He issued his Emancipation Proclamation only when he felt that necessity left him no other way to save the Union.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on September 22, 1862, and put into effect on January 1, 1863, declared free the slaves in 10 states not then under Union control, with exemptions specified for areas already under Union control in two states.

Days after that battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made ending slavery a war goal.

On April 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States about the importance of trees and that forestry deserves to be taught in our schools.

Upon the transfer of the colony to British control, the British government issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which imposed English common law on the colony, under the principle set out in Blackstone relating to captured colonies.

Following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea between 23 and 25 April 1993, on 19 May of that year the Provisional Government of Eritrea ( PGE ) issued a Proclamation regarding the reorganization of the Government.

Moreover, towards concluding the Pacific Theatre of War, the Potsdam Conference issued the Potsdam Declaration, the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender ( 26 July 1945 ) wherein the Western Allies ( UK, US, USSR ) and the Nationalist China of General Chiang Kai-shek asked Japan to surrender or be destroyed.

On 31 August 1896 a Proclamation was issued in the Colony declaring that territory to be a British " Protectorate ".

In 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves held in the Confederate States ; the 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution ( 1865 ) prohibited slavery throughout the country.

They were to be disappointed: in late 1775, the king rejected Congress's second petition, issued a Proclamation of Rebellion, and announced before Parliament on October 26 that he was considering " friendly offers of foreign assistance " to suppress the rebellion.

* 1863Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln

* Autumn – North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky, in defiance of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III.

* October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of the United Kingdom, restricting westward expansion of British North America and stabilizing relations with indigenous peoples of the Americas.

When Lincoln finally issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, Tubman considered it an important step toward the goal of liberating all black men, women, and children from slavery.

Following the peace treaty, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 on October 7, 1763, which outlined the division and administration of the newly conquered territory, and to some extent continues to govern relations between the government of modern Canada and the First Nations.

Hoping to find support among Italian nationalists fearing the increasing influence of the Habsburgs in Italy, Murat issued the Rimini Proclamation inciting them to war.

Governor Lynch signed the legislation on August 17, 2010, and issued the first Governor's Proclamation for September 5, 2010.

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 had been issued in October, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory.

Reconstruction policies were debated in the North when the war began, and commenced in earnest after the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863.

Then on September 22, 1862, George McClellan defeated Robert E. Lee at Antietam ; the second draft of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued to the public the following day.

On January 1, 1863, the second part of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, specifically naming ten states in which slaves would be " forever free ".

In 1944, the high commissioner both reconstituted the basis and role of the EAC, and, over Swazi objections, issued a Native Authorities Proclamation constituting the paramount chief or Ingwenyama and King to the Swazis, as the British called the king, as the native authority for the territory to issue legally enforceable orders to the Swazis subject to restrictions and directions from the resident commissioner.

José María de Echeandía, the first native Mexican elected Governor of Alta California issued a " Proclamation of Emancipation " ( or " Prevenciónes de Emancipacion ") on July 25, 1826.

By June 29, 1892, Bellamy and Upham had arranged for Congress and President Benjamin Harrison to announce a proclamation making the public school flag ceremony the center of the Columbus Day celebrations ( this was issued as Presidential Proclamation 335 ).

The Royal Proclamation continued to govern the cession of aboriginal land in British North America, especially Upper Canada and Rupert's Land.

Land use conflict prompted Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to sign an amendment to Proclamation 468 dated September 26, 1994 declaring the land around or in between Chocolate Hills as no longer part of the national monument during the Bohol Sandugo Celebration on July 17, 2002.

The Pemmican Proclamation, the ensuing Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816, and its violence, resulted in Lord Selkirk arresting William McGillivray and several North West Company proprietors, seizing their outpost property in Fort William and charging them with responsibility for the deaths of twenty-one people at Seven Oaks.

Proclamation issued in 1816 to promote friendship between Aborigines and whites, though it had little effect

Proclamation board incorrectly labelled " Governor Davey's Proclamation, 1816 ", depicting Governor Arthur's proclamation c. 1830.

In 1816 Pulikottil Joseph Mar Dioysius became a bishop and he got an approval letter known as the Royal Proclamation from the Travancore government to function as the Metropolitan of the community.

Armed Forces Day Proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

Proclamation Thanksgiving Day by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

* 1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

* Proclamation of the Republic ( 1889 ): End of the Brazilian Empire, this was the first coup d ' état performed by the Brazilian military.

In Scotland, Boxing Day has been specified as an additional bank holiday since 1974, by Royal Proclamation under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

# Reference by an entrenched document, such as the Preamble of the Constitution Act, 1867's entrenchment of written and unwritten principles from the constitution of the United Kingdom or the Constitution Act, 1982's reference of the Proclamation of 1763.

* Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observances by Presidential Proclamation

If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to 27 December by Royal Proclamation.

Personal use of these services was legalised by the Proclamation on Telecom Fraud Offences of 2012.

Fifteen of those ( including all seven signatories of the Proclamation ) had their sentences confirmed by Maxwell and were executed by firing squad between 3 and 12 May ( among them the seriously-wounded Connolly, shot while tied to a chair due to a shattered ankle ).

In 1371, by Imperial Proclamation, he received the rank of shinnō ( 親王 ), or Imperial Prince ( and potential heir ).

* 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417

* Canon 5: Proclamation of the papal primacy recognized by all antiquity.

The Proclamation of the Irish Republic | Proclamation of the Republic read by Pádraig Pearse outside the GPO in 1916.

Adams became a leading opponent of slave power and articulated a theory whereby the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers, a correct prediction of Abraham Lincoln's use of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

* 1867 – 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.

Blues music, rooted in the work songs and spirituals of slavery and influenced greatly by West African musical traditions, was first played by blacks, and later by some whites, in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States around the time of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Deputies of the Romanians from Transylvania voted to unite their region by the Proclamation of Union of Alba Iulia.

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