The Grand Canal was fully completed under the second Sui emperor, from the years 604 to 609, first by linking Luoyang to the Yangzhou ( and the Yangzi valley ), then expanding it to Hangzhou ( south ), and to Beijing ( north ).

Besides almost obliterating China's Fujian Fleet at the Battle of Fuzhou ( 23 August 1884 ), the squadron took part in the bombardment and landings at Keelung and Tamsui ( 5 and 6 August 1884 and 1 to 8 October 1884 ), the blockade of Formosa ( October 1884 to April 1885 ), the Battle of Shipu ( 14 February 1885 ), the so-called Battle of Zhenhai ( 1 March 1885 ), the Pescadores Campaign ( March 1885 ) and the ' rice blockade ' of the Yangzi River ( March to June 1885 ).

First of the major High Tang poets, Meng Haoran was born in Xiangyang, in what is now a district south of the Han River ( a tributary of the Yangzi River ), in modern Xiangfan in the province of Hubei.

According to the great 10th century genealogist Liu Fang: " Across the Yangzi River, the elite clans were known as ' émigré clans '; the Wang ( 王 ), Xie ( 謝 ), Yuan, and Xiao ( 萧 ) were the greatest among them.

Chapter 7 records the Hedonist philosophy of " Yang Zhu " ( Yangzi ), infamous for the criticism of Mencius that he, " believed in ' every man for himself.

Passing northward by Nanjing and crossing the Yangzi, Odoric embarked on the Grand Canal of China and travelled to the headquarters of the Great Khan ( probably Yesün Temür Khan ), namely the city of Cambalec ( AKA Cambaleth, Cambaluc, & c .) or present-day Beijing, where he remained for three years, probably from 1324 to 1327, attached, no doubt, to one of the churches founded by Archbishop John of Monte Corvino, at this time in extreme old age.

), lower Yangzi River Valley

Worcester ( 1890-1969 ), River Inspector from 1914 to 1948, and author of seven published books on the Yangzi River.

Around the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in the late 14th century, population booms in the lower Yangzi valley made Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang the three most populous provinces for the Yuan name.

He was worshipped as Acraephius ( ; Ἀκραιφιος, Akraiphios, literally " Acraephian ") or Acraephiaeus ( ; Ἀκραιφιαίος, Akraiphiaios, literally " Acraephian ") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia ( Ἀκραιφία ), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus ; and as Smintheus ( ; Σμινθεύς, Smintheus, " Sminthian "— that is, " of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe ") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus.

* Ada ( Serbia ), town and municipality

* In the town: Abensberg ( main settlement ), Aunkofen ( civil parish ), Badhaus ( village )

The town of Abensberg marks the start of the Deutsche Hopfenstraße ( German Hops Road ), a nickname given to the Bundesstraße 301, a German federal highway which runs through the heartland of Germany's hops-growing industry, ending in Freising.

Anbar was adjacent or identical to the Babylonian Jewish center of Nehardea ( Hebrew: ), and lies a short distance from the present-day town of Fallujah, formerly the Babylonian Jewish center of Pumbeditha ( Hebrew: ).

From here the Aar flows northeast for a long distance, past the ambassador town Solothurn ( below which the Grosse Emme flows in on the right ), Aarburg ( where it is joined by the Wigger ), Olten, Aarau, near which is the junction with the Suhre, and Wildegg, where the Hallwiler Aa falls in on the right.

), one of the two possible eponyms ( the other one being " Cynnus, brother of Coeus ") of Cynna, a small town not far from Heraclea.

* 1813 – At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia ( now San Sebastián ), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.

* Alfred ( town ), New York

* Antwerp ( town ), New York

There are seven districts ( with an eighth currently under construction ), each of which is divided into smaller suburbs, and most of which have a town centre which is the focus of commercial and social activities.

Antonio began his musical studies in his native town of Legnago ; he was first taught at home by his older brother Francesco Salieri ( a former student of the violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini ), and he received further lessons from the organist of the Legnago Cathedral, Giuseppe Simoni, a pupil of Padre Giovanni Battista Martini.

Aerial view of the district of Unterkochen ( the town centre is partly covered and in the background ), the Aalen lowlands well perceptible in the back

Aalen ’ s territory ranges over all lithostratigraphic groups of the south-German Jurassic: Aalen ’ s south and the Flexner massif are on top of the Weißer Jura ( White Jurassic ), the town centre is on the Brauner Jura ( Brown Jurassic ), and a part of Wasseralfingen is on the Schwarzer Jura ( Black Jurassic ).

By the 5th century AD, Rome was in decline and the Roman predecessor town of Alicante, known as Lucentum ( Latin ), was more or less under the control of the Visigothic warlord Theudimer.

) was an ancient seaport town on the south coast of Spain, between Malaca ( now Málaga ) and Carthago Nova ( now Cartagena ), in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.

According to the Boston Globe ( as reported on May 18, 2010 ), the town has renamed its amphitheater in the artist's honor, and is looking to develop an Al Capp Museum.

The town is famed for manufacturing the hardest and densest building bricks in the world, " The Accrington NORI " ( iron ), which were used in the construction of the Empire State Building and for the foundations of Blackpool Tower ; famous for its football team and for having Europe's largest collection of Tiffany Glass.

As well as motor dealerships from Ford ( Greyhound ), Vauxhall & Chevrolet ( Accrington Garages ), the town was home to a Arnold Clark car dealer which closed down in 2010.

On 25 May 1824, the town plat was registered with Wayne County as " Annsarbour "; this represents the earliest known use of the town's name.

* 1932 – A chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

** Aba, Sichuan, main town in Aba County

Statue of John Henry ( folklore ) | John Henry outside the town of Talcott in Summers County, West Virginia

** Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, town

* Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin, town

In his 20s he attended barber school, got married, and moved first to Roy, New Mexico then returned to Turkey in Hall County ( now considered his home town ) to work as a barber at Hamm's Barber Shop.

* Mount Charleston, Nevada, a mountain town in Clark County, Nevada

Chojnów () is a small town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county.

The concept of a county town eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county administration is based ( see County halls below ).

* Cumberland, Barron County, Wisconsin, a town

The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of Townsend.

Dedham () is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Enniskillen (, ) is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Local news coverage for the town and some of its neighbors is provided by the Tri County Journal and the Washington Missourian.

The railroad town of Allenton is a former community on U. S. Highway 66 located ( now ) at the junction of Interstate 44 and Business Loop 44 in western St. Louis County.

Mountbatten usually holidayed at his summer home in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, a small seaside village between Bundoran, County Donegal, and Sligo town on the northwest coast of Ireland.

Fairmount is a town in Fairmount Township, Grant County in the east central part of the U. S. state of Indiana.

Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

Harwich is a New England town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States.

* Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia

In informal use, the word county is often dropped except where necessary to distinguish between county and town or city ; thus " Offaly " rather than " County Offaly ", but " County Antrim " to distinguish it from Antrim town.