1077 |
Church-State Conflicts |
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV apologizes to Pope Gregory VII for church-state conflicts by standing barefoot in the snow for three days.
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1403 |
Proclamation Apologizing to the Peasantry |
Queen Margaret I of Denmark issues a proclamation apologizing to the peasantry for the “great burden and much toil” caused by the “wantonness, greed and willfulness” of her clerks, bailiffs, and herself.
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1697 |
Salem witch trials of 1692 |
One judge and twelve jurors apologize for the Salem witch trials of 1692, as the colony declares a day of fasting and prayer to atone for the injustices.
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1711 |
Compensation for the families of the victims of the Salem witch prosecutions |
Massachusetts compensates the families of the victims of the Salem witch prosecutions.
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June 1731 |
Benjamin Franklin-“Apology for Printers,” |
In the U.S., Benjamin Franklin responds to criticisms about printing controversial essays by various authors in his Pennsylvania Gazette by issuing an “Apology for Printers,” which he then regularly reissues.
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1811 |
Leopard-Chesapeake |
Britain apologizes to the U.S. for the 1807 Leopard-Chesapeake incident and makes restitution.
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1853 |
U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis apologizes to avoid a duel. |
U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis apologizes to Senator Judah Benjamin in order to avoid a duel
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1859 |
The U.S. signs a treaty with Paraguay |
The U.S. signs a treaty with Paraguay, in which Paraguay apologizes for firing on the USS Water Witch in 1855.
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1863 |
USA- Thanks giving to commemorate the Civil War |
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issues a proclamation establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday, enjoining the nation to repent for “our national perverseness and disobedience” to God during the Civil War and asking forgiveness for the sins that led to so many deaths.
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1865 |
First Mother’s Day celebration in West Virginia |
Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis organizes the first Mother’s Day celebration in West Virginia, as a way of bringing together people of different political beliefs to benefit Civil War veterans
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16 January 1865 |
U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman - newly frees slaves in South Carolina to receive forty acres of land |
U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman issues Special Field Order #15, calling for newly frees slaves in South Carolina to receive forty acres of land
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1871 |
Britain pays monetary compensation to the US |
Britain pays monetary compensation for the use of its warships by the South to harass Union shipping lanes in the U.S. Civil War.
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27 January 1892 |
Chile - U.S. indemnity for soldiers killed or injured by a mob in Valparaiso |
Chile officially apologizes and agrees to pay an indemnity for U.S. sdiers killed or injured by a mob in Valparaiso in October, 1891. (U.S. President Benjamin Harrison had threatened to seek a declaration of war over the incident in December, 1891.
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2 August 1894 |
Japan -Great Britain compensation for sinking the British ship Kow Shing. |
Japan reportedly apologizes and offers to pay compensation to Great Britain for its cruiser Naniwa mistakenly firing upon and sinking the British ship Kow Shing. Japanese officials in London deny the report.
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19 July 1911 |
Spain -France regret for the arrest of a consular agent |
Spain expresses regrets to France for the arrest of a consular agent in Morocco.
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November 1911 |
Russia demands an apology from Persia |
Russia demands that Persia apologize for the treatment of it Consul in Teheran, and Persia offers an apology, but Russia deems it unsatisfactory.
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1914 |
USA dissatisfied with a Mexican general’s apology |
1914: U.S. President W. Wilson expresses dissatisfaction with a Mexican general’s apology for arresting American sailors in Tampico.
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9 April 1914 |
USA negotiates a treaty with Colombia |
U.S. President W. Wilson negotiates a treaty with Colombia that provides an indemnity and an apology for Theodore Roosevelt seizing Panama.
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February 1916 |
Germany-USA Regret for loss of lives on the Lusitania |
Germany expresses regret and offers to pay an indemnity for the loss of American lives on the Lusitania and other vessels. President Wilson had requested an apology and reparation.
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9 May 1916 |
Germany- France Germany apologizes for sinking the Sussex |
Germany apologizes for sinking the Sussex, an unarmed French vessel in the English channel on March 24.
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27 November 1918 |
Peru apologizes to Chile |
Peru apologizes to Chile after both counties recalled their consular representatives.
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1919 |
Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles |
Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles, admitting it was responsible for World War I and agreeing to pay reparations.
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22 July 1924 |
USA-Persia Diplomats death |
The Persian government apologizes for the death of U.S. Vice Consul Major Robert Imbrie, who was beaten to death by a mob in Teheran.
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1927 |
Henry Ford apologizes for an anti-Jewish campaign |
In response to complaints from Jewish leaders and in order to avoid a lawsuit, automobile maker Henry Ford retracts and apologizes for an anti-Jewish campaign in his newspaper “The Dearborn Independent
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19 July 1928 |
USA- Britain sovereignty of the Bahamas |
The U.S. government formally apologizes to Great Britain for violating the sovereignty of the Bahamas the previous year, when the Coast Guard seized a ship suspected of smuggling liquor
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