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Democracy develops in Athens, Greece
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Roman senate votes to give extraordinary (dictaorial) powers to Octavian.
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JOhn locke writes the two treaties of government outlining some liberal political ideas
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montesquieu writes "The spirits of the laws".
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Benjamin Franklin writes to james parker about the federal orginization of the haudenosaunee confederacy
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The Continental Congress (representing the Thirteen Colonies ) adopts the declaration of Independance, starting the process olf creating the us republic.
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Canada holds the first secret ballot
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Canada is founded by the british north america act.
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First nations peoples in canada granted Sufffrage
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Women gets full rights.
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Lenin dies letting stalin get power.
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Reform party of canada is created.
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Hitler passes the enabling act
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south africa protest to the Majority tyranny laws.
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The refurendum on the Charlottetown Accord, which would include special rights for first Nations and FrancphoneCnadians, fails to pass
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George W. bush wins his first term as president of the USA without winning the majority of the votes.
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Harper government psses bill C-16 which brings fixed date elections
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President Mugabe if Zimbabwe blames UK for cholera outbreak in his country.