Written national constitutions adopted or drafted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the first generation of codified constitutional government, from the Polish constitution of 1791 and the Spanish constitution of 1812 onward. A document belongs here when its cited article dates its adoption or drafting to those two centuries. The group sits under the Constitutions and Founding Charters subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by when each one was adopted or decided. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
All Constitutions of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
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Constitution of 3 May 1791 (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of 3 May 1791, titled the Government Act, was a written constitution for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was adopted by the Great Sejm that met between 1788 and 1792.
Spanish Constitution of 1812 (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution was ratified on 19 March 1812 by the Cortes of Cádiz, the first Spanish legislature that included delegates from the entire nation and its possessions, including Spanish America and the Philippines.
Constitution of Argentina (Wikipedia)
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Its first version was written in 1853 by a constitutional assembly which gathered in Santa Fe; the doctrinal basis was taken in part from the United States Constitution.
Constitution of the Netherlands (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands of 24 August 1815 (Dutch: Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden van 24 augustus 1815) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the Netherlands proper (the territory of the Kingdom mainly situated in Europe).
U.S. National Archives: Constitution of the United States: A Transcription
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done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, G°. Washington Presidt and deputy from Virginia Delaware Geo: Read Gunning Bedford jun John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jaco: Broom Maryland James McHenry Dan of St Thos.
U.S. National Archives: Bill of Rights: Transcript
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Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791.
National Diet Library, Japan: Constitution of the Empire of Japan
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The Imperial Diet shall first be convoked for the 23rd year of Meiji, and the time of its opening shall be the date, when the present Constitution comes into force.
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