In the summer of 1179, King Baldwin had set up an outpost on the road to Damascus and aimed to fortify a passage over the Jordan River, known as Jacob's Ford, that commanded the approach to the Banias plain ( the plain was divided by the Muslims and the Christians ).

Baldwin commanded a detachment of troops which captured a bridge in the vicinity of Constantinople.

In the Battle of Azaz forces of the Crusader States commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeated Aq-Sunqur il-Bursuqi's army of Seljuk Turks on June 11, 1125 and raised the siege of the town.

The main force for the assault was a brigade commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Baldwin.

Baldwin and Joscelin commanded the Edessan left wing while Bohemond and Tancred commanded the Antiochene right.

Highcastle is currently commanded by Baron Baldwin de la Troville and, in his absence, Baron Kevin of Zun.

Within Eastern Air Command, Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin commanded the Third Tactical Air Force, originally formed to provide close air support to the Fourteenth Army.

In 1774 Baldwin enlisted in a regiment, and commanded the Woburn militia at the Battle of Lexington and Concord as a major.

Baldwin was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the 38th Congress, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865, becoming the first person to represent Michigan's 5th congressional district.

Battalions of the division formed the core of the force ( known as " Baldwin's Brigade " after the commander, Brigadier General Anthony Baldwin ) to capture Hill Q on 9 August but were not in position in time and so spent the day encamped on a small plateau beneath Chunuk Bair known as " The Farm ".

The longest running improv show at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, ASSSSCAT, has featured famous comedians, such as Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Will Ferrell, Alec Baldwin, Jack Black, Mike Myers, Conan O ' Brien, Robin Williams and Tina Fey as participants.

Portions of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind were filmed near the town's Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot ( now razed ) and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was filmed in rural portions of Baldwin County near Bay Minette.

The initial endowment of the abbey was made by Baldwin Fitzgilbert de Clare and his wife, but later legacies accumulated during the 12th, 13th and later centuries, though the abbey was never very wealthy.

He began the 2004 season in FitzBradshaw's # 82 car and ran five races with a best finish of 13th, before moving on, running one race each for Marsh Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing.

* Ludington Division — Saginaw to Ludington, Michigan ( Partially now part of the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail, between Baldwin and Ludington in use with Marquette Rail, and Saginaw to Midland used by Saginaw Bay Southern, with the rest of the line removed in 1991 ; the ferry closed in 1990 )

" Baldwin Wallace's athletic teams compete as NCAA Division III athletics in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Baldwin – Wallace won the 1978 NCAA Division III National Championship under Tressel's father.

His four national championships at Youngstown State gave him the distinction of being a part of the only father – son coaching combination to win a national championship ( his father, Lee Tressel, won a Division III title at Baldwin – Wallace College in 1978 ).

In 1939 Ulmann was recommended by his superior C. B. Baldwin to Harry Dexter White and was hired at the Division of Monetary Research in the United States Department of the Treasury.

* Craig Baldwin, Licking County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge, Domestic Relations Division

Baldwin and Melisende knew that this situation was untenable.

With a woman and a child ruling Jerusalem, the political situation was somewhat tense ; the northern crusader states of Tripoli, Antioch, and Edessa increasingly asserted their independence, and there was no king to impose the suzerainty of Jerusalem as Baldwin II or Fulk had done.

Complaints had been made about the legality of Dagobert's appointment, and when the pope sent a legate, Maurice, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto, to enquire into the situation, Baldwin accused Dagobert of treachery for urging Bohemond to oppose Baldwin's succession.

Although it is disputed among historians as to whether King Charles did this in the hope that Baldwin would be killed in the ensuing battles with the Vikings, Baldwin managed the situation remarkably well.

The situation between the Baldwin – Felts men and Chief Hatfield reaches critical mass with the arrival of reinforcements with orders to carry out the evictions.

Angela de Marco ( Michelle Pfeiffer ) is the wife of mafia up-and-comer Frank " The Cucumber " de Marco ( Alec Baldwin ), who gets violently dispatched by Mob boss Tony " The Tiger " Russo ( Dean Stockwell ) when he is discovered in a compromising situation with the latter's mistress Karen ( Nancy Travis ).

The fifteenth name was ( Thomas ) Baldwin, admitted to Christ's 4 March 1625 under Alsop.

Andrew's first mission to the East was when he was asked by the French king Louis IX to go and fetch the Crown of Thorns which had been sold to him by the Latin Emperor of Constantinople Baldwin II in 1238, who was anxious to obtain support for his tottering empire.

Amalric was the second son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brother Baldwin III.

He was the father of three future rulers of Jerusalem, Sibylla, Baldwin IV, and Isabella I.

Amalric was born in 1136 to King Fulk, the former count of Anjou who had married the heiress of the kingdom, Melisende, daughter of King Baldwin II.

After the death of Fulk in a hunting accident in 1143, the throne passed jointly to Melisende and Amalric's older brother Baldwin III, who was still only 13 years old.

Amalric, who had been given the County of Jaffa as an apanage when he reached the age of majority in 1151, remained loyal to Melisende in Jerusalem, and when Baldwin invaded the south, Amalric was besieged in the Tower of David with his mother.

Melisende was defeated in this struggle and Baldwin ruled alone thereafter.

In 1153 Baldwin captured the Egyptian fortress of Ascalon, which was then added to Amalric's fief of Jaffa ( see Battle of Ascalon ).

Baldwin III died on 10 February 1163 and the kingdom passed to Amalric, although there was some opposition among the nobility to Agnes ; they were willing to accept the marriage in 1157 when Baldwin III was still capable of siring an heir, but now the Haute Cour refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled.

During Baldwin III's reign, the County of Edessa, the first crusader state established during the First Crusade, was conquered by Zengi, the Turkic emir of Aleppo.

" Like his brother Baldwin III, he was more of an academic than a warrior, who studied law and languages in his leisure time: " He was well skilled in the customary law by which the kingdom was governed – in fact, he was second to no one in this respect.

The pro-Ibelin Chronicle of Ernoul later claimed that he was her lover, but it is likely that she and Baldwin IV were attempting to separate him from the political influence of his wife's family.

His first wife, married before October 29, 1174, was Eschiva of Ibelin ( c. 1160 – Cyprus in Winter 1196 – 1197 ), daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin and first wife Richilde de Bethsan or Bessan.

He was poisoned at Caesarea, either by Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of Louis, or Melisende, the mother of Baldwin III, king of Jerusalem suggesting the draught.