During a hydrographic survey in 1817 he met the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi in Palermo, Sicily, and visited his observatory ; this sparked his interest in astronomy.

During the first three centuries of its history, Alagoas was part of the captaincy of Pernambuco, only changing into an independent captaincy in 1817.

During the reorganization of the districts in 1969 several of the municipalities in the district were merged to become cities, however the district itself was only modified minimally, and also in the second reorganization 1974 it stayed nearly in the same borders as in 1817.

During 1815 to 1818 appeared Napoleon, eine politische Komödie in drei Stücken ( Napoleon, a Political Comedy in Three Parts ) of which only two parts were published ; and in 1817 Der Kranz der Zeit ( The Wreath of Time ).

During the Serbian Revolution ( 1804 – 1817 ), when Serbs began their uprising against the centuries-long Ottoman rule, Jagodina was a scene of numerous battles, given the town's strategic importance within Serbia proper.

During 80 years, between 1817 and 1897, the share of Romanian ( Moldovan ) population dropped by 30 %.

During September 1817, he was appointed master of the Andromache under the command of Captain W H Shirreff.

During this time, Worcester worked on several works on geography, including A Geographical Dictionary, or Universal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modern, which was published in 1817.

During the military campaign across the Andes, Bolívar promoted Santander to Brigadier General in 1817.

During the initial development of Harrisburg, the island was only able to be reached by boat, until 1817 when the Camelback Bridge, site of the present-day Market Street Bridge, was completed.

During the 1817 census, there were 3, 826 Jewish families in Bessarabia ( estimated at 19, 000 people, or 4. 2 % of the total population ).

During the War of 1812, Kerr commanded a company of militia, and was later appointed agent of the State of Maryland in 1817 to prosecute claims against the federal government growing out of the War.

During the previous reigns of Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh ( he had conquered Mithankot in 1817 ) and his successors, Dewan Sawan Mal was the governor of this region.

During this time, he also served as physician to President Madison ( 1809 – 1817 ).

During this time helps Bolívar in the preparation of Los Cayos Expedition ( March-May, 1816 ), participates with Lino de Clemente and Juan Germán Roscio, preparing the failed invasion of Amelia Island ( June-December, 1817 ) and travelling between 1818 till 1819, to Haiti, Jamaica and Buenos Aires.

During 1817, Giovanni Belzoni excavated Abu Simbel, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, including the tomb of Seti I.

During Napoleonic times ( 1811 – 1817 ), Bennekom became an independent municipality with its office in the back of the church, which remained partitioned off, later as a library, until the restoration of 2006.

During the two year absence of his father ` Abdu ' l-Bahá took up the duty of managing the affairs of the family, before his age of maturity ( 14 in middle-eastern society ) and was known to be occupied with reading and, at a time of hand-copied scriptures being the primary means of publishing, was also engaged in copying the writings of the Báb.

During the time of the so-called " Rewarding Truce ", which encompassed the 17 years from the end of the Ten Years ' War in 1878, fundamental changes took place in Cuban society.

During Mozi's era, war and famines were common, and population growth was seen as a moral necessity for a harmonious society.

When one society finds itself forced to relinquish power entirely to another society that in itself is a form of underdevelopment .... During the centuries of pre-colonial trade, some control over social political and economic life was retained in Africa, in spite of the disadvantageous commerce with Europeans.

During Mozi's era, war and famines were common, and population growth was seen as a moral necessity for a harmonious society.

During the Formative Period, people of the region moved from the hunter-gather a simple farming into a more developed society, with permanent developments, an increase in agriculture and the use of ceramics.

During 1920-50, the leaders of the Communist Party and Soviet state considered repressions as a tool for securing the normal functioning of the state system as well as preserving and strengthening positions of their social base, presented by working class, in society.

During the late 18th century and early 19th century, there was considerable social upheaval as a largely agrarian society was transformed by technological advances and increasing mechanization, which was the Industrial Revolution.

During these years policies were put in place which led to the rapid transformation of Malaysia ’ s economy and society, such as the controversial New Economic Policy, which was intended to increase proportionally the share of the economic " pie " of the bumiputras (" indigenous people ", which includes the majority Malays, but not always the indigenous population ) as compared to other ethnic groups — was launched by Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak.

During the 16th century, Ashante society experienced sudden changes, including population growth because of cultivation of New World plants such as cassava and maize and an increase in the gold trade between the coast and the north.

During these evaluations the court determines if any progress is made in treatment of the convict, and if it will be safe to release the convict into society.

During the 20th century, the variety of metals uses in society grew rapidly.

During Mozi's era, war and famines were common, and population growth was seen as a moral necessity for a harmonious society.

During the 2007-2012 global financial crisis in the United States, the neologism " pessimism porn " was coined to describe the alleged eschatological and survivalist thrill some people derive from predicting, reading and fantasizing about the collapse of civil society through the destruction of the world's economic system.

During the Spanish colonial period, Spaniards developed a complex caste system based on race, which was used for social control and which also determined a person ’ s importance in society.

During the Régence, court life moved away from Versailles and this artistic change became well established, first in the royal palace and then throughout French high society.

During her trip, Judd visited hospitals for victims of sexual violence, camps for displaced persons, mines, and civil society organizations.

During the World War II period in Japan, the more traditional tekiya / bakuto form of organization declined as the entire population was mobilised to participate in the war effort and society came under strict military government.

During the Cultural Revolution, the Communist Party instituted a policy known as the Down to the Countryside Movement, in which educated youths living in the urban areas were sent to live and work in agrarian areas, in order that they might better understand the role of manual agrarian labour in Chinese society.

During the Cultural Revolution, there was an overhaul of many of the arts, with the intention of producing new and innovative art that reflected the benefits of a socialist society.

During 1938 – 1940, society was still relatively free, but during 1941, most of the free newspapers, magazines, and publishers were shut down, and authors were silenced.

During the first two decades of the 20th century, musical society as a whole ( and Holst's friend Vaughan Williams in particular ) became interested in old English folksongs, madrigal singers, and Tudor composers.

During this period, social change, men coming into positions of power, some of them from other parts of the country or from lower levels in society, resulted also in linguistic change.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, Sun Tzu's The Art of War grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society.