In late August 1861, General John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, issued, without consulting Washington, a proclamation of martial law in Missouri.

Violence and looting break out on a small scale, and the authorities respond by declaring martial law and imposing a curfew.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

The mayor put the city under the municipal equivalent of martial law and declared a curfew.

* 1916 – Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.

The CPC defeated the Nationalists in 1949, forcing Chiang's government to retreat to Taiwan, where Chiang imposed martial law and persecuted people critical of his rule in a period known as the " White Terror ".

The government's official line for these martial law provisions stemmed from the claim that emergency provisions were necessary, since the Communists and Kuomintang ( KMT ) were still in a state of war.

However, Chiang presided over purges, political authoritarianism, and graft during his tenure in mainland China, and ruled throughout a period of imposed martial law.

During the Dark Avengers ' arrival in San Francisco to enforce martial law and squelch the anti-mutant riots occurring in the city, Xavier appears ( back in his wheelchair ) in the company of Norman Osborn and publicly denounces Cyclops ' actions and urges him to turn himself in.

* 1917 – British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

As more and more of its demands were met during the 1990s – such as the direct popular election of Taiwan's president and all representatives in its Legislative Yuan, and open discussion of Taiwan's repressive past as represented in the 2-28 Incident and its long martial law aftermath – a greater variety of views could be advocated in the more liberal political atmosphere.

* 1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity.

By 1971 ELF activity had become enough of a threat that the emperor had declared martial law in Eritrea.

Dictators may use the powers of the executive ( police, martial law, censorship, physical implementation of the election mechanism, etc.

In 1955, the Workers-Peasant Party, Communist Party, and the Marxist-Leninist Party named Abu Hussain Sarkar as the Chief minister of the State who ruled the state in two non-consecutive terms until 1958 when the martial law was imposed.

Uncomfortable with the workings of democratic ststem, unruliness in the East Pakistan parliamentary elections and the threat of Baloch separatism in West-Pakistan, Bengali President Iskandar Ali Mirza issued a proclamation that abolished all political parties in both West and East Pakistan, abrogated the two-year old constitution, and imposed the first martial law in the country on October 7, 1958.

President Mirza announced that " the martial law would be a temporary measure, lasting only until a new constitution was to be drafted.

On October 27, President Mirza swore in a twelve-member cabinet that included Army Commander General Ayub Khan as Defence Minister as well as chief martial law administrator of the country, along with three other senior military officers in ministerial positions.

Until 1962, the martial law continued while Field Marshal Ayub Khan purged a number of politicians and civil servants from the government and replaced them with military officers.

Lord Wimborne, the Lord Lieutenant, declared martial law on Tuesday evening and handed over civil power to Brigadier-General W. H. M. Lowe.

He did, however, condemn recent threats from the Military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to declare martial law and arrest members of the present government if the bill is passed.

It is also important to note that during the 80's, the People's Republic of Poland instituted the martial law to vanquish and censor all forms of opposition against the communist rule of the nation, including outlets such as cinema and radio.

The state of Georgia is under martial law and life there has taken on a new and more frightening tone.

Although Magloire declared martial law, a general strike essentially shut down Port-au-Prince.

Eisenhower was even threatened with court martial for continued publication of these proposed methods of tank deployment, and he relented.

It was formed on the principle of kendo not as a martial art but as educational sport, and it has continued to be practiced as such to this day.

Dan Inosanto continued to teach and certify select students in Jeet Kune Do for over 30 years, making it possible for thousands of martial arts practitioners to trace their training lineage back to Bruce Lee.

This process of standardization of martial training continued when, in 1895, a body for martial arts in Japan, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, was established.

Choi had been forced to serve in the Japanese army during World War II, but was implicated in a rebellion and imprisoned, during which time he continued practicing martial arts.

A constitutional convention, which had been called for in 1970 to replace the Commonwealth era 1935 Constitution, continued the work of framing a new constitution after the declaration of martial law.

Allegedly, the practice of weaponry by the peasants or Indios was banned by the Spaniards during colonial times and the Moro-moro stick fights were a " disguised " form of continued practice of indigenous martial arts.

Higashionna returned to Okinawa in 1882 and continued in the family business of selling firewood, while teaching a new school of martial arts, distinguished by its integration of gō-no ( hard ) and jū-no ( soft ) kempo into one system.

This set up continued until President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and abolished Congress.

These performed in a concert setting for entertainment, as well as continued to perform drill and martial events.

He continued his instruction under other prominent martial artist of the region such as " Dong Xianzhou ( Ba Shan Fan ) and Yang Jingshan nicknamed " flying Legs ".

As the vountry was in dire situation with no stability and security, acting at Zia's behest, Sayem then promulgated martial law, continued Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's State of Emergency, and less than replaced President Sayem as the Chief Martial Law Administrator ( CMLA ).

The internal situation in Greece, notwithstanding all official assurances to the contrary, continued to be serious, particularly in Macedonia, Salonica, and Crete, and consequently on April 12 martial law was proclaimed and a censorship of the press reintroduced.

Although the technology, aims, methods, and plans of World War I were drastically different from earlier wars, military leaders continued to insist upon a form of martial etiquette from civilians which increased resentment between the countries.

As this evolution has continued, the training and techniques have become increasingly further removed from their martial roots.

Barcelona was placed under martial law, yet the strike continued in full force.

Throughout the 20th century a small number of researchers, principally academics with access to some of the sources, continued exploring the field of historical European martial arts from a largely academic perspective.

For the next two years, repression continued, with martial law renewed every two months.

After his retirement from government service, he continued work in public service through Kilosbayan ( People Action ), a forum for raising political consciousness and citizens ' participation in governance ; the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation ( Heroes ' Memorial ), a private entity that honors the nation's martyrs and heroes for their sacrifices during martial law ; and Bantay Katarungan ( Sentinel of Justice ), an organization that seeks to improve the administration of justice in the Philippines through the systematic monitoring of courts and quasi-judicial agencies by selected students from leading law schools.

While helping Italy develop strategically, he continued trasformismo and was authoritarian, once suggesting the use of martial law to ban opposition parties.

Following this, Hayashizaki continued on his martial arts pilgrimage, training with renowned swordsmen and attracting students of his own ( such as Tamiya Heibei, founder of Tamiya-ryū ( Tsumaki )).

Not only did he actively enlist all able-bodied black men at an unprecedented rate — often with the assistance of all-black recruiting squads, and despite the legislature ’ s strident objection to the continued presence of black troops in the state — he sustained martial law in the state in order to override the state ’ s civil courts and governments because of their obvious unwillingness to assume " their clear and positive duty to protect the people from forcible wrongs, whether inflicted under the forms of law or otherwise.