Not long after moving in she turned up a richly carved desk, hewed from the timbers of the British ship H.M.S. Resolute and presented to President Hayes by Queen Victoria.

* 1858 – U. S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

The distinction of a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire was conferred upon him by Queen Victoria in 1897 ( and later Knight Grand Commander in 1902 by Edward VII ) and he received like recognition for his public services from the German Emperor, the Sultan of Turkey, the Shah of Persia and other potentates.

He was made a " Knight of the Indian Empire " by Queen Victoria, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by Edward VII ( 1902 ), and a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India by George V ( 1912 ).

1929 portrait of King Alfonso XIIIOn 31 May 1906, at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo in Madrid, Alfonso married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), a niece of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

* Queen Victoria – the British Weights and Measures Act of 1878 defined it as containing 4, 840 square yards.

* 1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.

This provision has been dormant since Queen Victoria ascended the throne, because she did not inherit Hanover under the Salic Laws of the German states, but in principle it could again become relevant in the future.

In 1838, the Nova Scotia Baptist Education Society founded Queen's College ( named for Queen Victoria ).

In 1867 he was the first Ottoman sultan to visit Western Europe ; his trip included a visit to the United Kingdom, where he was made a Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria and shown a Royal Navy Fleet Review with Ismail of Egypt.

In 1895, the Amir found himself unable, by reason of ill-health, to accept an invitation from Queen Victoria to visit England ; but his second son Nasrullah Khan went instead.

Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 and, in 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.

The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Canada's Queen at Confederation.

The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria when the Colony of British Columbia, i. e. " the Mainland ", became a British colony in 1858.

Queen Victoria chose British Columbia to distinguish what was the British sector of the Columbia District from that of the United States (" American Columbia " or " Southern Columbia "), which became the Oregon Territory in 1848 as a result of the treaty.

In this feud, Disraeli was aided by his warm friendship with Queen Victoria, who came to detest Gladstone during the latter's first premiership in the 1870s.

Disraeli and Queen Victoria, during the latter's visit to Hughenden Manor at the height of the Eastern crisis.

New Crowns for Old depicts Disraeli as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin offering Queen Victoria | Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one. Disraeli cultivated a public image of himself as an Imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Queen Victoria the title “ Empress of India ”.

A leading proponent of the Great Game, Disraeli introduced the Royal Titles Act 1876, which created Queen Victoria Empress of India, putting her at the same level as the Russian Tsar.

" John Updike, comparing Abner to a “ hillbilly Candide ,” added that the strip ’ s “ richness of social and philosophical commentary approached the Voltairean .” Charlie Chaplin, William F. Buckley, Al Hirschfeld, Harpo Marx, Russ Meyer, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph Bakshi, Shel Silverstein, Hugh Downs, Gene Shalit, Frank Cho, Daniel Clowes and ( reportedly ) even Queen Elizabeth have confessed to being fans of Li ' l Abner.

In May 2010 Dartmouth joined the Matariki Network of Universities ( MNU ) together with Durham University ( UK ), Queen ’ s University ( Canada ), University of Otago ( New Zealand ), University of Tübingen ( Germany ), University of Western Australia ( Australia ) and Uppsala University ( Sweden ).

In 1556 King ’ s County and Queen ’ s County were created and the Kingdom of Connacht was broken up into the counties of Galway, Mayo and Sligo, while Leitrim was separated from Roscommon in 1565.

The meaning of Dromio ’ s line has not been satisfactorily explained by critics, but Oxfordians say the line is somehow connected to the fact that de Vere was given a £ 1, 000 annuity by the Queen, later continued by King James.

The track listing was confirmed, including: " Don ’ t Fucking Tell Me What to Do " which is written by Robyn and Klas Åhlund, " None of Them " with Röyksopp, " Dance Hall Queen " with Diplo, " Fembot " and " Dancing on My Own ", written by Robyn and Patrik Berger.

* Appeals of summary conviction offences go first to the highest trial court within the jurisdiction ( e. g. provincial superior court in Alberta is the Court of Queen ’ s Bench ).

England ’ s declaration against " cruel and unusual punishments " was approved by Parliament in February 1689, and was read to King William III and his wife Queen Mary II on the following day.

Drusilla ’ s paternal grandmother, the Queen of Mauretania Cleopatra Selene II, was a daughter of the Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony.

When King You replaced Queen Shen with the concubine Baosi ( and designated Baosì's son as the crown prince ), the former queen ’ s powerful father, the Marquess of Shen, joined forces with Quanrong to sack the western capital of Haojing in 770 BC.

The general ill will against Struensee, which had been smouldering all through the autumn of 1771, found expression at last in a secret conspiracy against him, headed by Rantzau-Ascheburg and others, in the name of the Queen Dowager Juliana Maria, who in this way was willing to wrest power away from the king, and secure her and her son ’ s position of power for many years to come.

As the number of pupils outgrew the capacity of Tudor Hall, so the school was transferred in 1932 to a new site in Queen ’ s Road, which backed on to the Stapylton field.

She was privately educated at Queen ’ s Park School, a girls ' school in Oswestry.

You just have to permit it .” He turned down the offer of laureateship partly for political reasons, commenting " I ’ ve nothing against the Queen personally: I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time ".

During the early stages of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh also completed the Queen ’ s Cross Church project in Maryhill, Glasgow.

Louis XVI and his court had been stimulated by a proposal from the merchant adventurer William Bolts, who had earlier tried unsuccessfully to interest Louis ’ s brother-in-law, the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II ( brother of Queen Marie Antoinette ), in a similar voyage.

It was originally constructed to facilitate Toronto ’ s City Council, legal and municipal offices and the city's courts however following the construction of the fourth city hall ( adjacent to the third, on Queen Street ) the building's purpose was limited to being solely a courthouse for the Ontario Court of Justice.

Professor Mark Glancy, teacher of film history at Queen Mary University of London has said: “ It ’ s horrendously inaccurate and attributes crimes committed by the Nazis in the 1940s to the British in the 1770s .” In contrast, Australian film critic David Edwards asserts that " this fictional story is set around actual events, but it is not a history of what America was, or even an image of what it has become-it's a dream of what it should be .... The Patriot is a grand epic full of action and emotion .... But it's also surprisingly insightful in its evaluation of the American ideal-if not the reality.

A prominent architect during this period was Thomas Ellis Owen who built properties in Kent Road, Queen ’ s Terrace, Sussex Terrace, Beach Road, Grove Road South, Clarendon Road, Osborne Road and Portland Terrace.

Louis Stanislas and the Comte d ’ Artois served as godfathers by proxy for the Holy Roman Emperor, the Queen ’ s brother.

At the insistence of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Charles and his family left France three days later, on 17 July, along with several other courtiers, including Madame de Polignac, the Queen ’ s favourite.

The extras feature color production footage shot by Chaplin ’ s half-brother Sydney, deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin ’ s 1919 film Sunnyside, barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin ’ s 1921 film King, Queen, Joker, and The Tramp and the Dictator ( 2001 ), Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft ’ s documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler, including interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and others.

* Queen ( band )' s Roger Meddows Taylor included the track " Interlude in Constantinople " on Side 2 of his debut album Fun in Space.

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Scholars have often speculated that Hamlet < nowiki ></ nowiki >' s Polonius might have been inspired by William Cecil ( Lord Burghley )— Lord High Treasurer and chief counsellor to Queen Elizabeth I. E. K. Chambers suggested Polonius's advice to Laertes may have echoed Burghley's to his son Robert Cecil.

Meanwhile, among the many V. I. P. s who came to look were U. S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy ( 22 February 1962 ), Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom ( 6 March 1965 ), H. M. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ( 27 May 1965 ), H. R. H.

A costume associated with Cockneys is that of the Pearly Kings and Queens | pearly King ( or pearly Queen ) worn by London costermonger s who sew thousands of pearl buttons onto their clothing in elaborate and creative patterns.

Due to her patience and understanding Shirin becomes one of the most respected Queen regent | Queen s in the One Thousand and One Nights.

The Royal Navy plans to operate the F-35 Lightning II | F-35B from the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier | Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier s, replacing the BAE Harrier II | Harrier-equipped Invincible class aircraft carrier | Invincible-class aircraft carrier s. In the Persian Gulf, the RN sustains a number of commitments in support of both national and coalition efforts to stabilise the region.