In 1799, the Republic of Lucca came under French influence, and adopted as flag a green-white-red horizontal tricolor, up to 1801.

The Republic of India adopted the metric system on April 1, 1957.

The Republic of Tatarstan adopted its own Constitution on Nov. 6.

On 25 November 1975 the independent Republic of Suriname adopted an official coat of arms.

The Republic of China adopted the goose step from its German military advisors in the 1920s.

The Medici are expelled from Florence, where the Republic adopts a new constitution.

The People's Republic of China government has adopted some of the principles behind this Soviet concept in its ethnic minority policy.

Republic has adopted this approach in half its deals, avoiding accounting for much of the cost of its buying spree as so-called good will.

The Republic of Kosovo adopted a resolution declaring the referendum an attack on Kosovo's sovereignty.

December 4 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.