German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925 1922 Event Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 Birthday John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1921 Event 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected 1921 Event Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats 1921 Birthday Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1920 Event Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 Birthday Walter Clegg, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1920 Event British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1919 Event Austria parliament approves 8-hour day 1919 Event Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 Event US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 Event British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Event Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1918 Event Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence 1918 Birthday Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1918 Event SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament 1917 Birthday Helen Suzman, born in South Africa, politician and anti-apartheid activist, served 36 years in parliament 1917 Birthday John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1916 Event German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare 1916 Event Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1915 Birthday Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Birthday Giorgio Almirante, born in Italy, fascist, member of parliament, 1948-87, 1913 Event Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1912 Birthday Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1911 Event Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords 1911 Event British house of commons accept Parliament Bill 1911 Birthday Patrick Maitland, born in England, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, journalist, World War II Special Correspondent, Member of Parliament for Lanark 1910 Event Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1910 Event Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1909 Death Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies 1907 Event English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1906 Birthday Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner 1906 Event German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament 1906 Event Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time 1905 Event Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) 1903 Event Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage 1902 Event Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage 1902 Death Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1901 Event Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne 1900 Event Queen Victoria disbands British parliament 1900 Birthday JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic 1897 Death Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 1894 Birthday Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament 1892 Death Gyorgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72 1880 Birthday Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament, SDAP 1879 Birthday Henri-Honore Giraud, French general/member of parliament 1878 Birthday Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1875 Birthday Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch female parliament member, SDAP, 1918-37 1868 Death Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66 1867 Event British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1866 Birthday Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament, 1905-19 1865 Birthday Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament, SPD, mayor of Kassel 1864 Event Greek parliament accept new Constitution 1863 Birthday Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary 1863 Death Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies 1863 Birthday Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893 1862 Birthday [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/member of parliament 1862 Birthday Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament 1860 Event 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 1859 Death John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72 1858 Event Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1858 Event Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament 1857 Birthday Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament 1856 Birthday J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament 1848 Event German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg 1848 Event Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1841 Event 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario 1840 Event Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1838 Birthday Eugen Richter, German parliament member, Liberal 1836 Event British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1834 Event London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1834 Birthday Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member 1834 Event Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1833 Event Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation 1832 Event British Parliament passes reform bill 1830 Event Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members 1829 Event Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1828 Death Count d'Andreossi, French general/parliament leader, dies at 67 1825 Birthday Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament 1809 Birthday Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member 1808 Birthday Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian Parliament member 1807 Event British Parliament abolishes slave trade 1805 Birthday Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament 1803 Birthday John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, 1848-75 1797 Death Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1793 Death Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies 1788 Event Vizille France population demands local parliament 1788 Event English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade 1787 Event Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes 1787 Event Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings 1784 Event English parliament accept India Act 1780 Event Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London 1775 Event Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1775 Event English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion 1774 Event English parliament accepts Quebec Act 1774 Event English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1773 Event British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1772 Event Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 1762 Event British parliament accept Treaty of Paris 1761 Birthday Earl d'Andreossi, French general and member of parliament 1753 Event English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship 1753 Event King Louis XV disbands French parliament 1749 Event British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1741 Event Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament 1738 Event English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1732 Event Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions 1722 Event Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions 1714 Event Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree 1707 Event English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1705 Event Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king 1702 Event Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament 1697 Event English parliament accept army reduction 1697 Event Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king 1694 Event Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1689 Event English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution 1689 Event English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants 1689 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1689 Event English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne 1689 Event British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights 1689 Event English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1689 Event Prince Willem III calls English parliament together 1687 Event King James II disbands English parliament 1681 Event Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion 1681 Event 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London 1680 Event Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 1679 Event King Charles II disbands English parliament 1678 Event Roman Catholics banned from English parliament 1675 Event English king Charles II adjourns parliament 1674 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1671 Event King Charles II sits in on English parliament 1669 Event Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king 1663 Event English parliament accepts Staple Act 1661 Event Parliament confirms Navigation Act 1660 Event English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns 1660 Event London Convention Parliament begins 1660 Event Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II 1660 Event English Long Parliament disbands 1659 Event Long Parliament reforms in Westminster 1659 Event Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1653 Event Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1653 Event British Barebones Parliament goes into session 1653 Event German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria 1653 Event Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1651 Death Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40 1651 Event English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off 1648 Event Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament 1647 Event King Charles I handed over to English parliament 1647 Event Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds 1647 Event Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1646 Event English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions 1645 Event English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance 1645 Event Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander 1642 Event Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Event Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Event Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament 1642 Event King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1640 Event English Long Parliament forms 1640 Event English Short Parliament unites 1640 Event English Short Parliament forms 1632 Death John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1630 Event Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament 1629 Event King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later 1626 Event King Charles I disbands English parliament 1624 Event English parliament comes together 1622 Event King James I disbands the English parliament 1621 Event English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament 1621 Event English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1619 Birthday John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader 1614 Event 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation 1614 Event 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) 1610 Event Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king 1605 Event Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1600 Birthday Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1584 Event English parliament throws out Jesuits 1581 Event English parliament passes laws against Catholicism 1575 Event Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland 1573 Event Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king 1569 Event Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 1555 Event English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king 1545 Event German Parliament opens in Worms 1542 Birthday Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke 1542 Event Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard 1541 Event Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1534 Event English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1534 Event English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 1532 Event English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1531 Event English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting 1530 Event German Parliament joins to Augsburg together 1529 Event 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism 1526 Event Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief 1525 Event Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 1521 Event Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther 1376 Event English "Good Parliament" meets 1376 Event English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay 1265 Event 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1265 Event 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1048 Event Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX 930 Event World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established 887 Event Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns
