During the years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1569 – 1795 ), official documents were written in Polish, Ruthenian and Latin, with Lithuanian being mostly an oral language, with small quantities of written documents.

During the 1980s, CHOGMs were dominated by calls for the Commonwealth to impose sanctions on South Africa to pressure the country to end apartheid.

During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small amount of the population, the election of Gopala in Bengal region of Indian Subcontinent, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 10 % of population ), the Althing in Iceland, the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands, certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice, the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia, Scandinavian Things, The States in Tirol and Switzerland and the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.

During the Commonwealth, Fox had hoped that the movement would become the major church in England.

During the later part of the 18th century, the Commonwealth attempted fundamental internal reforms.

During an interview Lord Phillips was quoted by the Financial Times as saying: "' in an ideal world ' Commonwealth countries — including those in the Caribbean — would stop using the Privy Council and set up their own final courts of appeal instead.

During the 1979 Commonwealth Conference, Fraser, together with his Nigerian counterpart, convinced newly-elected British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to withhold recognition of the internal settlement Zimbabwe Rhodesia government ( Thatcher had earlier promised to recognise it ).

During the 16th and 17th centuries, in particular at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world – a multinational, multilingual empire that stretched from the southern borders of the Holy Roman Empire to the outskirts of Vienna, Royal Hungary ( modern Slovakia ) and the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth in the north to Yemen and Eritrea in the south ; from Algeria in the west to Azerbaijan in the east ; controlling much of southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.

During the abdication crisis in 1936, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin consulted the Commonwealth Prime Ministers at the request of King Edward VIII.

During the time of the incorporation of Ruthenia ( Ukraine and Belarus ) into the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ukrainian and Belarusian diverged into identifiably separate languages.

During her daughter's extensive tour of the Commonwealth over 1953 – 54, Elizabeth acted as a Counsellor of State and looked after her grandchildren, Charles and Anne.

During World War II, various British and Commonwealth units, including the Long Range Desert Group ( LRDG ), the No. 1 Demolition Squadron or ' PPA ' ( Popski's Private Army ), and the Special Air Service ( SAS ) were noted for their exploits in the deserts of Egypt, Libya and Chad using unarmored motor vehicles, often fitted with machine guns and cannons of various types.

During the 11th and 12th centuries, the centralization of power had worn down the institutions of the Commonwealth, as the former, notable independence of local farmers and chieftains gave way to the growing power of a handful of families and their leaders.

During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, soldiers were garrisoned at Glamis.

During the early part of World War II Leeds was used as a hospital where Lady Baillie and her daughters hosted burned Commonwealth airmen as part of their recovery.

During his time at university, he seconded British Union of Fascists founder Oswald Mosley in a debate on Commonwealth immigration, and was heckled.

During the late 19th century Mifflin County became the crossroads of the Commonwealth.

During the rule of both the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, there was considerable desire for law reform.

During the Commonwealth the manor was temporarily out of the bishops ' hands, being sold to Colonel Edmund Harvey.

During 1941, Free French units fought with the British Commonwealth army against Italian troops in Ethiopia and Eritrea during the East African Campaign.

During the Syria-Lebanon Campaign, Free French forces fighting alongside British Commonwealth forces once more faced French troops loyal to Vichy France — this time in the Levant.

During the same period, the country has also intensified links with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ( CPA ) and joined the Inter-Parliamentary Union ( IPU ).

During the Commonwealth of England government under Cromwell, the Rump Parliament prohibited the practice of singing Christmas carols as Pagan and sinful.

During the First Partition of Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth in 1772, Vitsebsk was annexed by Russian Empire.

During the period of the union of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden under king Sigismund III Vasa ( Polish – Swedish union ), diets were held there ; and in 1594 and 1596 it was the meeting-place of two remarkable councils of the Roman-Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church bishops of the region ; the 1596 council establishing the Uniate Church ( known also as the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church in Belarus and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine ).

During this time, generally classed as Pueblo II Era, the climate was relatively warm and rainfall mostly adequate.

During the Prohibition Era, Capone controlled large portions of the Chicago underworld, which provided The Outfit with an estimated US $ 100 million per year in revenue.

During this so-called Republican Era, many features of a modern, functional Chinese state emerged and developed.

During the McCarthy Era in 1947, when US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed that the federal government and other institutions were riddled with Communists, the US House began hearings about purported communist influence in Hollywood.

During the Era of Silence political parties were banned and the parliament was not in session between 1934 and 1938 as the country was ruled by decree by Konstantin Päts, who was elected as the first President of Estonia in 1938.

During this period, the Era of the Northern and Southern Courts, because of the antagonism between the two competing dynasties, public order in Kyoto was disturbed.

During the reign of the July Monarchy, the Romantic Era was starting to bloom.

During the Meiji Era, China was one of the first countries to feel Japanese Imperialism.

During the Tulip Era ( 1718 – 1730 ), named for Sultan Ahmed III's love of the tulip flower and its use to symbolize his peaceful reign, the Empire's policy towards Europe underwent a shift.

During the Vietnam War Era, Turner ’ s business prospered ; it “ had virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus, and Charleston ” and was “ the largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast ,” according to " It Ain ’ t As Easy As It Looks ".

During the Vietnam Era, the Courts position on public criticism of the government changed drastically.

During the Era of Silence, political parties were banned and the parliament was not in session between 1934 and 1938 as the country was ruled by decree by Konstantin Päts.

“ Individual Experience, Community Control, and Gender: The Harvard Shaker Community During the Era of Manifestations ,” Communal Societies 13 ( 1993 ): 45 – 70.

During the Dutch Golden Era, Leiden was the second largest city of Holland, after Amsterdam.

* U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission: " Military Use of Balloons During the Napoleonic Era ".

During the first two centuries of the Common Era, an entire series of magical texts were written in what scholars term Old Coptic, Egyptian language texts written in the Greek alphabet.

During the first two years of the Open Era a large number of male players began playing professionally, and the tournaments in which they competed, often men's and women's combined events, attracted increased investment.

During the Roman Era it was the major mouth of the Scheldt River.

Sherman's March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love In the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation is a 1986 documentary film written and directed by Ross McElwee.

* Thorndike, Lynn, A History of Magic and Experimental Science: During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era, Volume II, pp. 236 – 245, Columbia University Press, 1923, New York and London, Hardcover, 1036 pages ISBN 0-231-08795-0

During Virginia's Colonial Era, the area which later became Mathews County was a portion of Gloucester County.

During the Cenozoic Era, volcanic activity and extensive lava flows in the region dramatically changed the landscape.

During the Progressive Era ( 1890s – 1920s ), Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson instituted regulation on parts of the American economy, most notably in regulating big business and industry.

During the McCarthy Era, Losey was named during hearings of the HUAC for his supposed ties with the Communist Party.

During the Meiji Era, three men became pioneers in collecting ningya, Kurihara Sokosut ( 1851-113 ), Nishizawa, Senko ( 1864 – 1914 ), and Tsuboi Shogoro ( 1863 – 1913 ).