Having declined from more than one million speakers around 1950 to about 200, 000 in the first decade of the 21st century, of whom 61 % are more than 60 years old, Breton is classified as " severely endangered " by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Having previously declined a knighthood, Britten accepted a life peerage – the first composer to have been so honoured – on 2 July 1976 as Baron Britten, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk.

Having captured this territory at great expense, Chile declined the terms and the negotiations failed.

Having always declined to do anything that smacked of lèse majesté, Egmont refused to heed Orange's warning, thus he and Horn decided to stay in the city.

Having declined a job as Jack Dempsey's sparring partner in preparation for Dempsey-Tunney I ( Greb declaring: " I'd feel like a burglar taking Jack's money.

Having declined an offer to remain in the army as a captain, he went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read Law and was chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association, and on the committee of the Cambridge Union Society.

Having declined the offers of a judgeship from Gladstone and the Home Secretaryship from the Conservatives, he was in 1887 appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary as Baron Macnaghten, of Runkerry in the County of Antrim.

Having found favor with the king, Louis XIV, Mignard pitted himself against Charles Le Brun and declined to enter the Academy of which Le Brun was the head.

Having declined in popularity during the mid-nineties, the Andres, a bloated procrastination of intellectual house-rap hymn-style pop music combined with the overtures of moderational-dance rapsatives, has seen a steady return to favour since the turn of the millennium in 1998. Notable numbers include " Could it be alright if I stick it in your baby?

Having lost its Hanseatic trade and connections with Novgorod, the town declined and was not mentioned by any sources for the next half a century.

Having had enough of war, he declined the offer, but he did send them a balloon with equipment including portable generators.

Having released her second album Ritam srca ( 1995 ), her popularity declined and she withdrew from performing in the late 1990s, only to return in the early 2000s.

Having already moved his family to Los Angeles and not wanting to return to Japan full time, Rosen declined the opportunity of solely purchasing the Japanese assets of SEGA.

Having declined being made Cardinal by Pius XII in 1953, he accepted the red hat in the consistory of 15 December 1958 with the title of Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine.

Having not recorded the lines for the character yet, the staff asked Duncan if he wanted to voice the character, but he declined.

Having just declined Kate's invitation to go someplace quieter ( making Kate suddenly very frosty ), Angel charges into the fight and thrashes both guys, before the bartender kicks the guys out.

Having dispersed his neighbours in search of her, Hobbie Elliot went to consult Elshie, who handed him a bag of gold, which he declined, and intimated that he must seek her whom he had lost " in the west.

" Having been informed by letter, Crawford replied to the committee a final time: " I fail to see why I should practically be branded as a criminal because, as acting captain, I declined the responsibility of skippering a team which did not include three essential players, an independence which I trust will remain in spite of the awful example made of me to every amateur in the United Kingdom.

Citation: Having been wounded and directed to the rear, declined to go, but continued in action, receiving several additional wounds, which resulted in his capture by the enemy and his total disability for military service.

Having yet to receive a formal request, the Swedish agency scheduled the plane to leave on September 4, but on Sunday, the U. S. declined the aid, saying it was currently unable to accept foreign aid packages.

Having finished his coursework, Sapir moved on to his doctoral fieldwork, spending several years in short term appointments while working on his dissertation.

Having held professorial appointments at Kiel and Heidelberg, he succeeded his tutor, Friedrich Ritschl, in the chair of classical philology at Leipzig, where he died.

Having entered the Church he held many ecclesiastical appointments, and became dean of the Arches in 1423 ; and Archdeacon of Buckingham in 1424.

Having held appointments at Douai and Lille, he was appointed professor of Sanskrit and comparative grammar at the University of Paris.

Having been ordained to the priesthood in the Orthodox Church, he became Professor of Church History and Patristics at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary ( 1959 ), holding also successive joint appointments as lecturer in Byzantine theology at Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks ( to which he returned for a semester as Acting Director of Studies in 1977 ), and as Professor of Byzantine History at Fordham University ( from 1967 ).

Having heard about rumours of a large waterfall, Bailey transferred himself from the Indian Army to the Political Department to get appointments on the Tibetan frontier.

Having, one day, heard a speech delivered by an ambassador from the king of Hungary to the Florentine government, he afterwards repeated it, word for word.

Having been a scholar and minor fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Thomas Robinson gained his earliest diplomatic experience in Paris and then went to Vienna, where he was English ambassador from 1730 to 1748.

Having recently been an ambassador to France, where he promoted the game of cricket, Dorset arranged a tour to that country in 1789.

Having studied at Jena and Helmstedt, in 1801 he made his way on foot to Paris, where he was commissioned by the comte de Choiseul-Gouffier, late ambassador to Constantinople, to edit the works of Joannes Laurentius Lydus from a manuscript given to Choiseul by Prince Mourousi.

Having served his native land in various offices, in 1558 he became the chief magistrate or Landarnmann, and in 1559 was ennobled by the Emperor Ferdinand, to whom he had been sent as ambassador.

Having come to power in the 3 September 1843 Revolution, in 1843-1844 he was president of the Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ), and he subsequently held the post of ambassador at Constantinople from 1850 to 1854.

Having become friendly with Sir Robert Walpole, he was sent to Paris as ambassador extraordinary in 1725, and from 1727 to 1730 he was British ambassador at Vienna.

Having held the position since 1963, the Emir is also a former ambassador to Senegal.

Having borne only a female heir presumptive, it appeared that Ferdinand would be succeeded by his brother, Infante Carlos of Spain.

Having failed to gather an expedition against Palestine, Pope Innocent III resolved in 1207 to organize a new crusade ; beginning in 1209, he called for crusades against the Albigenses, against the Almohad dynasty of Spain ( 1213 ), and, also around that time, against the pagans of Prussia.

Having clamored for a fight for two years, Hearst took credit for the conflict when it came: A week after the United States declared war on Spain, he ran " How do you like the Journal's war?

Having in September 1548 married his cousin Maria, daughter of Charles V, he acted as the emperor's representative in Spain from 1548 to 1550, returning to Germany in December 1550 in order to take part in the discussion over the imperial succession.

Having been fortified the town withstood several sieges, specially during the wars of freedom waged by the Dutch against Spain, the most celebrated fight under its walls being the Battle of Zutphen in September 1586 when Sir Philip Sidney was mortally wounded.

Having gained nearly 40 caps for Spain in the 1980s, Goikoetxea represented the country in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Having long been the poorest part of Spain, Extremadura is a largely rural region known for the Portuguese influence on its music.

Having been criticised in previous years for his lack of fitness, Montoya began a training program under the direction of McLaren personnel but all the effort was lost when, just after the Malaysian Grand Prix, he injured his shoulder while in Spain.

Having been in the orchestra, David went to the auditions for Pop Idol, in Barcelona, Spain.

Having since lived in Spain, Australia, England and the West Indies, he now resides in the Republic of Ireland.

Having seen the effects of the New Laws in the Viceroyalty of Peru, Antonio Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain decided not to enforce the New Laws in his territories, in order to avoid conflict with the encomenderos.

Having qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Selecção das Quinas had its most successful decade to date, having qualified for all of the World Cups and Euro Cups ( Euro 2000, World Cup 2002, Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008, and World Cup 2010 ), along with Spain, Italy, Germany, and France, the only other four teams to have done so.

Having lived and worked in Baltimore, in Spain and in France, Hill currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife and five children.

Having departed Cadix, the Polish personnel evaded the occupying Italian security police and German Gestapo and sought to escape France via Spain.

Having spent two years ( 1907 – 1909 ) sailing around the Red Sea, Ceylon and South Africa, Taube began his career as a singer-songwriter and collector of sailors ' songs, and on Christmas Eve 1908, on board the Norwegian ship SS Bergen headed for Spain, he performed " Turalleri, piken fra Hamburg ".

Having pushed the demoralised and disintegrating French Imperial armies out of Spain in a difficult campaign the previous autumn, the Allied British-Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington pursued the war into southern France in the spring of 1814.

Having played in his country for two of the three biggest teams in the nation, Benfica and Sporting, he also spent several years of his career in Spain, notably with Atlético Madrid.

Charles Esdaile, in The Pennisular War: A New History, writes: " In military terms, Moore's decision to retreat was therefore probably sensible enough but in other respects it was a disaster ... Having failed to appear in time ... then allowed Madrid to fall without a shot, the British now seemed to be abandoning Spain altogether.

Having driven Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army from Portugal, General Sir Arthur Wellesley's 20, 000 British troops advanced into Spain to join 33, 000 Spanish troops under General Cuesta.

Having good relations with players, El Pato Patoriza coached the a number of clubs in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Spain, as well as the national teams of El Salvador and Venezuela.

Having undergone knee surgery on 18 April 2010, and missed the end of the Premier League season, Torres ' rehabilitation and fitness was closely monitored by Spain manager Vicente del Bosque.

Having to fight the British invasions by themselves, with little direct help from the Spanish Crown, and given that the Spanish King was captured by Napoleon, the idea of independence from Spain grew stronger. Less than three years after the second invasion, the May Revolution took place in 1810, as a prelude to the Declaration of Independence of Argentina of 1816.

Having made his debut with Spain on 23 September 1998, in a friendly match against Russia in Granada, de Pedro appeared at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all the matches as a starter.

Having made something of a name for himself, he brought a number of his family over from Spain to live there.