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elector

Any of originally seven (later ten) princes of the Holy Roman Empire who had the prerogative of electing the emperor (in effect, the king of Germany). The electors were the archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne, the court palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, and the king of Bohemia (in force to 1806). Their constitutional status was formalized in 1356 in the document known as the Golden Bull, which granted them extensive powers within their own domains, to act as judges, issue coins, and impose tolls.

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict

18 January 1701

Prince Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg is crowned Frederick I, King of Prussia.

9 February 1825
John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States by the House of Representatives after no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

14 March 1647
The Thirty Years War: Prince-elector Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria is forced to sign the Truce of Ulm by France and Sweden. The Truce forced Bavaria to renounce its alliance with Ferdinand II the Holy Roman Emperor.

28 April 1969
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France after being beaten in a referendum on electoral reform.

1 August 1714
Elector of Hanover, George Louis, is named King George I of Great Britain following the death of Queen Anne in line with the Act of Settlement signed in 1701.

7 November 1972
American President Richard Nixon is re-elected, scoring a massive electoral victory over Democratic Senator George McGovern.

1 December 1824
In America, no presidential candidate receives a majority of the total electoral votes in the presidential election. Congress, as stated by the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, turns over the presidential election to the House of Representatives to decide.

27 December 2004

In a re-run of the Presidential election in Ukraine after electoral fraud had annulled the first result Viktor Yushchenko wins the election and the so-called “Orange Revolution” is victorious.