By seeking close alliances with powerful noble families, Alexios put an end to the tradition of imperial exclusivity and coopted most of the nobility into his extended family and, through it, his government.

By the time of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, there were many calls, such as the May Fourth Movement, to completely abolish the old imperial institutions and practices of China.

By all appearances, the Flavians enjoyed high imperial favour throughout the 40s and 60s.

By moving the centre of government ( more or less formally ) to the imperial court, Domitian openly rendered the Senate's powers obsolete.

By 1962, however, the ELM had been discovered and destroyed by imperial authorities.

By the early 1860s, the relationship between the imperial court and the Shogunate was changing radically.

By the late 1800's, the nation had become weak, and had been reduced to its present day size due to the encroachment of rival imperial powers such as the Ottoman Turks, the British, and the Russians.

By the middle of the 19th century, the Beijing dialect had become dominant and was essential for any business with the imperial court.

By the same 6th century this was also the normal practice of the imperial chancery of Constantinople.

By 28 BC, Chinese astronomers were regularly recording sunspot observations in official imperial records.

By the imperial period the proper triumph was reserved for the emperor and his family.

By resolving the schism, Sigismund restored the honour of the imperial title and made himself the most influential monarch in the west.

By sheer tenacity of purpose, Bestuzhev had extricated his country from the Swedish imbroglio ; reconciled his imperial mistress with the courts of Vienna and London ; enabled Russia to assert herself effectually in Poland, Turkey and Sweden ; and isolated the King of Prussia by forcing him into hostile alliances.

By 1834, an imperial townscape with broad and long roads had emerged as a result of a generous development plan, which divided the city roughly into two areas: The old part of the town – with its irregular building structures – and a newer City Center and station.

By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests.

By the middle of 310 Galerius had become too ill to involve himself in imperial politics.

By a private treaty with France, signed in March 1802, he ceded his possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, receiving in return nine imperial towns, among them Reutlingen and Heilbronn, and some other territories, amounting altogether to about 850 square miles ( 2, 200 km² ) and containing about 124, 000 inhabitants.

By imperial order in the year 816, tea plantations began to be cultivated in the Kinki region of Japan.

By February 13, 194, Egypt had declared for Severus, as had the imperial legate of Arabia, further diminishing Niger ’ s chances.

By 801 the shogun had defeated the Emishi and had extended the imperial domains to the eastern end of Honshū.

By this, Lothair received the imperial title as well as northern Italy and a long stretch of territory from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, essentially along the valleys of the Rhine and the Rhone.

By occupying Easter Island, Chile joined the imperial nations.

By comparison, the economy of Great Britain at the time of the Industrial Revolution was vastly smaller and less efficient than the late imperial Chinese economy.

By the same 6th century this was also the normal practice of the imperial chancery of Constantinople.

* 1868 – Decoration Day ( the predecessor of the modern " Memorial Day ") is observed in the United States for the first time ( By " Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic " John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5 ).

When Montenegro re-established secular dynastic succession by the proclamation of princedom in 1851, it did so in favor of the last Prince-bishop, who changed his style from Vladika i upravitelj Crne Gore i Brde " Vladika ( Bishop ) and Ruler of Montenegro and Brda " to Po Bozjoj milosti knjaz i gospodar Crne Gore i Brde " By the grace of God Prince and Sovereign of Montenegro and Brda ", thus rendering his de facto dynasty ( the Petrović-Njegoš family since 1696 ) a hereditary one.

By June 29, 1892, Bellamy and Upham had arranged for Congress and President Benjamin Harrison to announce a proclamation making the public school flag ceremony the center of the Columbus Day celebrations ( this was issued as Presidential Proclamation 335 ).

By that time, a brick platform for the proclamation of the tsar's edicts, known as Lobnoye Mesto, had also been constructed.

By proclamation of the Territorial Secretary and Acting Governor, Winthrop Sargent, on August 15, 1796, the boundaries of Wayne County were declared to begin at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River then west to Fort Wayne, then to the southernmost point of Lake Michigan and along the western shore north to the territorial boundary in Lake Superior and then along the territorial boundary through Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie back to the starting point.

By proclamation of the governor, the official move took place eight years later, and in 1885 the capital moved from Wheeling to Charleston, where it has remained.

By proclamation of October 17, 1763 after termination of the Seven Years ' War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia.

By royal proclamation on 26 June 1806, the Constitution of Pomerania was declared to have been suspended and abolished.

By the end of 1989, 200, 000 people have signed the proclamation, and there are approx.

By proclamation of acting governor and territorial secretary Winthrop Sargent, the " first " Wayne County was established August 15, 1796, from Knox and Hamilton counties, and included most of the area that later became the Michigan Territory, as well as portions of what are now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and wisconsin.

By Governor Harrison's proclamation of January 11, 1803, the courts of Wayne County — common pleas, orphans, and quarter sessions — kept their organization under the new territorial government, with almost identical composition.

By proclamation of October 17, 1763, after termination of the Seven Years ' War, Île Royale was renamed Cape Breton Island and was formally annexed to Nova Scotia.

By mayoral proclamation, Jim Tarbell holds the title " Mr. Cincinnati " for life.

By a decree of 7 April 1942, a Military Court of Justice of the Nippon Army was established, and the civil courts were reopened by a proclamation dated 27 May.

By presidential proclamation, George Washington placed the District at the lower end of the range, near the " Eastern Branch ", later Anacostia River, which marked the southernmost extent of the Residence Bill's range.

By proclamation 11 April 1818, Elphinstone made over to Grant full powers for the arrangement of the affairs of Sattara.

By counting the number of stalls and urinals I attempted to form a loose estimate of how many men the hall would hold at one time.

`` By telling him you are making passes at me ''??

`` By God '', Waddell said, `` we don't want to upset the boy at this time of all times.

By subduing disparate lesser groups the nation has, to some degree at least, broadened the capacity for individual liberty.

By now he had become Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and had been honored by the award of the Order of Merit.

By 1783 her legions had managed to annex the Crimea amid scenes of wanton cruelty and now, in this second combat with the Crescent, were aiming at suzerainty over all of the Black Sea's northern shoreline.

By late afternoon the train inched into the marshaling yards in the railhead at Lublin, which was filled with lines of cars poised to pour the tools of war to the Russian front.

By this standard, it is determined that where two stations operating on the same frequency are involved, objectionable interference from station A exists at any point within the service area of station B where station A's signal is of an intensity one-twentieth or more of the strength of station B's signal at that point.

By 1937 he had clarified his intentions to serve his people: `` I have striven for clarity and melodious idiom, but at the same time I have by no means attempted to restrict myself to the accepted methods of harmony and melody.

Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter, and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1, 1958, the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse, and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position.

By the time the child first attacks the actual problem of reading, he is completely familiar and at ease with all of the elements of words.

By this time Churchill was not so cordial toward moving Poland westward as he had been at Teheran, where he and Eden had both heartily approved the idea.

By clarifying fundamental premises in the social sciences, and defining the logical problems emergent at the borderlands of each new scientific discipline, philosophy can offer the sort of distinction that can accelerate growth in human understanding.

By 800 social and cultural security had been achieved, at least on a simple plane ; ;

By this procedure rinsing progresses in two stages, first by dilution until the time when the drains are separated and thereafter by displacement of the soil-bearing liquor by clean rinse water, since soiled liquor squeezed from the specimens at the nip passes directly to waste from the suds box drains.

By airline from Concord to Burlington is a distance of about 150 miles, counting a slight deviation for the stop at either Barre or Montpelier.

By using instruments of gradually increasing size, the vagina is gently, and with minimum pain at each stage, taught to yield to an object of the appropriate shape.

By means of charts showing wave-travel times and depths in the ocean at various locations, it is possible to estimate the rate of approach and probable time of arrival at Hawaii of a tsunami getting under way at any spot in the Pacific.

By tradition, a red wine should be served at approximately room temperature -- if anything a little cooler -- and be aged enough for the tannin and acids to have worked out and the sediment have settled well.

By 1926, when the mighty Yanks were at their mightiest, only a few of these were left but they still shone brightest, even beside able and agile rookies like Tony Lazzeri ( who managed never to have one of his epileptic fits on the field ), Mark Koenig, Lou Gehrig, George Pipgras, and gray-thatched Earl Combs.

I grinned at him, handed him a couple of dollars and said, `` By the time you get the parking charge figured up, there should be a cigar in it for you ''.

By the end of 1863, at Lincoln's direction, General Lorenzo Thomas had recruited 20 regiments of blacks from the Mississippi Valley.