Historically it had been a part of the Netherlands ( Seventeen Provinces or Burgundian Netherlands ), up to 1648, but Luxembourg was still a part of the discussions.

Historically, the main British naval bases were located near the English Channel to better face England's old enemies, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Historically in the Netherlands before the separation of lawmaking, law enforcement, and justice duties, all sentences were made by a tribunal of 7 schepenen or magistrates, appointed by the local count.

Historically, the most competitive and devoted countries were Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, however as the sport grows in popularity, countries such as Australia, Venezuela, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland and the United States continue to produce world class cyclists.

Historically, others have titled their appellate court a court of errors ( or court of errors and appeals ), on the premise that it was intended to correct errors made by lower courts.

Historically abscesses as well as boils and many other collections of pus have been treated via application of magnesium sulfate ( Epsom salt ) paste.

Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres ( or acres, roods, and perches ), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles.

Historically, many scholars have followed the Adoptionists ' Carolingian opponents in labeling Spanish Adoptionism as a minor revival of “ Nestorian ” Christology.

Historically, Latin or Romance languages have been the official languages in this region.

Historically, materials used in bicycles have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being high strength and low weight.

Historically, the types and features of buses have developed according to local needs.

Historically, directors ' duties have been owed almost exclusively to the company and its members, and the board was expected to exercise its powers for the financial benefit of the company.

Historically, these claims — alongside those of well poisoning and host desecration — have been a major theme in European persecution of Jews.

Historically, the remedy for such violations have been petitions for common law writs, such as quo warranto.

Historically, memory has been called core, main memory, real storage or internal memory while storage devices have been referred to as secondary storage, external memory or auxiliary / peripheral storage.

Historically, bank reserves have formed only a small fraction of deposits, a system called fractional reserve banking.

Historically, some women have cross-dressed to take up male-dominated or male-exclusive professions, such as military service.

Historically, most states where the official religion is Buddhism have imposed capital punishment for some offenses.

Historically, different nations or regions of the world have gone through their own independent sequence of movements in culture, but as world communications have accelerated this geographical distinction has become less distinct.

Historically the British have been the dominant force, winning 14 times out of the 20 times the event has been held.

Historically, the international community would have targeted weak states for territorial absorption or colonial domination or, alternatively, such states would fragment into pieces small enough to be effectively administered and secured by a local power.

Historically, call centres have been built on PBX equipment that is owned and hosted by the call centre operator.

Historically, Jews have considered it of central importance: traditionally, children began their study of the Torah with Leviticus, and the midrashic literature on Leviticus is among the longest and most detailed of midrashic literature ( see Bamberger 1981: 737 ).

Historically, a great number of coinage metals ( including alloys ) and other materials ( e. g. Porcelain ) have been used practically, artistically, and experimentally in the production of coins for circulation, collection, and metal investment, where bullion coins often serve as more convenient stores of assured metal quantity and purity than other bullion.

Historically, Cervantes's work has been said to have “ smiled Spain ’ s chivalry away ”, suggesting that Don Quixote as a chivalric satire contributed to the demise of Spanish Chivalry.

Historically, lawyers in most European countries were addressed with the title of doctor, and countries outside of Europe have generally followed the practice of the European country which had policy influence through modernization or colonialization.

Historically in America the appeal of cities has been their color and life, the variety of experience they offered.

Historically, the Upper Houses each had their own table.

Historically, in Socialist systems collectivist economics were carried to their furthest extreme, with a minimum of private ownership and a maximum of planned economy.

Historically, Japanese attempts to normalize their relationship with China were met with Taiwanese accusations of ingratitude.

Historically, RT-11 also served as the inspiration for many microcomputer OS's, as these were generally being written by programmers who cut their teeth on one of the many PDP-11 models.

Historically, the concept of entropy evolved in order to explain why some processes ( permitted by conservation laws ) occur spontaneously while their time reversals ( also permitted by conservation laws ) do not ; systems tend to progress in the direction of increasing entropy.

Historically the Arvand Roud / Shatt-al-Arab waterway ( called Arvand Roud in Iran and Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq ) and Khuzestan Province was all that remained of their prior holdings in Mesopotamia, which had been lost to Turkey centuries earlier.

Historically, mainframes acquired their name in part because of their substantial size, and because of requirements for specialized heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ( HVAC ), and electrical power, essentially posing a " main framework " of dedicated infrastructure.

Historically, inter-network connections were not continuously available as they are today and many readers didn't need an access protocol, as they could access their mailbox directly ( as a file ) through a terminal connection.

Historically, they have shown little interest in the central and southern parts of Namibia, where conditions do not suit their traditional way of life.

Historically, most roads in New Zealand were funded by local road authorities ( often road boards ) who derived their income from local rates.

Historically, melanin is another name for the various oxidized polyacetylene, polyaniline, and Polypyrrole " blacks " and their mixed copolymers, all commonly used in present day organic electronic devices.

Historically speaking, all political communities of the modern type owe their existence to successful warfare.

Historically, many security experts asked people to memorize their passwords and " Never write down a password ".

Historically and by the nature of their existence, wealthy individuals and organizations can exert influence over the political arena.

Historically, Samaritans were a large community — up to more than a million in late Roman times, but were then gradually reduced to several tens of thousands a few centuries ago — their unprecedented demographic shrinkage has been a result of various historical events, including, most notably, the bloody suppression of the Third Samaritan Revolt ( 529 CE ) against the Byzantine Christian rulers, and mass conversion to Islam in the Early Muslim period of Palestine.

Historically, in the far North, meats such as reindeer, and other ( semi -) game dishes were eaten, some of which have their roots in the Sami culture, while fresh vegetables have played a larger role in the South.

Historically, Muslim rulers have often remarried the wives of their conquered opponents in order to gain ties of kinship with their new subjects.

Historically, the term terrorism was used to refer to actions taken by governments against their citizens whereas now it is more often perceived as targeting of civilians as part of a strategy directed against governments.