Instead of quelling the dissension, as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir Francis Drake lopped a man's head off under similar circumstances ), Hudson decided to be reasonable.

Two members of the Democratic-endorsed majority on the school board said they probably would vote to appeal a ruling by the state Board of Education, which said yesterday that the school committee acted improperly in its appointment of the coordinator, Francis P. Nolan 3rd, the Democratic-endorsed committee chairman, could not be reached for comment.

Thus, there was seen a need for a new law that would ensure the continuance of the succession following the death of the last legal heir under the Bill of Rights, being Princess Anne, guaranteeing the line of succession would continue in the Protestant line, and excluding any possible claims by the deposed James II or his son and daughter, James Francis Edward and Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart.

Francis I generally opposed a general council due to partial support of the Protestant cause within France, and in 1533 he further complicated matters when suggesting a general council to include both Catholic and Protestant rulers of Europe that would devise a compromise between the two theological systems.

The Rosicrucian organization AMORC claims that Francis Bacon was the " Imperator " ( leader ) of the Rosicrucian Order in both England and the European continent, and would have directed it at that time of the Renaissance.

The young Archduke was isolated, the reasoning being that this would make him more self-sufficient as it was felt by Joseph that Francis " fail to lead himself, to do his own thinking ".

Francis acquired what would become the nucleus of the Louvre's holdings, his acquisitions including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

Alarm amongst Protestants increased when his wife, Mary of Modena, gave birth to a son — James Francis Edward — in June 1688, for the son would, unlike Mary and Anne, be raised a Roman Catholic.

Francis Bacon argued the case for what would become modern science which would be based more upon real experience and experimentation, free from assumptions about metaphysics, and aimed at increasing control of nature.

Francis I of France, who feared that Adrian would become a tool of the Emperor, and had uttered threats of a schism, later relented and sent an embassy to present his homage.

His notable acts as pope include the unprecedented privilege of empowering Francis of Apt, a Franciscan friar, to confer the clerical tonsure and minor orders on Louis of Toulouse ( who would later become Bishop of Toulouse ), the son of the King of Sicily.

While Richard was at Warwick's estate, he developed a close friendship with Francis Lovell, which would remain strong for the rest of his life.

In the biography of the 1945 UK Labour Party Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Francis Beckett states: " the government ... wanted what would become known as a mixed economy ".

Morse would need the financial backing of Maine congressman Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith.

Sophia was made heiress presumptive for the purpose of cutting off any claim by the Roman Catholic James Francis Edward Stuart, who would otherwise have become James III & VIII, as well as denying the throne to many other Roman Catholics and spouses of Roman Catholics who held a claim.

Francis A. Schaeffer, an American theologian based in Switzerland, seizing upon the exclusion of the divine from most humanist writings, argued that rampant secular humanism would lead to moral relativism and ethical bankruptcy in his book How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture ( 1976 ).

While he cared little for who should become King of Poland, the cause of protecting the King's father-in-law was a sympathetic one, and he hoped to use the war as a means of humbling the Austrians, and perhaps securing the long-desired Duchy of Lorraine from its duke, Francis Stephen, who was expected to marry Emperor Charles's daughter Maria Theresa, which would bring Austrian power dangerously close to the French border.

Augustus was confirmed as king of Poland, Stanisław was compensated with Lorraine ( which would pass on his death, through his daughter, to the French ), while the former Duke of Lorraine, Francis Stephen, was made heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

In around 1956, due to poor academic performance ( or possibly poor conduct as well ), he was transferred to St. Francis Xavier's College ( high school ) where he would be mentored by Brother Edward, a teacher and coach of the school boxing team.

Leo at once announced that he would excommunicate the king of France and release his subjects from their allegiance unless Francis I laid down his arms and surrendered Parma and Piacenza to the Church.

If this were the case of St. Francis, he would have been afflicted by ecchymoses, an exceedingly large purpura.

In 1884, the Barbados Agricultural Society sent a letter to Sir Francis Hincks requesting his private and public views on whether the Dominion of Canada would favourably entertain having the then colony of Barbados admitted as a member of the Canadian Confederation.

Sir Francis Drake, who would visit the islands four times, and would lend his name to its main channel

In 1586, Sir Francis Drake captured the city of Santo Domingo, collecting a ransom for its return to Spanish rule.

After his return, Francis Hopkinson operated a dry goods business in Philadelphia and married Ann Borden on September 1, 1768.

Georges Danton attempted to negotiate with the Emperor for Marie Antoinette's release from captivity, but Francis was unwilling to make any concessions in return.

When Francis himself died, Mary, now nineteen, elected to return to Scotland to take up the government in a hostile environment.

Rather than return to her Roman Catholic brother James Francis Edward Stuart, the English Parliament decided that Sophia of Hanover and her descendants should succeed ( Act of Settlement 1701 ).

Rather than risk the possible return of James Francis Edward Stuart, then living in France, the English parliament pressed for full union of the two countries.

In September 2012, Milken and the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, jointly hosted 1, 000 senior medical scientists and members of Congress at a three-day conference to demonstrate the return on investment in medical research.

Starting their own 30-yard line after a 5-yard return by McLemore, Montana completed a 40-yard pass to Tyler, followed up with a 14-yard completion to Francis.

* The Franciscan friar Matteo Bassi is inspired to return to the primitive life of solitude and penance as practiced by St. Francis, giving rise to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Based on a decree by Emperor Francis II inflicting punishments on German subjects who collaborated with the French revolutionary government, Forster was declared an outlaw in the name of the Emperor ( under the Reichsacht ), a prize of 100 ducats was set on his head and he could not return to Germany.

When Catherine had realized Francis was going to die, she made a pact with Antoine de Bourbon by which he would renounce his right to the regency of the future king, Charles IX, in return for the release of his brother Condé.

On his return with the French fleet, Thomas Francis was delayed in Provence and unable to join the great siege of Cremona where he was expected.

On the ice, however, the ' Canes were now out of the doldrums ; led by the return of longtime Whalers captain Ron Francis, Keith Primeau's 30 goals, and Gary Roberts ' 178 penalty minutes, they won the new Southeast Division by eight points and made the playoffs for the first time since 1992.

On October 17, 1540, Francis ordered the Breton navigator to return to Canada to lend weight to a colonization project of which he would be " captain general ".

While accompanying her to Dieppe on her return, her son Francis died at Amiens.

Francis, who survived the battle unharmed, deliberately stabs himself in the leg and reminds Taylor that because they have been twice wounded, they can return home to the U. S. O ' Neill, who desperately wants to go home, is told he will remain in duty and replace Barnes.

Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, who owned large tracts of land in the vicinity, agreed to carry out drainage works in 1630, in return for of the land which would be reclaimed.

Coke held the position only briefly ; by the time Coke returned from a tour of Norfolk to discuss election strategy, he had been confirmed as Speaker of the House of Commons by the Privy Council, having been proposed by Francis Knollys and Thomas Heneage following his return to Parliament as MP for Norfolk.

He went to Venice, but before very long Pope Paul III remonstrated with Francis I on the severity with which the Protestants were treated, and they were allowed to return to Paris on condition of recanting their errors.

On his return to England he was charged in Parliament with high crimes and misdemeanors by Edmund Burke, who was encouraged by Sir Philip Francis, whom Hastings had wounded during a duel in India.

Francis Schaeffer is credited with helping spark a return to political activism among Protestant evangelicals and fundamentalists in the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in relation to the issue of abortion.

Colonel Donovan ( left ) with Francis P. Duffy | Father Duffy upon their return from France

Ciro Menotti was to take the reins of the initiative, trying to find the support of Duke Francis IV of Modena, who pretended to respond positively in return for granting the title of King of Italy: but the Duke made the double play and Menotti, remained virtually unarmed, was arrested the day before the date fixed for the uprising.

On Mr. MacEntee ’ s appointment as Minister for Finance in 1932, his colleague, Francis Litton who was acting as Secretary of the Association, circulated the members with a notice to the effect that the Association was “ suspended ” until such time as Mr. MacEntee could return as he now had to devote his energies to the affairs of the State.

His hopes of obtaining a new posting and organising a missionary project appeared to be failing, and he was organising the charter of a ship at his own expense to return the Fuegians with Matthews when his friend Francis Beaufort, Hydrographer to the British Admiralty, and his " kind uncle ", the Duke of Grafton, interceded on his behalf at the Admiralty.