Sorry, we don't allow throughout history questions. These tend to produce threads which are collections of trivia, not the in-depth discussions about a particular topic we're looking for. If you have a specific question about a historical event or period or person, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again.

In case anyone discovers this, here is the corresponding thread in /r/Ask_Politics with many examples:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Politics/comments/2gr4nm/has_any_nation_voluntarily_rewritten_its/