In 1972, Tonga laid claim to, and invaded, the tide-washed, isolated Minerva Reefs, some 480 kilometers southwest of Nuku ' olofa, to thwart efforts by a private group, Ocean Life Research Foundation, to establish an independent Republic of Minerva ( now the Principality of Minerva ) on the reefs and surrounding quays.

* Principality of Minerva, Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard, by David Henley, December 2004

In the former case, he had been recognised as their sovereign by The Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek and The Bishopric of Courland, and as their prospective ruler by the authorities of The Bishopric of Dorpat ; The Bishopric of Reval with the Harrien-Wierland gentry were on his side ; Livonian Order conditionally recognised his right of ownership of Estonia ( Principality of Estonia ).

* The fourth book, " On Estonia " describes events between 1208 and 1226: the campaigns against Estonian counties, the conquest of the Principality of Jersika, the wars with Curonians, Semigallians, Lithuanians and Princes of Pskow and Novgorod.

* January 23 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.

Sofia was taken by Russian forces on January 4, 1878, during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877 – 78, and became the capital of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria in 1879, which became the Kingdom of Bulgaria in 1908.

Peter IV, (, ;, ;, ) ( Balaguer, 5 September 1319 – Barcelona, 6 January 1387 ), called el Cerimoniós (" the Ceremonious ") or el del punyalet (" the one of the little dagger "), was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica ( as Peter I ), King of Valencia ( as Peter II ), and Count of Barcelona ( and the rest of the Principality of Catalonia as Peter III ) from 1336 until his death.

As a consequence of the astounding losses, the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon signed the Antarctic Treaty on January 31 U. C.

The Principality of Zeon finally surrendered with the Treaty of Granada, on January 14, U. C.

The war ended on January 1, UC 0080, when the Republic of Zeon, reinstated after the fall of the Principality, signed a peace treaty with the Earth Federation.

On 15 October 1840 Chlodwig's older brother, Viktor Moritz Karl zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, 1st Fürst von Corvey, ( 10 February 1818-30 January 1893 ), renounced his rights as first-born son to the Principality of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and was made Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey by King Frederick William IV of Prussia ; at the same time Chlodwig received the additional title of Prince of Ratibor and Corvey.

First told in Gundam Century in a detailed manner, the first and second chapter, titled Zeon mobile forces and Background of Guerrilla warfare, mentions small conflicts of Guerrilla warfare started by Principality of Zeon of Side 3 to claim independency from the Earth Federation and on the third chapter, titled Operation British, is a detailed version of the opening narration of Mobile Suit Gundam, where Zeon declared an all-out war on the Earth Federation government on January 3, U. C. 0079, starting the One Year War.

Ernest Augustus (; ; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698 ) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Principality of Calenberg ( with its capital Hanover ) subdivision of the duchy.

George William ( Herzberg am Harz, 26 January 1624 – 28 August 1705, Wienhausen ) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision.

" The Principality is no longer blamed in the 2005 FATF report, as well as all other territories.

The appointment of a papal diplomatic representative to the Principality was subsequent to the revision of Monaco's treaty with France which was revised in 2002 and ratified in 2005.

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco ( Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, Count of Polignac ; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005 ), styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.

Tchiaberashvili was Georgia's permanent representative to the Council of Europe from 2005 to 2010 and ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Principality of Liechtenstein, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva from 2010 to 2012.

* January 19 – The Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific, sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation, declares independence.

However, his talents lay more in salesmanship and motoring pioneering than practical engineering ; in January 1903, with the help of £ 6, 600 provided by his father, he started one of Britain's first car dealerships, C. S. Rolls & Co. based in Fulham, to import and sell French Peugeot and Belgian Minerva vehicles.

Ida Minerva Tarbell ( November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944 ) was an American teacher, author and journalist.

Her mother, Minerva Buckner " Minnie " Machen ( November 23, 1860 – January 13, 1958 ), named her after characters in two little-known stories: Jane Howard's " Zelda: A Tale of the Massachusetts Colony " ( 1866 ) and Robert Edward Francillon's " Zelda's Fortune " ( 1874 ).

Francesco Minerva ( January 31, 1904-August 23, 2004 ) was an Italian clergyman ; at his death he was the second-oldest living bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, after Corrado Bafile.

** Minerva Smith ( 30 April 1880 – 24 January 1958 )

The Republic of Minerva issued a declaration of independence on 19 January 1972, in letters to neighboring countries and even created their own currency.

Retrieved from Library of Congress Minerva archive on January 1, 2012.

The Minerva arrived in Sydney on 11 January 1800.

The reefs gained further notoriety in January 1972 in the Republic of Minerva ' incident '.

* Mission to Minerva ISBN 978-1-4165-2090-0-May 2005 ( 5th Book in the Giants series )

* Three Women and a Piano Tuner ( 2004 ), Minerva Theatre and Hampstead Theatre ( 2005 )

* Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter ( Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by Phyllis Nagy ) at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester August 2005

In November 2005, Fiji lodged a complaint with the International Seabed Authority concerning Tonga's maritime waters claims surrounding Minerva.

* " Minerva ", a 2005 song by Ani DiFranco, from her album Knuckle Down

In 2005, Fiji has made it clear that they do not recognize any maritime water claims by Tonga to the Minerva Reefs under the UNCLOS agreements.

In November 2005, Fiji lodged a complaint with the International Seabed Authority concerning territorial claim over Minerva.

After operating on ACMI basis for Meridiana, AlpiEagles, Minerva, and finally Airone, at the end of 2005, the mamagment sold the airplanes and retired from flight operations.

On radio she was a disk jockey on a radio station, Magic 89. 9 until January 14, 2007, and an advice columnist for FHM called " Asia's Sex Confidential ".

McNab also appeared in the January 2004 issue of FHM magazine.

Some photos of his works as a CIA chief of disguises were shown in the January 2005 edition of FHM magazine.

She was featured in the annual Maxim " Hot 100 " list in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008 and in FHM < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s " 100 Sexiest Women " of 2005.

She was chosen one of " 1998's Most Beautiful People " by People magazine, she also was ranked number 68 in FHM < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s " 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005 " special supplement, and was named number 82 in 2006.

In August 2005, Webb became a contributing game columnist for FHM, alongside her regular hosting duties on X-Play.

She has appeared on the cover of many men's lifestyle magazines, was twice featured in Maxims " Girls of Maxim " gallery and was named the 10th sexiest woman in the world in 2005 by FHM.

She also topped the ' FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World ' list in 2005, which was said to have polled 15 million people.

She was named # 19 on Maxims Hot 100 of 2005 list and was featured on the cover of the issue that included the list, as well as # 92 in the 2006 FHM Hot 100 list.

Webster appeared on the May 2005 cover of FHM after the magazine approached her to do the shoot as a celebration of turning 18.

She was voted # 7 in the FHM Australia 100 Sexiest Women 2005 list.

Until 2005, the paper was owned by Independent Media, a Moscow-registered publishing house that also prints a Russian-language daily newspaper, Vedomosti, The St. Petersburg Times ( the equivalent of The Moscow Times in Saint Petersburg ) and Russian-language versions of popular glossy magazines such as FHM, Men's Health and Cosmopolitan.

In 2004 and 2005, she made 38 front-page appearances on British men's magazines, such as FHM, Nuts, Zoo Weekly, loaded, GQ and Maxim magazines.

Titmuss was voted by readers as number seven in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005, and wrote a regular sex advice column for the magazine.

For instance in 2005 when the show Joe Millionaire Indonesia was aired, where dozens of women fought over the Indo Marlon or when the FHM issue with Indo playmate Petra Verkaik was released in Jakarta and sold out in record time.

She has appeared on the cover of Loaded magazine and in August 2005, the cover of Maxim magazine and in June 2006 the cover of FHM as the headlining feature of the issue, combining a photo shoot and exclusive interview with one of the magazine's journalists.

She was ranked # 90 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2005.

Rouass was ranked No. 87 and No. 69 on FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004 and FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005 respectively.