The Decree of Canopus, which was issued by the pharaoh Ptolemy III, Euergetes of Ancient Egypt in 239 BC, decreed a solar leap day system ; an Egyptian leap year was not adopted until 25 BC, when the Roman Emperor Augustus successfully instituted a reformed Alexandrian calendar.

Two other fragmentary copies of the same decree were discovered later, and several similar Egyptian bilingual or trilingual inscriptions are now known, including two slightly earlier Ptolemaic decrees ( the Decree of Canopus in 238 BC, and the Memphis decree of Ptolemy IV, ca.

* Decree of Canopus

* The Decree of Canopus, also called " Table of Tanis ", is a memorial stone promulgated by an assemblage of priests in honour of Ptolemy III Euergetes and his consort Berenice.

To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy III ( Decree of Canopus, in 238 BC ) which consisted of the intercalation of a sixth epagomenal day every fourth year.

A temple to Osiris was built by Pharaoh Ptolemy The Good ( the third ruler of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty ), but, according to Herodotus, very near to Canopus was an older shrine, a temple of Heracles that served as an asylum for fugitive slaves ( the Decree shows that Heracles here stands for Amun ).

In Ptolemy III Euergetes ' ninth regnal year ( 239 BC ), a great assembly of priests at Canopus passed an honorific decree ( the " Decree of Canopus ") that, inter alia, conferred various new titles on the king and his consort, Berenice.

The bilingual decrees for the Three-Stela Series are: Ptolemy III, Ptolemy IV, Ptolemy V, the Decree of Canopus ( also named the " Şân Stele "), the famous " Stele of Rosetta " ( Decree of Memphis ), the Rosetta Stone, ( grandfather, son and grandson ).

* The Canopus Decree

* Decree of Canopus ( Stone of Canopus ), for Ptolemy III.

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* The Canopus Decree, full translation by S. Birch ( about 1800 words — 25 paragraphs )

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As an example according to the Italian laws it is mandatory for most public offices and buildings to hoist the European Flag alongside the Italian national Flag ( Law 22 / 2000 and Presidential Decree 121 / 2000 ).

* 1933 – Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.

The court system in Oman is regulated by Royal Decree 90 / 99.

The Comisión Nacional de la Energía ( National Energy Commission ) is the regulatory body for energy systems, created by Law 34 / 1998, of 7 October of the Hydrocarbons Sector, and developed by Royal Decree 1339 / 1999, of 31 July, which approved its regulations.

* 1918 – Decree " On Red Terror " is published in Russia

* September 23 – King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals.

* September 20, 1819 – The Carlsbad Decree is issued throughout the German Confederation.

* February 28 – The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.

* September 20 – The Carlsbad Decree is issued throughout the German Confederation.

Perfectæ Caritatis, the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, is the document issued by the Second Vatican Council which deals specifically with institutes of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church.

Presbyterorum Ordinis, the Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, is one of the documents produced by the Second Vatican Council.

Apostolicam Actuositatem is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity.

Christus Dominus is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops.

Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism.

That these serious problems are a barrier to salvation is clarified in the 2004 Vatican document, " The Decree on Ecumenism, Read Anew after Forty Years ".

Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Ad Gentes is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church.

Inter Mirifica is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications.

In 1902, a Royal Decree determining the origin of Rioja wines is promulgated.

By Royal Decree are appointed secretaries of state ( Article 46 ); these are subordinate to a certain minister who is fully responsible for their acts ( Subarticle 2 ).

Article 103 states that law has to determine in which cases a Royal Decree may declare a state of emergency to maintain external or internal security ; delegation is allowed.

It also states such a trial is instigated by either a Royal Decree or a decision by the House of Representatives.

Article 122 states that pardon is granted by Royal Decree, on advice by a court indicated by law.

This is further covered by Article 132: the standard organisation of provinces and municipalities and the composition and competence of their administrative organs is regulated by formal law ( Subarticle 1 ); how they are controlled is regulated by law ( Subarticle 2 ); their decisions shall only be subject to prior supervision in cases determined by law or by force of law ( Subarticle 3 ); their decisions shall only be quashed by Royal Decree and on grounds that they violate the law ( in the broadest sense: the recht ) or conflict with the public interest ( Subarticle 4 ).

This is the earliest of the series of bilingual inscriptions of the " Rosetta Stone Series ", the next being the Decree of Memphis, for Ptolemy IV, and the third, final stone, being the Memphis Decree Rosetta Stone, inscribed for Ptolemy V, in 196 BCE.

*** The first step was Decree No. 6, which canceled gerau and other mortgage debts of agricultural laborers, tenants, and small landowners with less than two hectares of land.

The current official version, as described in Royal Decree 1560 / 1997, is a sixteen-bar long phrase, divided in two sections, each one is made up of four repeated bars ( AABB form ).

Between 1975 to 1989 the old Region IX ( Western Mindanao ) was divided into two sub-regions by Presidential Decree No. 773 dated August 21, 1975.

Under the Chancery Decree of 1661, all book printers in Sweden were required by law to submit two copies of everything they printed – one copy for the National Archives and the other for the National Library.

And two films, A Study in Terror ( 1965 ) and Murder by Decree ( 1979 ), which includes scenes of lurid gore, put Holmes in pursuit of the mysterious real-life serial murderer Jack the Ripper.

By Imperial Decree, St Petersburg, 1831, two vols.

The last reward listed is his making of the Rosetta Stone, ( the Decree of Memphis ( Ptolemy V )), in three scripts, to be displayed to the public in the temples -( two near complete copies ).

president Ferdinand Marcos amended some sections and signed it into law with the promulgation of Presidential Decree 586 on November 26, 1974 which paved the way for the division of Dupax into two municipalities: Dupax del Norte and Dupax del Sur.

On 27 January 1958, the president of the Republic of Vietnam, Ngô Đình Diệm by Decree 18-BNV abrogated the town status of Nha Trang and divided Nha Trang into two rural communes: Nha Trang Đông ( Eastern Nha Trang ) and Nha Trang Tây ( Western Nha Trang ), under the administration of Vĩnh Xương County.

Laylat al-Qadr () ( also known as Shab-e-Qadr ), variously rendered in English as the Night of Destiny, Night of Power, Night of Value, the Night of Decree or Night of Measures, is the anniversary of two very important dates in Islam that occurred in the month of Ramadan.

To solve some problems on the upper house ’ s first scheduled election in December, Yeltsin issued Presidential Decree 1628 on October 11, stipulating that candidates for the first elections needed at least two percent, or 25, 000 signatures — whichever was highest — of their oblast, republic, krai, autonomous okrug, or federal city population.

In 2004, a law in Venezuela ( Decree 3390 ) went into effect, mandating a two year transition to open source in all public agencies.

President Ferdinand Marcos amended some sections and signed it into law with the promulgation of Presidential Decree 586 on November 26, 1974 which paved the way for the division of Dupax into two municipalities: Dupax del Norte and Dupax del Sur.

HRH Don Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcel de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Prince of the two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria ( born 1938 ), cousin of the King, received the title Infante of Spain by Royal Decree 2412 dated December 16, 1994.