When laying siege, they planned and oversaw efforts to penetrate castle defences.

A relation of Croppenburg's ; the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden present in England at the time of the project on a commission to drain the Fens and involved in repairing the seawall at Dagenham has led to speculation that Vermuyden oversaw the project, but proof appears to be vague, nevertheless the work was completed by around 300 Dutch skilled in the construction of dykes and other sea defences.

He oversaw a number of improvements to the defences of Gibraltar because of the likelehood of war with Spain.

Governor Gawler took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders from the Select Committee on South Australia in Britain not to undertake any public works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, the Adelaide Gaol, police barracks, a hospital, a customs house and a wharf at Port Adelaide.

King Eadbert and his brother Egbert oversaw the re-energising and re-organisation of the English church, with an emphasis on reforming the clergy and on the tradition of learning that Bede had begun.

Furthermore, Pericles employed a number of offices to maintain Athens ' empire: proxenoi, who fostered good relations between Athens and League members ; episkopoi and archontes, who oversaw the collection of tribute ; and hellenotamiai, who received the tribute on Athens ' behalf.

In 1949 or 1950, DeMille was recruited by Allen Dulles and Frank Wisner to serve on the board of the anti-communist National Committee for a Free Europe, the public face of the organization that oversaw the Radio Free Europe service.

Gilbert oversaw the designs of sets and costumes, and he directed the performers on stage.

In an effort to demonstrate peaceful intentions toward Germany, on 13 April 1941, Stalin oversaw the signing of a neutrality pact with Axis power Japan.

In his 2004 study of the Lavender Scare, the historian David K. Johnson attacked the speculations about Hoover's homosexuality as relying on " the kind of tactics Hoover and the security program he oversaw perfected – guilt by association, rumor, and unverified gossip ”.

He oversaw the creation of extended hours and free admission on Friday nights and an increase in the acquisition budget to $ 36 million from $ 4. 5 million.

In July 1968, a faction of George Habash's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) hijacked an Israeli El Al civilian plane en route to Algiers ; in December, Habash himself oversaw an attack on an El Al plane in Athens, resulting in two deaths.

The first buildings constructed on the Cambridge campus, completed in 1916, are sometimes called the " Maclaurin buildings " after Institute president Richard Maclaurin who oversaw their construction.

Current league commissioner David Stern took office on April 1, 1984, and oversaw the expansion and growth of the NBA to a global commodity.

He also oversaw the construction of the temple to Diana on the Aventine Hill.

Sonic Team oversaw the development of every major Sonic title released on the Sega Mega Drive.

In his introduction to the first, The Saint on TV, Charteris called these volumes a team effort in which he oversaw selection of stories, initially adaptations of scripts written the 1962 – 69 TV series The Saint, and with Fleming Lee writing the adaptations ( other authors took over from Lee ).

After the start of war with Japan in December 1941 the government oversaw the Japanese-Canadian internment on Canada ’ s west coast, which sent 22, 000 British Columbia residents of Japanese descent to relocation camps far from the coast.

In the first stage production, which Beckett oversaw, both are " more shabby-genteel than ragged ... Vladimir at least is capable of being scandalised ... on a matter of etiquette when Estragon begs for chicken bones or money.

When Sigismund died in 1437, Albert was crowned king of Hungary on 1 January 1438, and just as his predecessor did, he moved his court to the Hungarian Kingdom from where he later oversaw his other domains.

Heald oversaw the evacuation, but on August 15 the evacuees were ambushed by about 500 Potawatomi Indians in the Fort Dearborn Massacre.

In 1987, as head of the APA taskforce on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control for the American Psychological Association, Singer oversaw the production of a report that was later rejected by the APA's Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility for Psychology.

In the twenty year period 1971-1991 the Committee on Psychosurgery in the Netherlands and Belgium oversaw 79 operations.

To augment the Tuscan silk industry, he oversaw the planting of Mulberry trees along the major roads ( silk worms feed on Mulberry leaves ).

The new king oversaw the Spanish transition to democracy ; the Spanish Constitution of 1978, approved on 28 September 1978, recognized the monarchy.

The widowed queen oversaw the restoration of the remote Castle of Mey on the Caithness coast of Scotland, which she used to " get away from everything " for three weeks in August and ten days in October each year.

Cromwell oversaw the talks, and a marriage treaty was signed on 4 October of that year.

St-Laurent and his cabinet oversaw Canada's expanding international role in the postwar world.

With remaining revenues, St-Laurent oversaw the expansion of Canada's social programs, including establishment of the Canada Council to support the arts, and the gradual expansion of social welfare programs such as family allowances, old age pensions, government funding of university and post-secondary education and an early form of Medicare termed Hospital Insurance at the time, that lay the groundwork for Tommy Douglas ' healthcare system in Saskatchewan and Pearson's nationwide universal healthcare in the late 1960s.

Gordon oversaw Avro Canada's restructuring and expansion during the 1950s into the third largest corporation in Canada.

He sought to bolster Canada's defensive capabilities and oversaw the construction of fortifications in Esquimalt, British Columbia.

* Other Club de Madrid members involved in the diplomatic process include Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of Germany who oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany, who was a signee to the Dayton Accords, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who urged support for Canada's participation in Operation Allied Force, and Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari who, along with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, convinced Serbian President Slobodan Milošević to retreat from Kosovo in accordance with NATO's demands.

Oda oversaw the Government's Aid Effectiveness Agenda, which committed to making Canada's international assistance more efficient, focused, and accountable.

He also oversaw the reorganization of the Canadian Emergency Measures Organization, Canada's civil defence agency.

Gibney ( now Wild Child ) was detained by the military and given over to the custody of Canada's secret Department H, who oversaw the formative Alpha Flight team.

All of them were subject to the Grand Master, appointed for life, who oversaw both the Order's military efforts in the East and their financial holdings in the West.

From his base at New York, Amherst oversaw the dispatch of troops to take part in British expeditions in the West Indies that led to the British capturing Dominica in 1761 and Martinique and Cuba in 1762.

Pierce spent his final years living in West Virginia, where he hosted a weekly radio show, American Dissident Voices, and oversaw his publications, National Vanguard, Free Speech and Resistance, as well as books published by his publishing firm National Vanguard Books, Inc. and his record company, Resistance Records.

While Antony cemented his hold in the East and reformed the provincial administration ( like Sulla's provincial reforms, Caesar's had been quietly ignored after his death ), Octavian tightened his grip on the West and nominally oversaw a campaign against the pirate commander Sextus Pompeius ( the campaign was actually commanded by Octavian's lieutenant, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ), which culminated in victory in 36 BC.

" Having argued for taking American possession of vulnerable but useful places such as the Danish West Indies, Samaná, Panama, and Hawaii, Seward oversaw the annexation of only one, that of the Brook Islands in 1867.

The first Governor General of Senegal was named in 1895, and in 1904, the territories he oversaw were formally named French West Africa ( AOF ).

Beginning in 1871, he oversaw completion of the newly formed Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ( C & O ) from Richmond across Virginia and West Virginia to reach the Ohio River.

Underwood was also instrumental in the creation of the West Virginia Mental Health Department, and oversaw creation of the interstate highway in the state,

Chapman oversaw much of the development of Highbury in the early 1930s, including the building of the West Stand and the addition of a clock which was eventually placed by the south terrace, giving it the name of the " Clock End ".

Lemon oversaw an improvement of the Sox ' record by 26 games with a 90 – 72 record ( third in AL West ) and won his second-career Manager of the Year Award.

He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s.

The 1970s and 1980s brought further change as president Dan C. West oversaw the implementation of significant curricular reforms ( including the adoption of a new core curriculum and the addition of many new non-traditional majors ), the introduction of innovative fundraising techniques ( including the creation of the college ’ s own for-profit development corporation ), the establishment of an international studies program funded by a gift from former board of trustees president Shuford Nichols, and the development of the Scottish heritage program, which had come to be a defining symbol of the college by the twenty-first century.

During his brief mayoralty, Sebastian oversaw the annexation of numerous outlying areas, including most of the San Fernando Valley and the West Side.

During his 20 year term as president he oversaw the growth of Stanford from a financially troubled regional university to a financially sound, internationally recognized academic powerhouse, " the Harvard of the West ".

In 1949, Governor Okey L. Patteson oversaw the creation of The Turnpike Commission which was the start of the planning of what was to become the West Virginia Turnpike.

As head of Central Command, Kaplinski was an ex officio member of the IDF general staff ; he oversaw, among other things, area commanders for the northern and southern parts of the West Bank ( referred to as Samaria and Judea, respectively ).

Crozet was Principal Engineer for the Virginia Board of Public Works and oversaw the planning and construction of canals, turnpikes, bridges and railroads in Virginia, including the area which is now West Virginia.

) West oversaw Newton Heath's financial collapse and near bankruptcy, followed by the club's rebirth as Manchester United on 28 April 1902.

The corps oversaw defenses on the West Coast for the majority of the war, but in 1944 it was moved to Fort McPherson, Georgia in preparation for deployment overseas.

As a leader of the Hamas military wing he oversaw Hamas field commanders in Gaza and the West Bank and defined the policy of terror attacks by Hamas.

In 1941, following the outbreak of war with Japan, Brett was appointed Deputy Commander of a short-lived major Allied command, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command ( ABDACOM ), which oversaw Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific.

* Aug. 3, 1944-Lawrence Mangano, a mobster who oversaw Outfit interested on the Near West Side, was gunned down on Blue Island Avenue, along with his body guard, during a night of partying with a lady friend.

Hatch subsequently oversaw West Point construction work for the Corps ' New York District and in 1974 began a three-year tenure as Nashville District Engineer.