In 692 a grant is made by a king called Noðhelm ( or Nunna ) to his sister, which is witnessed by another king called Watt.

Watt was a South Saxon whose existence is attested by three charters that he witnessed, in the reign of Noðhelm, as Wattus Rex.

He witnessed a charter from Noðhelm in 692, without any indication of his territory, but it is likely that he reigned in Sussex, because he also witnessed ( again as Wattus rex ) an undated charter ( but before about 705 ) by " Bruny dux Suthsax " together with Nunna rex ( Nunna being the short form of Noðhelm ).

There is an undated charter of Noðhelm that is witnessed by Osric, as Osricus, without indication of rank or territory, but listed before, and therefore ranked higher than, Eadberht, Bishop of Selsey, whose rank and see are also omitted.

Bryni, Ealdorman of Sussex, issued an undated charter ( but before about 705 ) as Bruny dux Suthsax ’, that was witnessed by Kings Noðhelm and Watt.

With his father's declination of the position as minister of the court ; during his young boyhood ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá witnessed his parents ' various charitable endeavours, which included converting part of the home to a hospital ward for women and children.

To establish his authority, Gregory explains that his information came from what he considered the best sources: a handful of Benedict ’ s disciples who lived with the saint and witnessed his various miracles.

Gregory ’ s pontificate witnessed the end of the iconoclasm controversy in the Byzantine Empire, while Gregory himself promoted the celebration of the feast of All Saints within the Frankish kingdom on both sides of the Rhine River.

It is said that the prince of Wales ( afterwards Henry V ) witnessed the execution and offered the sufferer both life and a pension if he would recant ; but in Walsingham ’ s words, “ the abandoned villain declined the prince ’ s advice, and chose rather to be burned than to give reverence to the life-giving sacrament.

Due in large part to unfavourable UK tax laws for inward investment in the UK film industry, the 1990 ′ s were precarious and witnessed an all-time low in British film production generally, but many large-scale productions such as Tim Burton ’ s Batman Returns and three further Bond films ( GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies & The World Is Not Enough ) kept Pinewood ticking over.

The screenplay is based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs — Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon — who had witnessed some of Al Capone ’ s murderous gang rivalries in Chicago.

According to Koch, the name Arawn may be derived from the Biblical name Aaron, the name of Moses ’ s brother, and so is ultimately of Hebrew origin and meaning ‘ exalted .’ That the name ‘ Aaron ’ had currency in Wales as early as Roman times is shown by Gildas who wrote that ‘ Aaron and Iulianus were Christian martyrs at Urbs Legionis ( the ‘ city of the legion ,’ probably Caerllion-ar-Wysg ) in the time of the Emperor Diocletian .’ a cleric of the Old Welsh name Araun witnessed two charters of 860 preserved in the book of Llandaf.

The 1890s witnessed the creation of Shelby ’ s electric, water, and wastewater systems.

During his reign, science witnessed a golden age due to the work of the astronomer Ole Rømer in spite of the king ’ s personal lack of scientific knowledge and interest.

Twenty nine days before his death, Kan II ‘ witnessed ’ the accession of his successor, K ’ ahk ’ Ujol K ’ inich II on 9. 11. 5. 14. 0 – A. D. 658.

The following two centuries, however, witnessed a gradual decline in the city ’ s fortunes, due in large part to the strategic value of its location on the Meuse.

Similarly, Darwin observed that infants ’ method of expression not only was similar to those of adults, but seemed to be instinctive, as they were able to display emotional expressions they had not themselves yet witnessed.

" ( Saunders and Harkins, 157 ) Later, Martin would state, " The death of this saddle pony is one of the most mysterious sights I ’ ve ever witnessed ... I ’ ve seen stock killed by lightning, but it was never like this.

This is the problematic old moon by the light of which R ’ Hiyya walked four miles and would cause difficulties for the exilarch in his conflict with the Karaitim as it proved that the new moon was not really witnessed.

Both of Key's flight deck crew members on BE 548 witnessed the altercation, and another bystander described Key ’ s outburst as " the most violent argument he had ever heard ".

It ’ s also possible that she witnessed the aegir on the Trent, which inspired the flood in her story ’ s climax.

“ On walks in the unpeopled parts of the suburbs ," Winkler writes, " I ’ ve witnessed the same wild creatures, struggles for survival, and natural beauty that we associate with true wilderness .”

During Nyiszli ’ s time in the camp he witnessed many atrocities to which he refers in his book, Auschwitz: A Doctor ’ s Eyewitness Account.

" The film depicts " scenes from the 1971 Winter Soldier hearings, during which former G. I. s testified, with little to no actual evidence, about " atrocities " they either participated in or said they had witnessed committed by U. S. forces in Vietnam.

The music and television industries recently witnessed cases of media consolidation, with Sony Music Entertainment's parent company merging their music division with Bertelsmann AG's BMG to form Sony BMG and TimeWarner's The WB and CBS Corp .' s UPN merging to form The CW.

Ibn Taymiyyah witnessed conversions to Islam as a growing trend among many Mongol s.

On September 6, 1995, Camden Yards witnessed Cal Ripken, Jr .' s record-setting 2, 131st consecutive game.

Phiri, Council Secretary for Nchelenge, witnessed the election of Mr Mwanda of Senior Chief Puta ’ s area as the first Council Chairman of the new Chienge, while Mr Bowa from Senior Chief Mununga ’ s area was his Vice Chairman.

Soriano Jr .' s administration also witnessed battles for corporate control.

Many of the City ’ s former industrial sites have been replaced by residential developments and for the first time in ten years the City have witnessed population increases.

The issue was the trade-off between space and time as witnessed by Germany ’ s failure to defeat the Soviet Union in 1942.

The last few years have witnessed what have been perhaps the most rapid advances in military technology in history.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

She surely witnessed an improved Oman since the last time she visited the country as the Sultanate was ranked the most improved nation in the past 40 years ( 1970-2010 ) by the UNDP just a few weeks prior to her visit.

His pontificate witnessed one of the last flickers of crusading zeal in the Alexandrian and the Savoyard crusades, whereby Christian armies retook Alexandria and Gallipoli, respectively.

These last few years have witnessed the spectacular growth of mobile telephony with 3, 434, 000 subscribers in 2007 and 1, 537, 000 respectively in 2005.

Nunna's last surviving charter, which is dated 714 in error for 717, is witnessed by a King Æðelstan.

Over the last 50 years, since its establishment as the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu city has witnessed expansion, initially at a slow pace and rapidly after the country was opened up to the outside world in 1974 during the Coronation of the fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck when international media were present, and which marked Bhutan's " debut appearance on the world stage.

Over the last five years the largest cities such as Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway have witnessed new large apartment building.

It was during the last years in South America that the entire Phoenix family converted to veganism, encouraged by River and Joaquin, who had witnessed local fishermen's methods of killing their catch.

As series such as Friday the 13th added more and more sequels, with the recurring killer who had been killed in the previous film coming back to life to kill again, police reaction was often to laugh it off-their explanation being that the main characters were still traumatised from the killings they had witnessed in the last film.

I feel assured, although I have not witnessed the experiment, that when the surface wind is from the east, as it was for several days last week, an observer in the balloon can be made to float nearly to the enemy's camp ( as it is now situated to the west of us ), or even to float over it, and then return eastward by rising to a higher elevation.

Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time ( he witnessed the deaths of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666 ).

On June 24, 1833, the staff and dignitaries including Vice President Martin Van Buren, Secretary of War Lewis Cass, Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury, and many Massachusetts officials, witnessed " one of the great events of American naval history ": the United States frigate Constitution was inaugurating the first naval drydock in New England designed by prominent civil engineer Loammi Baldwin, Jr .. On March 14, 1975, the historic ship floated out of the dock — the last commissioned vessel to use the facility.

At last Baron Gillis Bildt, who, while Swedish ambassador in Berlin, had witnessed the introduction by Otto von Bismarck of the agrarian protectionist system in Germany, accepted the premiership, and it was under his auspices that the two chambers imposed a series of duties on necessaries of life.

The last twenty years have witnessed a surge of interest in bloodless surgery, for a variety of reasons.

The Times wrote the next day, " We have had frequent experience of the excitement appertaining to " first nights ", but we may safely say, and our opinion will be backed by several hundreds of Her Majesty's subjects, that we never witnessed such a scene of enthusiasm as that displayed last night on the occasion of Mademoiselle Jenny Lind's début as Alice in an Italian version of Robert le Diable.

A proper hose, well maintained, will last for a long time, reducing what could be an onerous task into an abstract, odor-free procedure of pulling a couple valves in sequence, in which the only fluids ever witnessed are a few drops of soapy graywater fresh from the sink or shower, upon disconnecting.

Having personally witnessed two German attacks on French soil in the last forty years, he was adamant that Germany should not be permitted to attack France again.

In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres welcomed it and said: "... the details of every peace plan must be discussed directly between Israel and the Palestinians, and to make this possible, the Palestinian Authority must put an end to terror, the horrifying expression of which we witnessed just last night in Netanya ,"

Bhatnair, Tanot and Jaisalmer, capitals of Bhati Rajputs witnessed the scene of Jauhar thrice, the last time men did not have enough time to build the pyre and hence slit the throats of Women and hence it is considered half Jauhar.

The so-called " New Imperialism " marking the last quarter of the 19th century witnessed a further expansion of British power, particularly on the African continent, and was characterised by a seemingly confident sentiment in the merits of empire and English civilisation.

In January 2002, the city witnessed a heavy hailstorm which left the city streets white with ice pieces and recently in 2009 when the last hailstorm was recorded.

He last witnessed a charter on 25 October 1190, after Sibylla's death.

Zhang Qian probably witnessed the last period of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, as it was being subjugated by the nomadic Yuezhi.

One of his last speeches, held in front of the Academy and witnessed by both Carol, who had since become King of Romania, and his wife Elisabeth of Wied, was a summary of his entire career as a politician, intellectual, and civil servant.