martial life timeline |
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American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance. | Tuesday, June 1st, 1779 |
Martial law is enacted in Japan. | Saturday, August 5th, 1882 |
Eight provinces in the Philippines were declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco. This included the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Nueva Ecija as well as the nearby areas. | Sunday, August 30th, 1896 |
Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland. | Tuesday, April 25th, 1916 |
Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. | Saturday, April 29th, 1916 |
Teheran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people. | Sunday, July 20th, 1924 |
Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit. | Sunday, January 3rd, 1932 |
The Kuomintang regime declares Taiwan is under martial law. | Friday, May 20th, 1949 |
"The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York | Monday, October 12th, 1953 |
President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959. | Tuesday, October 7th, 1958 |
Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d etat by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. | Monday, October 27th, 1958 |
American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. | Sunday, May 21st, 1961 |
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law. | Thursday, September 21st, 1972 |
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law and signs General Order No. 1 which orders the arrest of opposition leaders, media censorship, banning travel to other countries except for diplomatic missions, abolishing the Philippine Congress, establishing dictatorial government, take-over or sequestering of public and private corporations and suspension of classes for one week in the Philippines. | Saturday, September 23rd, 1972 |
General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. | Saturday, May 17th, 1980 |
General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity. | Sunday, December 13th, 1981 |
Martial law in Poland is officially revoked. | Friday, July 22nd, 1983 |
The State Council of the People s Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet. | Tuesday, March 7th, 1989 |
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. | Saturday, May 20th, 1989 |
Kelly Flinn, US Air Force s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial. | Thursday, May 22nd, 1997 |
The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared. | Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 |