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 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 the mid-18th century, the area was inhabited by a Native American tribe known as the Potawatomi, who had taken the place of the Miami and Sauk and Fox peoples.

During the first presidency of the National Action Party, Vicente Fox appointed Jorge Castañeda to be his Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices.

During the show's seventh season, star David Duchovny decided to leave the show, following a lawsuit against Fox.

During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices.

During this time, Fox put much of its efforts into producing reality fare such as Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire ?, Temptation Island, Married by America and Joe Millionaire, as well as video clips shows such as World's Wildest Police Videos and When Animals Attack!

During the sweeps of the 2002 – 03 TV season, Fox tried another attempt with The Pulse, hosted by Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith.

During some high-profile or live programming such as American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance however, Fox does display their network logo in the 4: 3 safe area and forgoes the affiliate's logo, mainly for promotional consideration due to fair use of clips from each series by other media outlets ( et al., news programming and clip programs such as those seen on E!

During the early 1990s, Fox began having stations branded as " Fox ", then the channel number, with the call signs nearby.

During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing for casting of new voices.

During pre-production, MGM had announced that Jean Harlow, who was under contract to that studio, would be loaned to 20th Century Fox to star in the role Belle Fawcett.

During his career writing for DC Comics, Fox also wrote novels and short stories under a variety of male and female pseudonyms for a number of publishers, including Ace, Gold Metal, Tower, Belmont, Dodd Mead, Hillman, Pocket Library, Pyramid Books and Signet Books.

During the mid-to-late 1940s, and into the 1950s, Fox wrote a number of short stories and text pieces for Weird Tales and Planet Stories, and was also published in Amazing Stories and Marvel Science Stories.

During World War II, Fox took over a variety of characters and books of several of his colleagues who had been drafted.

During the course of his career, Fox can be definitely credited with around 1500 stories for DC Comics, making him the second most prolific DC creator ( after Robert Kanigher ) by a considerable margin over his nearest rival.

During 2005, Helena gained nationwide notice as the hometown of singer Bo Bice who was a finalist in the popular Fox program American Idol.

During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices.

During the first season of The Simpsons, Fox ordered Cartwright not to give interviews, because they did not want to publicize the fact that Bart was voiced by a woman.

During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors, and made preparations for casting new actors.

During the 1784 general election, the Duchess was rumoured to have traded kisses for votes in favour of Fox, and was satirised by Thomas Rowlandson in his print " THE DEVONSHIRE, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes ".

During this period, Fox became possibly the most prominent and vituperative parliamentary critic of Lord North and the conduct of the American war.

During the French Revolutionary Wars Fox supported the French Republic against the monarchies that comprised the Second Coalition.