Feast of the Constitution in Lithuania
Feast of the Constitution in Lithuania is held on May 3. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. Help us
When on May 3, 1791, the Four Years' Sejm (Parliament) called the Great, passed the Law on the Government of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, an act known as the Constitution of May 3, the Polish-Lithuanian state became the first country in Europe and the second in the world to pass a Constitution. It was a progressive and bold legal act at the time, which initiated a series of reforms. It was also the culmination of centuries-old ties between Poland and Lithuania.
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