First, the Eight Banners were under the direct control of the emperor and hereditary Manchu and Mongol princes, leaving the ministry only with authority over the Green Standard Army.

After defeating the remnants of the Ming forces, the Manchu Banner Army of approximately 200, 000 strong at the time was evenly divided ; half was designated the Forbidden Eight Banner Army () and was stationed in Beijing.

These were known as the Territorial Eight Banner Army ().

* Nathanial Smith Boynton ( 1837 – 1911 ), Major: Eight Michigan Calvary of the Union Army, Founder: Boynton Beach, Florida

Eight miles ( 13 km ) west of the city is Fort Riley, a United States Army post.

Ritchie was dismissed as Eight Army commander and Claude Auchinleck, the Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command, came forward to take command of it himself.

Eight current Army National Guard units ( 101st Eng Bn, 103rd Eng Bn, A / 1-104th Cav, 111th Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf and 198th Sig Bn ) and one currently-active Regular Army Artillery battalion ( 1-5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Princeton.

Eight current Army National Guard units ( 101st Eng Bn, 103rd Eng Bn, A / 1-104th Cav, 111th Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf and 198th Sig Bn ) and one currently-active Regular Army Artillery battalion ( 1-5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Trenton.

Eight currently active regular battalions of the United States Army ( 1-3 Inf, 2-3 Inf, 4-3 Inf, 1-5 Inf, 2-5 Inf, 1-6 Inf, 2-6 Inf and 4-6 Inf ) perpetuate the lineages of several of American infantry regiments ( the old 1st, 4th, 25th and 29th Infantry Regiments ) that took part in the Battle of the Chateauguay.

On August 30, the young officer He Tingying managed to hold the narrow pass of Huangyangjie with a single under-strength battalion against three regiments of the Hunanese Eight Army and one regiment of Jiangxi troops, thus saving Maoping from being overrun.

Eight Locusts from the regiment, divided into two troops of four, would land with the 6th Airlanding Brigade in landing-zone ' P ' east of the Diersfordter Wald and west of Hamminkeln, acting as a divisional reserve ; the rest of the regiment would arrive by road after crossing the Rhine with 21st Army Group.

Many of buildings built during the colonial era still stand today, including those of the Eight Major Bureaus of Manchukuo, the Imperial Palace, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army and Datong Avenue.

During World War II, he created a cocktail for each branch of the armed services: " Eight Bells " for the Navy, " New Contemptible " for the Army, and " Wings " for the R. A. F.

Eight churches were established in this area ; St John's Anglican, St Mark's Anglican, Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Salvation Army, Methodist ( now Uniting ), Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, Church of Christ and Baptist.

This could also be the major reason why Slayers went rogue and constantly struggled for sole leadership of the Slayer Army in Season Eight and the Potential Slayers kept questioning both Faith and Buffy's judgement in Season Seven.

Eight of the Regular Army Companies were later converted into independent Light Tank Companies ; all twelve Companies had been disbanded by the outbreak of the Second World War.

Eight days after the invasion began, Yeryomenko was recalled to Moscow, where he was made the Acting Commander of the Soviet Western Front, two days after its original commander, General of the Army Dmitri Pavlov, was dismissed ( and later convicted and executed ) for incompetence.

Eight months later, the Red Army successfully invaded Georgia and in 1922 the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was created.

Song Renqiong (; July 11, 1909 – January 8, 2005 ) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party of China.

Eight active regular battalions of the United States Army ( 1-3 Inf, 2-3 Inf, 4-3 Inf, 1-6 Inf, 2-6 Inf, 4-6 Inf, 2-7 Inf and 3-7 Inf ) perpetuate the lineages of the old 24th, 27th and 28th Infantry Regiments, all of which had elements that participated in the battle.

* 1969 – The " Chicago Eight " plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

* 1969 – In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the " Chicago Eight " that began on September 24.

* October 9 – October 12 – Days of Rage: In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical Weathermen, in connection with the " Chicago Eight " Trial.

( formerly ImprovOlympic ) in Chicago and Los Angeles, The Second City in Chicago and Toronto, The Players Workshop in Chicago, National Comedy Theatre in San Diego, New York and Phoenix, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Peoples Improv Theater, Eight is NEVER Enough in New York City, the Groundlings, BATS Improv in San Francisco, Wing-It Productions in Seattle, Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia

Eight years later, in 1967, the Fund relinquished the duties of controlling the park to the newly-established National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the park is still administered by a regional advisory board.

Eight months later, National Comics bought out Charlie Gaines ' share of All-American and the two companies merged to form Detective Comics, Inc.

At this point, the National Hurricane Center designated it as Tropical Depression Eight, while it was approximately east of the Lesser Antilles.

Kunstler gained national renown for defending the " Chicago Seven " ( originally " Chicago Eight "), in a five month trial in 1969 – 1970, against charges of conspiring to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

The Chicago Seven ( originally Chicago Eight, also Conspiracy Eight / Conspiracy Seven ) were seven defendants — Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner — charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Eight hundred and sixty species and subspecies of plants have been identified within the territory of the Krka National Park, including several endemic Illyrian-Adriatic species.

Eight series of banknotes have been printed by the National Bank, six of which have been released for use by the general public.

In AAAI-90 Proceedings of the Eight National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Boston, MA, pages 1101 -- 1108.

Eight to ten lanes throughout, Interstate 805 has evolved into a busy commuter route from the International Border into the exploding South Bay communities of Chula Vista ( including Rancho del Rey and Eastlake ) and National City.

After crossing several National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoys early on September 3, it was determined that the system developed into Tropical Depression Eight at 1200 UTC on that same day, while located about halfway between Cape Verde and the Lesser Antilles.

Eight miles ( 13 km ) further south, where the canyon widens again, is the town of Springdale and the southern boundary of Zion National Park.

Eight baseball players who played at Washington College have gone on to play in the Major Leagues, including two-time National League home run leader and four-time All-Star " Swish " Nicholson.

National Collegiate Varsity Eight Champions, 1980 – 1982:

For National Museums Liverpool's Eight Hundred Lives project, Morrissey wrote that the house had been in his family since around the turn of the 20th century.

Currently, the University of Queensland Union, the student representative body of the University of Queensland, a Group of Eight university, does not accredit to the National Union of Students.

* ( Statue ) The Devas of the Eight Classes, including dry-lacquer Ashura ( National Treasure )

In 2010, the Men's Basketball team put together a remarkable string of 3 wins in the National Tournament to reach the Elite Eight for the second time in school history.