In early 1776, Thomas Paine argued in the closing pages of the first edition of Common Sense that the “ custom of nations ” demanded a formal declaration of American independence if any European power were to mediate a peace between the Americans and Great Britain.

Without such a declaration, Paine concluded, “ he custom of all courts is against us, and will be so, until, by an independence, we take rank with other nations .”

Beyond improving their existing association, the records of the Second Continental Congress show that the need for a declaration of independence was intimately linked with the demands of international relations.

* 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

This page discusses the Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina since Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 and the declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992.

The Kosovo declaration of independence is supported by the majority of EU member states, but disputed by Serbia, which continues to regard Kosovo as its own territory, and most other countries.

A declaration of independence was officially issued by Chile on February 12, 1818 and formally recognized by Spain in 1840, when full diplomatic relations were established.

Costa Rica joined other Central American provinces in 1821 in a joint declaration of independence from Spain.

The declaration of independence came into effect on 8 October 1991.

The three years of estrangement following the unilateral declaration of independence and the nationalistic Soilih regime were followed during the conservative Abdallah and Djohar regimes by a period of growing trade, aid, cultural, and defense links between the former colony and France, punctuated by frequent visits to Paris by the head of state and occasional visits by the French president to Moroni.

The Declaration of Arbroath is a declaration of Scottish independence, made in 1320.

A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states.

It considers Taiwan independence to be a current fact making a formal declaration of independence unnecessary.

Also some Silla ( 57 BC-935 AD ) rulers including Beopheung and Jinheung used this title for their declaration of independence from the influence of Goguryeo.

As response to this operation, the Awami League announced the declaration of independence of East Pakistan on March 26, 1971 and began an armed struggle against the Pakistan, with India staunchly supporting Awami League by the means of providing arm ammunition to its guerrilla forces.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still under dispute.

* Four Pillars of Transnistria are the basis of the declaration of independence of Transnistria, a separatist region in Moldova in Eastern Europe

Finland's foreign politics before this deal had been varied: independence from Imperial Russia with support of Imperial Germany in 1917 ; participation in the Russian Civil War ( without official declaration of war ) alongside the Triple Entente 1918 – 1920 ; a non-ratified alliance with Poland in 1922 ; association with the neutralist and democratic Scandinavian countries in the 1930s ended by the Winter War ( 1939 ); and finally in 1940, a rapprochement with Nazi Germany, the only power able to protect Finland against the expansionist Soviet Union, leading to the Continuation War in 1941.

Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917-though supported by most Finns and soon recognized by the Russian Bolshevist Council of People's Commissars-occurred in the context of the worsening power struggle, and therefore failed to either unite or pacify the nation.

Svinhufvud's Senate proposed Finland's declaration of independence, which the Parliament adopted on 6 December 1917.

The Social Democrats voted against the Svinhufvud proposal while presenting an alternative declaration of independence containing no substantial differences.

If you were required to file a declaration of estimated tax for the calendar year 1961, it is not necessary to pay the fourth installment otherwise due on January 15, 1962, if you file your income tax return Form 1040, and pay your tax in full for the calendar year 1961 by January 31, 1962.

The filing of an original or amended declaration, otherwise due on January 15, 1962, is also waived, if you file your Form 1040 for 1961 and pay the full tax by January 31, 1962.

* To obtain a declaration on a legal document, such as an application for voter registration, that the information provided by the applicant is truthful to the best of the applicant's knowledge.

Therefore, the plaintiff must offer evidence that the extent of the limitation caused by the impairment is substantial in terms of his or her own experience ;" a medical diagnosis or physician's declaration of disability is no longer enough.

The declaration is notable since, according to Livy, it was the first time that the Romans had declared war by means of the rites of the fetials.

Nora tries to deny the first revelation and make light of it but is more disturbed by his declaration of love.

The initial draft of the declaration, contained in a letter sent by Rothschild to Balfour, referred to the principle " that Palestine should be reconstituted as the National Home of the Jewish people.

" This attack was the final straw that led to the declaration of war by Chad and the alleged deployment of the Chadian airforce into Sudanese airspace, which the Chadian government denies.

Canonization ( or canonisation ) is the act by which a Catholic or Orthodox church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints.

The position that " Christian theological anti-Judaism is a phenomenon distinct from modern antisemitism, which is rooted in economic and racial thought, so that Christian teachings should not be held responsible for antisemitism " has been articulated, among other places, by Pope John Paul II in ' We Re member: A Reflection on the Shoah ,' and the Jewish declaration on Christianity, Dabru Emet .. Several scholars, including Susannah Heschel, Gavin I Langmuir and Uriel Tal the General Synod has affirmed that " the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ is for all and must be shared with all including people from other faiths or of no faith and that to do anything else would be to institutionalize discrimination ".

Additionally, legal experts at the State Department and Justice Department concluded that a declaration of war could be avoided so long as another legal justification, based on the Rio Treaty for defense of the Western Hemisphere, was obtained via a resolution by a two-thirds vote from the members or the Organization of American States ( OAS ).

While there is not a large body of academic work examining the relationship, Hironaka's statistical study found a correlation that suggests that every major international anti-secessionist declaration increased the number of ongoing civil wars by + 10 %, or a total + 114 % from 1945 to 1997.

It was based on the 2nd century Rules of Faith and the interrogatory declaration of faith for those receiving baptism, which by the 4th century was everywhere tripartite in structure, following Matthew 28: 19.

Conventional warfare, waged by the state, has become something not worthy of a declaration of war.

* 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States.

The meeting started at 13: 50 and ended at 15: 00, an hour before the declaration was due to be made, and despite ongoing disagreements, with a unanimous vote in favour of the final text.

Seventh Session ( October 13, 787 ) -- The council issued a declaration of faith concerning the veneration of holy images:

Between the declaration of statehood and the Tulsa race riot 13 years later, 31 persons were lynched in Oklahoma ; 26 were black and most were men.

After the Thornton Affair of April 25-26, when Mexican forces attacked an American unit in the disputed area with 11 Americans killed, 5 wounded and 49 captured, Congress passed and Polk signed a declaration of war into effect on 13 May 1846.

On May 13, 2010, the Marshall City Commission enacted an official declaration naming Marshall as the " birthplace " of boogie-woogie music, and embarked on a program to encourage additional historical research and to stimulate interest in and appreciation for the early African-American culture in northeast Texas that played a vital role in creating boogie-woogie music.

Hostilities between U. S. and Mexican forces had been underway in Texas since April 1846 resulting in a formal declaration of war on May 13, 1846, by the U. S. Congress.

The phrase can also be found in Chapter III, Article 13 of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, and in President Ho Chi Minh's 1945 declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

On May 13, 1861, on the recommendation of Russell, Queen Victoria issued a declaration of neutrality that served as recognition of Southern belligerency — a status that provided Confederate ships the same privileges in foreign ports that U. S. ships received.

He was serving in Budapest on December 13, 1941 when received the Hungarian declaration of war against the United States.

These events prompted Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, the military governor of the Philippines, to issue a declaration on April 13, 1902, demanding that the offending datus hand over the killers of American troops and stolen government property.

The declaration, after a meeting between Gerry Adams and American congressman Bruce Morrison, which was followed by a joint statement issued by Adams and John Hume, was considered sufficient by the Provisional Irish Republican Army to announce a ceasefire on 31 August 1994 which was then followed on 13 October by an announcement of a ceasefire from the Combined Loyalist Military Command.

Following the declaration of martial law in 1909 during the Tragic Week, he was arrested and, having been found guilty after a lengthy trial, executed by firing squad at Montjuich Fortress in Barcelona on 13 October.

In the same year he voted for the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act which makes it more difficult for individuals to declare bankruptcy under Chapter 7 and encourages declaration of bankruptcy under Chapter 13.

King was court-martialled on 13 – 15 February, but acquitted, after Murphy's dying declaration was ruled inadmissible, and two officers from F Company provided perjured alibis for Captain King at the time of the shootings.

On September 1, 1945, or one day before the surrender documents of World War II were signed on September 2, 1945, after the denounciation of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1945 and the declaration of war on Japan on August 9, 1945 ( formally, the pact itself remained in effect until April 13, 1946 ), according to decisions of the Yalta Conference, Soviet Union annexed the Kuril Islands and the mainly disputed Northern territories, which Japanese government claims that they are not parts of Kuril Islands for historical reasons, and landed on the disputed island.

The final assault began on May 13, one day prior to Israel's declaration of independence.

Following Italy declaration of war on France and the Italian air force commencing bombing raids, Le Gloan shot down two Fiat BR. 20 bombers on 13 June.

On August 13, 2006, NOP leader Adam Gmurczyk published a declaration on behalf of the NOP Executive Council titled Izrael musi zostać zniszczony!

On April 13 UPC issued its first public declaration of intent, the " Appeal to the Cameroonians ".

The club have not entered administration at any time as the published declaration from 13 August 2010 of the board of directors stated ( varna-sport. com ).

After all that, on 13 December in the big hall of ministry in affairs of the youth, sport, and tourism the Council of the Federation in one voice accepted the following declaration:

It is notable that Mírzá Yah &# 803 ; yá would have been 12, or perhaps 13 at the declaration of the Báb.

A weeklong festivity every March 13 – 20 of each year in celebration of the declaration of Mt.

On 13 October 1975, Khemlani provided a statutory declaration and a copy of the incriminating telexes sent from Connor's office, a copy of which was forwarded to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.