Portal:Law/Selected anniversaries/October

• October 1, 1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• October 4, 1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
• October 13, 1946 – France holds the October 1946 French constitutional referendum, adopting the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• October 18, 1929 – The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• October 19, 1974 – Pursuant to the Niue Constitution Act, Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.