Around 1580, King John III of Sweden, who had previously ( 1556 – 63 ) been the Duke of Finland ( a royal duke ), assumed the subsidiary title Grand prince of Finland (, to the titles of the King of Sweden, first appearing is sources in 1581 ( though first used by John III 1577 ).

Around 1820, Charles Xavier Thomas created the first successful, mass-produced mechanical calculator, the Thomas Arithmometer, that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Motown Records had its first million-selling single in 1960 with The Miracles ' " Shop Around ", and in 1961, Stax Records had its first hit with Carla Thomas ' " Gee Whiz!

Around 1711, Pope made friends with Tory writers John Gay, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Parnell and John Arbuthnot, who together formed the satirical Scriblerus Club.

American economist, social and political commentator, Dr. Thomas Sowell identified some negative results of race-based affirmative action in his book, Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study.

Around 1555 Southwark St Thomas was split off from St Olave and Southwark St John Horsleydown was split off in 1733.

Around 1560 part of this estate came into the ownership of Thomas Sutton, a resident of the Tan House ( adjacent to Sutton House ).

Around 1850, two enterprising Scottish brother, Alexander and Thomas Gimmel, organized the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company.

Around this time George married Margery Kemp, of Spains Hall, an heiress, and the niece of Sir Thomas More.

Around the time of the American Revolution, Milltown became more commonly known as Downingtown after the prominent businessman Thomas Downing, a Quaker immigrant in 1717 from Bradninch, Devon, England, who owned a number of those mills.

Around 1852 Thomas Richardson added the projecting dining room on the house's east front for Thomas Blackett Beaumont.

In October 1978 Balin too left the group, leaving Kantner and company to find a new lead singer in Mickey Thomas ( who had sung lead on Elvin Bishop's " Fooled Around and Fell in Love ").

Around 1595, Sir Thomas Chaloner's son, also called Thomas, established England's first alum works at Belman Bank south of the town.

Around 1230 the Dominican Hugh of St-Cher proposed the idea of a " treasury " at the Church's disposal, consisting of the infinite merits of Christ and the immeasurable abundance of the saints ' merits, a thesis that was demonstrated by great scholastics such as Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas and remains the basis for the theological explanation of indulgences.

Around 550 acres of the 600-acre airport premises fall within the St. Thomas Mount and Pallavaram Cantonment Board's limits.

Around 1804, Peale obtained the American patent rights to the polygraph from its inventor John Isaac Hawkins, about the same time as the purchase of one by Thomas Jefferson.

Around 1510, the manor house was demolished by an officer to the Crown, who sold the timbers for a profit to Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, who used them in the construction of Bradgate House in Leicestershire.

Around 1865 he began to help Thomas C. Jerdon in the writing of the Birds of India but had a mental breakdown and had to be kept in a private asylum.

Around 1330 Thomas Perot became Lord of the Manor of the estate where Parrotts Farm is today.

Around the same time, Francis discovers illegal activities in Thomas ' financial records, and forces Thomas to get involved in his conflict with Eric -- and we eventually learn that Francis ' obsession with Christina has much more complex roots than it first appears.

Around this time, the deputy governor of Pennsylvania, George Thomas, made an offer to Franklin to patent his design, but Franklin never patented any of his designs and inventions.

Around 1040, Yahya ibn Ibrahim, a chieftain of the Gudala ( and brother-in-law of the late Tarsina ), went on pilgrimage to Mecca.

The group was signed to Tommy Boy Records, and their House of Pain debut album ( 1992 ) went multi-platinum, spawning the successful DJ Muggs produced single " Jump Around ".

Around 1747 he had a son by a Miss Edington, and though he gave his child James Smeaton Hutton financial assistance, he had little to do with the boy who went on to become a post-office clerk in London.

Around the 970s an Arabic envoy Ibn Sulaym went to Dongola and wrote an account afterwards ; it is now our most important source for this period.

This Three Stooges lineup went on to make a series of popular full-length films from 1959 to 1965, most notably Have Rocket, Will Travel, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules and The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze.

Around 7: 30 pm, he went to lie down for a nap.

Around 1145 William went to Europe to continue his education in the schools of France and Italy, especially in those of Paris and Bologna, " the two most important intellectual centers of twelfth-century Christendom.

Around 1127, Harald went to Norway and declared he was an illegitimate son of the former King Magnus Barefoot, who had visited Ireland just before his death in 1103.

Around 1928, Basie went to Harlem, a hotbed of jazz, where he lived down the block from the Alhambra Theater.

Around this time, Del Naja, with Davidge decanted into Ridge Farm studio with friends and band members of Lupine Howl ( made up of former members of the band Spiritualized, including Damon Reece who went on to be Massive Attack's permanent drummer and one of two live drummers ) towards a fourth Massive Attack LP, taking things even further into an experimental, psychedelic rock direction.

Around 1846-47 he gave serious consideration to joining the priesthood, but he changed his mind before actually taking holy orders, and went back to composition.

Around 1880 ± 30 years, Tambora went into eruption again, but only inside the caldera.

Around the beginning of January 1694, Crusoe and Friday went on board this ship in the Downs on the 8th, then arrived at Crusoe's Island via Ireland.

Around 100 BC habitation at the hill fort went into decline and became focused at the eastern end of the site.

Around this time, when Ted Stevens was six years old, his parents divorced, and Stevens and his three siblings went back to Indianapolis to reside with their paternal grandparents, followed shortly thereafter by their father, who developed problems with his eyes and went blind for several years.

Around this time, a phone call went out to Mick Jagger, who was forced to turn down Harrison ’ s invitation to perform, due to The Rolling Stones ' precarious situation as tax exiles in France.

Around 1270, de Molay went to the East ( Outremer ), though little is remembered of his activities for the next 20 years.

Around 1490 he went to Venice to learn the art of printing, and in 1498 he petitioned the Doge for the exclusive right to print music for the next 20 years.

Around 1965, Tina Turner went on TV as a solo act promoting Ike & Tina's works on shows such as American Bandstand and Shindig!

Since that recording, by some estimates, went on to sell more than 25 million copies, " Rock Around the Clock " could be considered the biggest-selling " foxtrot " of all time.

Around 90, 000 people went through it, and 2, 600 of those died there.

Around 1173, he went to England, where he served Henry II and successive archbishops of Canterbury, Richard of Dover, as a Latin secretary.

Around 400, 000 workers went on strike, militia regiments were ordered to counter them, and the railway system was militarized.

Around this time dubbing of foreign animation was done by Rakugo story tellers, Asakusa comedians, and the like, and voice actors were called " dubbing talents " if they specialized in dubbing, while those giving voice to a character went under the name of " ateshi ".