He played the leading role in negotiating the treaty with Great Britain that ended the Revolution, and directed America's foreign affairs throughout the Confederation period.

Another good friend of the Coolidges' was George B. Harvey, who was the Ambassador to Great Britain from 1921 to 1923.

chief engineer of the radio set division of Electric and Musical Industries, Ltd., the largest electronic equipment manufacturer in Great Britain ; ;

director of engineering at Philco of Great Britain, Ltd., and vice president in charge of production and assistant to the president at The Brush Development Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

He is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, a registered professional engineer in Connecticut and Ohio, and a chartered electrical engineer in Great Britain.

Numerous cooperating individuals in Great Britain, Holland, the United States, and Belgium have contributed editorially or by making calculations.

Besides the editors there were many contributors in the United States and Great Britain to Volumes 1, and 2.

For the first three weeks, the ship skirted up the east coast of Great Britain, then turned westward.

The latter, members of two regiments of Swiss mercenaries transported by Great Britain to Canada to fight the Americans in the War of 1812, had settled in Montreal and Kingston at the close of the war in 1815.

On July 14 the Security Council -- with France and Great Britain abstaining -- voted the resolution which drew the U.N. into the Congo.

Secretary-General Hammarskjold decided that it would be preferable if the U.N. troops sent into the Congo were to come from African, or at least nonwhite, nations -- certainly not from the U.S., Russia, Great Britain or France.

The Trent Affair of late 1861 threatened war with Great Britain.

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In early 1776, Thomas Paine argued in the closing pages of the first edition of Common Sense that the “ custom of nations ” demanded a formal declaration of American independence if any European power were to mediate a peace between the Americans and Great Britain.

With the expansion of the British Empire, and hence the growth of Anglicanism outside Great Britain and Ireland, the Communion sought to establish new vehicles of unity.

* 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.

* 1738 – Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.

* 1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War.

* 1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The best-known and longest-running of these events is the rugby league rivalry between Great Britain and Australia ( see rugby league " Ashes ").

The Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and North America, but perhaps most especially in Great Britain and in New England, led to a proliferation of manufacturing and invention.

Tin was rare, however, being found mostly in Great Britain.

* 1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Peter the Great would opt for Samson, springing the jaws of Sweden's heraldic lion.

On the obverse is a lion holding a sceptre over the royal shield which divides the value " XV " for fifteen shillings, surrounded by the legend -- James by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland.

In a departure from the previous reigns, the reverse featured a totally new design of a large crowned shield which bore the arms of imperial France in the first quarter, of Scotland in the second quarter, of Ireland in the third quarter, and of England in the fourth quarter, the whole ensemble having a small shield in the centre bearing the rampant lion of Nassau ; the legend on the obverse read ( Of " Magna Britannia " Great Britain, " Francia " France and " Hibernia " Ireland King and Queen ).

The escutcheon, or shield featuring three lions is traced to King Richard I of England's Great Seal of the Realm, which initially used a single lion rampant, or else two lions, but in 1198, was permanently altered to depict three lions passant.

* Lions ( Panthera leo ), the lion is a traditional symbol of Great Britain, although it also used as a symbol in various other cultures

The first heraldic provincial symbol was the Great Seal of the province, being the royal crest of the crowned lion upon the imperial crown as was the usual practice for British colonies, but with the letters " BC " added.

This pavilion once had an “ Edge of Night ” section to highlight crepuscular and nocturnal marsupials, but this was later converted into the Great Barrier Reef exhibit featuring sea horses, a live coral and jellyfish tank, lion fish, bamboo sharks and a long community tank.

Alexander the Great | Alexander and Craterus in a lion hunt, mosaic in Pella

Species enjoying this niche are the California sea lion, harbor seal, Snowy egret, Great blue heron, cormorant and a variety of terns, murres, gulls and other shorebirds.

The eagle also alludes to the United States and the lion to Great Britain, the major source of US language, laws and heraldic knowledge.

Simba, who is hesitant to trust the young rogue lion around his daughter while seeking council from the Great Kings of the Past, gradually begins to trust Kovu, and Kiara and Kovu begin to fall in love.

* Franz Ferdinand is a lion and the king of Great Waterland, the country in which Alfred lives.

For most of the series Great Waterland is an absolute monarchy, led by Franz Ferdinand: a lion.

Elegant is the patron of the Manchu Shih-tzu Society of Great Britain ; he raises shih-tzu ( Chinese lion ) dogs and has been a devoted amateur sailor and owner of small craft for 50 years.

The school shield depicts an eagle ( representing the United States of America ), a lion ( representing Great Britain ), a book ( symbol of education ), and a cross ( representing a tradition of Episcopalianism ; the school is secular, however.

Great seal of the States General, 1578The banners of the Dutch Republic, the County of Holland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hung from the town Hall in Gouda. The lion, as representing the Burgundian Netherlands, first appears as a crest on the tomb of Philip the Handsome.

The American lion is an extinct animal that originated in North America and is believed to have colonized northwestern South America as part of the Great American Interchange.

The first world is Sky Land where the Mushroom boss is located, the second world is Carnival Land where the big Hamburger boss where is end of the level, the third world is Ice Land where the Walrus boss with spike wheels, the fourth world is Great Edo Land where the Frog of Samurai is usually locate, the fifth world is Toy Land where the giant red robot is shaft especially giant of the boss and locate in the boss stage of end level and Pyramid Land the sixth world and last level of the game, the final boss is Sphinx with the lion head.

* Shadrack the Great, a headless lion tamer's ghost in 13 Ghosts

The Alexander Sarcophagus shows Alexander the Great wearing an elaborate helmet in the form of the lion scalp of Herakles.