Around this time, Alcott also first expressed his public disdain for slavery.

Around this time, the Alcott family set up a sort of domestic post office to curb potential domestic tension.

Around this time, to avoid any scandals Tiberius divorced Julia and left Rome to live on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Around the time that Tiberius died, Agrippina had become pregnant.

Around this time, Agrippina became the mistress to one of Claudius ’ advisers, the former Greek Freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas.

Around this time, he started to share a home with Heather Stoney, an actress he had first met ten years earlier.

Around the same time, due to encouragement from influential speaker Themistocles, the Athenians also constructed the Long Walls connecting their city to the Piraeus, its port, making it effectively invulnerable to attack by land.

Around this time, he founded a group called Survivre ( To Survive ), which was dedicated to antimilitary and ecological issues.

Around the same time, on the North slope, in a cave next to the one dedicated to Pan since the classical period, a sanctuary was founded where the archons dedicated to Apollo on taking office.

Around the same time, in France, Charles-Louis Havas extended the services of his news agency, Havas to include advertisement brokerage, making it the first French group to organize.

Around the same time, his mansion in Wisconsin was destroyed by a nor ' easter.

Around the same time his songwriting companion Ulvaeus met vocalist Agnetha Fältskog.

Around this time he began crafting the bases for his sculptures with much care and originality because he considered them important to the works themselves.

Around the same time Ban Johnson changed the name of his minor league ( Western League ) to the American League.

Around this time, the green conservative movement was sometimes referred to as the crunchy con movement, a term popularized by National Review magazine and the writings of Rod Dreher.

Around this time Marker met and befriended many members of what would be called the Left Bank Film Movement, including Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Henri Colpi, Armand Gatti and the novelists Marguerite Duras and Jean Cayrol.

Around the same time, East Bay Ray had tried to pressure the rest of the band to sign to the major record label Polydor Records ; Biafra stated that he was prepared to leave the group if the rest of the band wanted to sign to the label, though East Bay Ray asserts that he recommended against signing with Polydor.

Around this time Klaus Flouride released the similarly experimental solo EP Cha Cha Cha With Mr. Flouride.

Around this time, the news of the discovery of the New World had reached him, and he decided to enroll himself in the armada of Pedrarias Dávila.

Around this time, toxicologist David Peakall was measuring DDE levels in the eggs of peregrine falcons and California condors and finding that increased levels corresponded with thinner shells.

Around this time, the county of the City of Dublin was established along with certain liberties adjacent to the city proper.

Around the same time, perhaps in 287, Persia relinquished claims on Armenia and recognized Roman authority over territory to the west and south of the Tigris.

Around the same time, the disco-influenced electronic style of dance music called house music emerged in Chicago.

Around the same time as Daihachi Oguchi ’ s Taiko ensemble's name was spreading around Japan via radio and television broadcasts, another pioneer in the field called, Sukeroku Daiko, emerged.

Around the same time, Elvis Presley indicated, that he wanted to cover the song.

Around the new year 619, Li Mi requested Emperor Gaozu's permission to head east to persuade some of his former subordinates to submit to Tang, and once he left Chang ' an, planned to restore his independence.

Around the same time, Li Gui, while stating that he wished to be a Tang subject, refused the Tang creation of Prince of Liang, instead declaring himself the Emperor of Tang.

Around the same time, however, Dou Jiande the Prince of Xia made a major offensive against the cities that had submitted to Tang in modern Hebei and Henan, north of the Yellow River, seizing nearly all of them and taking Emperor Gaozu's cousin Li Shentong ( 李神通 ) the Prince of Huai ' an, Emperor Gaozu's sister the Princess Tong ' an, and Li Shiji's father Li Gai ( 李蓋 ) captive.

Around the new year 623, with Liu's forced bogged down while attacking Tang's Wei Prefecture ( 魏州, in modern Handan, Hebei ), Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji engaged him at Guantao ( 館陶, in modern Handan as well ), crushing him.

Around 250 BC during the Warring States Period ( 475-221BC ), Li Bing, a governor of Shu in the Qin state ( present Sichuan Province ) with his son directed the construction of Dujiangyan.

Huang Huang You You ( Loafing Around ), along with Zhi Li Po Sui ( Torn to Pieces ) and Yi Ta Hu Tu ( Completely Muddled ), are known as the Youth Trilogy of Shi Kang.

Around this time, there were prophecies being spread about that the Lius would return to power, and many men gathered about Liu Yan, requesting that he lead them.

Around 300 BC, Gojoseon lost significant western territory after a war with the Yan state, but this indicates Gojoseon was already a large enough state that could wage war against Yan and survive the loss of 2000 li ( 800 kilometers ) of territory.

Around 300 BC, iron technology was introduced into Korea from Yan state.

Around 347, Buyeo was attacked by Murong Huang of the Former Yan, and King Hyeon ( 玄 ) was captured.

Around this time, there were prophecies being spread about that the Lius would return to power, and many men gathered about Liu Yan, requesting that he lead them.

Around the year 1080, Shen Kuo noted that a landslide on the bank of a large river near Yanzhou ( modern Yan ' an ) had revealed an open space several dozens of feet under the ground once the bank collapsed.

Around 481 or 482, Xiao Yan married Chi Hui ( 郗徽 ), the daughter of the Liu Song official Chi Ye ( 郗燁 ) and the Princess Xunyang.

Around this time, the official Liu Yan headed a project to reopen Bian River ( 汴河 ), a canal that connected the Yellow River and the Huai River, which had been crucial for shipping food supplies from the Yangtze River-Huai River region to Chang ' an and Luoyang prior to the Anshi Rebellion but which had become silted during the wars.

Around the 3rd century, Dinglings living in China began to adopt family names such as Zhai, Xianyu ( 鲜于 ), Luo ( 洛 ) and Yan ( 严 ).

Around this time, there were prophecies being spread about that the Lius would return to power, and many men gathered about Liu Yan, requesting that he lead them.

Around the same time, Liu Yan was able to finally capture Wancheng.