The Doctor confronts Magnus Greel with the key to Greel's Time Cabinet in Doctor Who ' The Talons of Weng-Chiang '.

The Hebrides had been difficult to control from a distance since the days of Ketill Flatnose, and even in the time of Magnus Barelegs it is likely that de facto control was that of local rulers rather than nominal governance from over the seas.

Aulus Gabinius, Roman statesman and general, and supporter of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, was a prominent figure in the later days of the Roman Republic.

Masters of Rome is a series of historical fiction novels by author Colleen McCullough ( b. 1937 ) set in ancient Rome during the last days of the old Roman Republic ; it primarily chronicles the lives and careers of Gaius Marius, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Pompeius Magnus, Gaius Julius Caesar, and the early career of Caesar Augustus.

Three days later at Sacrifice, Daniels and Kazarian defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the first time.

An incidental proof of this is that when Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ludi votivi in 70 BC, they lasted 15 days ( Cicero In Verrem i. 1.

Three days later at Sacrifice, Kazarian and Daniels defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, starting Kazarian's second reign with the title.

However, Woolf ( 2007 ) suggests that the story of his failing to pay tax to Harald " looks very much like a story created in later days to legitimise Norwegian claims to sovereignty in the region " and some scholars believe that this entire story of Harald's expedition is apocryphal and based on the later voyages of Magnus Barelegs.

On 18 March 1920 when Raeder's close friend, Admiral Magnus von Levetzow who had seized Kiel proposed a march on Berlin with the aim of deposing the government after the failure of the putsch in Berlin, Raeder declared his intention of joining Levetzow, only to change his mind a few hours later, and hastily called the Defence Minister Gustav Noske to tell him he had been " misunderstood " about joining Levetzow on his proposed march.

It was later used as a weapon in Victorian London by Magnus Greel, the Minister of Justice, where it went by the name of Mr. Sin.

The Minister of Agriculture Magnus von Braun wanted high tariffs as a way of supporting German farmers while the Economics Minister Hermann Warmbold was opposed to further protectionism lest it damage even more the export of German industrial goods.

* Magnus Freiherr von Braun ( DNVP ) – Minister of Food

General Magnus André De Merindol Malan ( 30 January 1930 – 18 July 2011 ) was the Minister of Defence ( in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha ), Chief of the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) and Chief of the South African Army.

* Magnus Malan: Former Minister of Defence in 1980 – 1991

In December 1988 Pik Botha flew to Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, with Defence Minister Magnus Malan, and signed a peace protocol with Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, and with Angolan and Cuban signatories.

The memorial was dedicated on 7 September 1938 and a bronze inscription on the monument reads " erected by the Rector and Congregation of St Magnus the Martyr by London Bridge and the Minister and Congregation of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall to commemorate the traditional spot where Earl Magnus was slain, AD circa 1116 and to commemorate the Octocentenary of St Magnus Cathedral 1937 ".

A top secret document prepated by General Magnus Malan for the then Minister of Defence, P. W.

* ( About the 12 December ) – Pik Botha, Foreign Minister, and Magnus Malan, Defence Minister, sign a peace protocol with Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, and with Angolan and Cuban signatories in Brazzaville.

The plot follows the fictional English King Magnus as he spars with, and ultimately outwits, Prime Minister Proteus and his cabinet, who seek to strip the monarchy of its remaining political influence.

* Magnus Malan ( 1930 – 2011 ), general, Chief of the South African Army, Chief of the South African Defence Force and Minister of Defence, 1980 – 1991

In 1978, Minister of Defence Magnus Malan directed the South African Police to establish an intelligence-gathering paramilitary unit similar to the Rhodesian Army's elite Selous Scouts, to fight against SWAPO forces.

One of them was the former guardian and Lord Chief Justice Magnus De La Gardie, who among many other estates had to return the extravagant 248-room large Läckö Castle.

* Tun Mohd Salleh Abas & K. Das ( 1989 ), May Day for Justice: the Lord President's Version, Kuala Lumpur: Magnus Book.

* 1710 – In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14, 000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.

Some of the gunpowder recipes of De Mirabilibus Mundi of Albertus Magnus are identical to the recipes of the Liber Ignium, and according to Partington, " may have been taken from that work, rather than conversely.

The subsequent sagas are ( with few exceptions ) devoted to individual rulers, starting with Halfdan the Black, and ending with Magnus Erlingsson.

* February 28 – Battle of Helsingborg: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army under Magnus Stenbock.

* February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg new king of Sweden.

The main figures of scholasticism historically are Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Alexander of Hales, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas.

* Harald Kesja and Magnus the Strong are defeated at the Battle of Fotevik.

In fact this is not implausible because other descendants of Magnus are reported in Irish sources and he is known to have been particularly fond of at least one Irish woman.

Two possible descendants from this marriage are Marcus Antonius Fronto Salvianus ( a quaestor ) and his son Marcus Antonius Felix Magnus a high priest in 225.

These knots are generally shown as being based on one of three underlying hitches: two variants of the rolling hitch ( ABOK # 1734 and # 1735 ) and the Magnus hitch (# 1736 ).

The youngest of six siblings, his elder siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes, filmmakers Sophie Fiennes and Martha Fiennes, composer Magnus Fiennes, and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, his twin brother.

Throughout the story, a number of characters who are both historical and legendary are introduced: Sigurd the Powerful, Hákon Paulsson, Sigurd the Stout, Ragnvald, Earl of Møre, Earl Magnus Erlendsson later styled the saint, Ragnvald Kali Kolsson and Harald Maddadsson.

These are held without ( much ) doubt to be the relics of St Magnus.

In total there are 21 churches in Europe dedicated to St Magnus.

There are two Icelandic sagas of St Magnus's life, Magnus ' saga the shorter and longer as well as the account in the Orkneyinga Saga.

In addition to this there are several devotional works in Gaelic and Latin about St Magnus, including a legend, Legenda de sancto Magno.

He was one of four fifth-to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity ; the others are Ruricius bishop of Limoges ( died 507 ), Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne ( died 518 ) and Magnus Felix Ennodius of Arles, bishop of Ticinum ( died 534 ).

Georg Magnus Sprengtporten's Memorial stones are located in Harbour park ( Satamapuisto ) of Kuopio, near the place where his military school was originally located.

Other Syagrii Mathisen lists with a connection to Gaul are a great-grandson of Afranius, who had an estate at Taionnacus near Lyons, and a wealthy Syagria of Lyons who was described by Magnus Felix Ennodius as thesaurus ecclesiae.

Other correlations, such as the those presented by Goff-Gratch and Magnus Tenten, are more complicated but yield better accuracy.

Events in the life of the character Magnus Pym are partly based upon the life and career of Kim Philby.

Swedish monarchs from Gustavus Adolphus ( d. 1632 AD ) to Gustaf V ( d. 1950 ) are entombed here ( with exceptions such as Queen Christina who is buried within St. Peter's Basilica in Rome ), as well as the earlier monarchs Magnus III ( d. 1290 ) and Charles VIII ( d. 1470 ).

In the De Vegetabilibus of Albertus Magnus written around 1260, instructions are given for planting grass plots.

In the 12th Century, a later Viking raid and battle in the Menai Strait are recounted in the Orkneyinga Saga as playing an important role in the life of Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney-the future Saint Magnus.